Show c cheap heap nua nud useful device march olst 1878 I 1 editors deseret jyels the following suggestions are for the benefit of some of your many readers who may be hereafter settled jn in new now localities in these mountains and in consequence must clear the lands of bage sage and other brush an implement for grubbing rage lage brush by the power of one or two horses or a yoke of oxen can easily be made by anyone any one in this minner m inner cut a tough dry stick of maple or oak 2 to 21 2 inches thick at the butt end fou four to five live feet long find the straightest side of it and on the other sides bring the butt end to a point about bix fix inches long shape the otherene othe rend into a nice size a and d shape for the hands of the operator the bame same aa as is known as a han ban handspike select a piece of a common sized log chain having one or more straight links in the end and no book make blake a hole in the stick lever just large enough to let jet the end link of chain in or through eight inches from the point fa fasten jasten teil the link with toggle bolt boit olt or otherwise eo fo that the next link moves freely but close to the lever now hitch one strong horse or two or a yoke of cattle to the other end of the chain leaving plenty of room between team and lever throw the point of lever in on one side of the brush leaving the chain on the other side eide thus forming a graap grasp on the brush close to ground arzt starl start your horse after having placed a boy on its back for a driver and hold your lever straight in direction of the now stretched chain the bush now dow pulls out easily and also drops from the grasp grabp of the lever aa as quick by opening the point of the lever from the ine chain the operation is much quicker performed than told drive in same direction to some length bt bufore nore fore turn turning IDL back baek and repeat the operation as long as there Is brush large enough to make it pay the advantage of the lever over the more common way of throwing a loose chain around the brush is very great as it is fastened or unfastened in a second or two and more easily operated your hands bands are also protected from lu juries injuries by the brush I 1 have never dever been anyone using this method nor heard of f it hence I 1 hope it may benefit many of thome those who have sagebrush sage brush lands to clear take advant advantage rge of early spring and moist ground very respect rt sully bully FREDERICK christenson P 8 our lands are nearly neatly ready for plowing plowing and sowing stock and enriching aa laud land SPRING CITY olty march 24 1878 s editors deseret news in my recent travels through this section bec sec tion stion of country I 1 have discovered comparatively comparative lys little stock running at large on the range in the neighborhood of home and upon inquiry I 1 learned that they were mostly driven off upon the mountains and into the valleys quite a distance to thelast the east of bf us and as a natural consequence I 1 discovered but few piles plies of barnyard manure and that the land that has fed us so long groans under poverty and exhaustion by reason of not being fed in turn with that kind of food that imparts strength and vitality to the I 1 impoverished eoll coil the nourishment so admirably adapted to its recuperation is lost upon the desolate mountain sides where it can do no good and so great is the mania for wheat ug that the greater part of the land upon which water can be applied is cultivated for that purpose to the almost unpardonable neglect of other branches of industry that would yield a greater profit and bequeath a richer legacy of comforts to the members of the home circle lucerne is certainly one of the gifts of heaven to man as food for stock I 1 know of no crop designed for animals that equals it in excellence whether fed to them g een cen benor or dry neither do I 1 know of any growth from the earth that contains more nutriment as a grass nor yet set any of which they are more fond many men have half an acre or an acre of this kind of stock food whereas it should exist by the 40 acre sand from that to acres lathe inthe neighborhood of every large largo that a good share of the block owned by the citizens may be kept up summer and winter winters and not driven in herds where the strong gore the weak and become so weary and tired that life is really a punishment to them but keep them up and aeed feed them all they will eat where they can have good clean water all that they desire and when they desire it one cow kept up and fed in this thia way is worth as much to a family as four or five cows driven in the herd in the usual alway way then all the manure they make can be spread upon the land and instead of farmers running down and the land becoming worn out they will increase in richness anti ami value and a few acres of or that kind of land will produce all the bread that any common sized family will require moreover stock driven away to distant and sequestered ranges are liable to be stolen when fat and to perish with poverty amid the storms and snows of winter the par cent of loss in this way will be as great or greater than the expense of labor in feeding them at home stock kept up and fed at home should have good comfortable sheds and each one tied in its place the litter constantly gathered up and piled away to rot and in the winter hauled out upon the land instead of hauling your grain to pioche and other mining dis tracts where the life of a slave and of a dog is your reward it maybe may be said that it costs too much labor to keep up stock in the way you recommend it is true that much labor and expense are involved in this policy but it costs us much to live and get through this life on any line of policy much of 0 ir friand land is charged with a heavy per cent of mineral some say eay that they can wash it water this may be partially elone clone where the incline la IR not too great but there Is great danger of washing away the sou by this operation liberally endow your gardens and orchards barar baras with manure then your jour trees will not be scrubby but will and be healthy I 1 write from rom personal experience respectfully ORSON OKSON HYDE the fig yli alist at lucerne in utah LOGAN CITY march 25 1878 editors deserea 1 na news wa 1 I 1 understand by the evening NEWS of friday the lost that the territorial enquirer claims that mr B bachman of provo was the first who imported lucerne seed to this territory but I 1 firmly think the following is an account of the first that was waa brought here in the year 1851 john parry een wrote a letter ietter from salt lake city to his hia son john who resided in Flint Flinta shire bire about 20 miles from liverpool alre where lucerne lacerne was growing in abundance he de dedred desired dred ared me rosend to send three or four pounds of seed to him I 1 bought the seed beed in holywell town and sent it by a relation of mine mary parry sister to edward L parry now wife 0 job Row rowland laDd land logan she arrived in this territory november first 1852 consequently the first seed was sown in the spring of 53 and the patch is still before my house in the ward of your city it was sown ano second unie time about six years ago but some of the old roots were leftin left in the ground in a healthy condition twenty one years ago this spring I 1 urged my father to pub listi in the NEWS to make the seed known in the country but the reply was that he was wab selling all the beed seed he could raise yet he did publish it and the editor judge ellas elias smith made the rei rel nark that if it would do half as well as was stated it was very commendable as it was claimed to produce three or four crops a year JOHN PARRY ST GEORGE march 26 tb 1878 editors deseret mew our quiet little city has now assumed her beautiful costume natures green variegated vari gated with the peach apricot apple and other trees in n full bloom certainly the far famed sunny sky and gentle zephyr breezes of italy cannot sur pass ours in pleasantness at this season of the year evenings cool and refreshing the air and sun ot of the day balmy warm and soul inspiring causing man animals and every living thing to be grateful for the goodness of him who made the sea and earth and all thir gs therein this spring and winter we have had more raina rains than usual and all feel encouraged with the thi prospects of a bountiful harvest president snow and woodruff have left us to meet with and instruct the saints at conff conference rence while here all felt blessed by their presence presidents mcallister jones and eyring have been north to organize Kan narra and harmony they having been joined to this stake by their own request I 1 and it would not surprise ua us to hear bear of cedar and parowan carowan making the same request before long and under existing circumstances I 1 think it would be for their good as well as now making this a strong temple stake I 1 simply utter my own opinions in this matter and think it might meet the feelings of all concerned miss bliss cook has returned to your city having done a good work in this place the people very much regret to lose her useful labors primary primar y schools still continue in the ward school houses most of which are well attended as well as most of the primary schools in this county the washington schoolhouse is a fine building in my judgment far the best building for that purpose in this county A great deal of credit is duato due to prest jonesb jones who has labored faithfully in forwarding its erection aud and I 1 think some of our northern professors could get a good situation as a permanent instructor if they would apply to the bishop or trustees and a ad they would certainly find a wide scope for their labors as there are nearly children in the tow nand more coming we had the privilege of visiting the danta clara schools sch ech taught by prof G A burgon burgod which is one of the best and aa as orderly as any in the county the county court Js is making another effort to build the virgen bridge we will note its progress if its erection is not nol too rapid however we may note that oak trees grow slew slow and live long there is considerable sickness among children though few deaths are aa as yv y et ed farmers and gardeners are busy and jubilant and taken altogether we have little to complain of I 1 had nearly forgotten the orand grand gulch guich they have made another start and we hope it will not ba be long before we have copper roofs we certainly wish them for they certainly try try agan again and nd as thee is no end to the supply of f ore perseverance will be pure sure to bring eu eucles success cees amram klo kle ahe ibe fence law LAKE VILLA march 1878 editors deseret news Is it possible at this late lae period that auy any citizen would rise up to te to the old fence LAW which was from the first a great injustice and aud financially a curse to utah all of our herds and flocks from the highest breed to the lowest scrub if sold would pay only in part for the labor of the farmer in making fence to provide the stock man mau whose herds may be transient the privilege of eating the grass from their very doors while he neither ploughs a furrow plants a tree nor builds a house to improve or benefit the country and perhaps gets out of it with fattened nerds berds and fi flacks made larger by stealing without paying a dollar as us tax into the treasury working men have stood this long enough and they now see that unless all of this fence nonsense is entirely abolished there will still be eattle cattle enough turned upon the range to destroy not only their crops but also the peace of our communities our true policy would now be to beed seed enough of our drnest farm lands in lucern lucera and provide all the feed needed for such animals as we find profitable to keep and procure the choicest strains of milk and work stock and keep them at home and if we have a fence fenc e make it to our stock and not our fields and make every animal or its owner responsible for all the damage it may do upon our fields through the winter as well as through the summer season no stock at large should be the motto of every true citizen early bown sown fal fai fali fair wheat as well as the lucerne lucerno and the tho mulberry are proving a great success upon lands where but little or no water can be obtained for irrigation which should greatly encourage agriculture throwing off tf e burden of farm nence fence and the changing of our profitless scrub stock for a less number of a better quality we may hope for foe the farmer a coming batter day yours truly B F johnson PORTAGE box elder co march 1878 editors desert I 1 news we have just passed a very agreeable winter there was not auy any snow worth speaking of the whole season A great deal of stock wintered out and did very well spring is now dow here and the earth is putting on her mantle of green the people h here ere ero are all busy putting in their crops and garden seeds they have also united under the direction of our bishop and sowed bowed about 20 acres of wheat ai as a start far a cooperative farm it is Ib tended intended to lay up tip the grain raised on this farin farm for a time of need which is a step in the right direction we have a operative cooperative co sheep herd of about head which is a blessing to the comm mully our co cooperative operative store is in a flo nourishing uri shing condition the Y M and Y L JM 1 I associations hold bold their joint meetings every month mouth and have a farst rate time these association have been the means of doing much good amonn among the young folks of this place tie the people as us a general thing are trying to live their religion A good 8 spirit pl prevails we have bave no sickness in our midst for which we have great cause to lej le jolce joice olce oice C S H ale ibe senate attacks he the white lafuse lyew mow grim Howen ollied roku to 10 tatters an organized jr war pian plan planned n ed at t the n dlouhe guse guso sig fit f do don dun cameron ben bon ifill aimont almost caught in ambose de ane who erbe grauel grand democratic seer of he the senate washington march 25 1878 editors deseret news in the thrilling words of patrick henry the war has actu autu aly be guu 11 senator howe 0 of wisconsin opened his mouth on the administration mU yesterday and with terrible emphasis on his ands lands P with ith ominous pau t e each drawling sen sea tence lence with bid his hands searching i Prof lio tio detles of hib hia breeches pockets pocket st and with his legs spread apart like the Colossus of rhodes save that his panta pantaloons louns were bagged in in the knees the old senator almost the last that has come down to us from a past age lelit v ed his hia bitter indignant spirit of he uhe wrath or one year of hayes administration his hi s performance for mance had eo to speak the galleries were well tilled filled and the senators were all in their places to see the initiative of what is said to to be a series of organized on ts with such reserves as conkling blaine and hamlin senator con Coo conkling kling accorded the rare compliment of his attention graced by an occasional approving nod and when the voice of the orcolar grew husky extended a box of troches senator edmunds stretched his gaunt form rested his bald dome of th thought on the back of his chair and with his face to the zenith it il is said slept but I 1 believe his eyes were closed only to the material world digest digestion ioli loii and to keep his thoughts from wandering tu to extraneous superficial things the ladies ladles in the galleries for instance during the awful pauses between howes sentences senator hamlin however did not sham sleep for when the orator had occasion to refer to the honarable senator from maine malue he was wag aroused with difficulty to the attention required by 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