| Show THE CULTURE OF MUSTARD SALT LAKE CITY feb from time immemorial mustard has bren been in favorite use SO as a condiment suit a mode mederine me deoine olne and vast quantities are now used for these purpose pur rail for the of oil in ID this territory turo are many bbous aads of dollars spout annually for the ibe products or of mustard mue taru this money goon goes out of the territory lor for there is no effort that I 1 am aware 0 1 to grow the plant here la in a systematic manure I 1 do not claim that extensive cultivation i of mustard would be practicable here though it at would grow well in ID every part of utah where water lc 16 but to a limited extent I 1 believe farmers could make it a profitable crop if au an effort were made in thai direction success attends tile the culi CUIL in california Cali lornia where in santa sania barbara county alone from one half balf to three quarters of a million lounda is ie ann anguay at a profit of 30 and upwards an sore acre on tile the subject of mustard growing th following list let ot questions and taken from toe Ci california Alifornia cultivator way may be of interest inie reat to man what kind ot or soil bull is boost bem adapted to mustard ai rowing and how should it be pre prepared prep areu adobe or heavy loam joam the ground la in prepared the same ame as lor for I 1 wheat there are two kindo hinde of mus mug tard raised trieste or brown and yellow when should it be sowed bowed when harvested toe trieste is ie sowed bowed all tile way from february lot lal to the ibe mid he of march the yellow from march lot let to lu auth in july how much seed to the sort from aj 3 toai to 64 pounds la Is it 11 allowed to thoroughly ripen before ilia cui it la cut when it to la not what you might call thoroughly ri rine but nearly so or the berry would shrink how la Is it harvested harvea ted and threshed it is IB cut with a reaper and thren bej 0 a a large arge burlap sheet 65 55 or 60 feet square tile the branches in the field ure are carefully pitched into a dipper capper bed rula and hauled onto the sheet the whole lord load being dumped at bouce boce by means meana of ropes or a net then placed la in a circle ou on the sheet after a large roller drawn by two dorsee la Is run over it antle a man on the sheet turns the straw alter after too toe seed aeed to ia out tile be straw i pitched off and a new load brought on until a amount is 18 threshed to 10 clean bip up with a fanning DIMS mill when abe it is ia sacked for market three meo men oun can thresh on an average about 80 backs per day W what bat is ia the average yield per acre the average yield in a good year la in about 20 sacks per acre althous althou gu u 39 30 aaka is frequently raised and even 40 but 20 might be considered an average sack holds about 91 pounds what prices have been received during tile the ps pa t few seasons in 1893 the price was aj cents per pound the lowest two cents ln in 1894 the highest diw 31 7 cents and the lowest 2 17 1 7 cents to fo whom is the crop usually sold gold to the manufacturers manufacture ra or to commission met mei usually to commission trien men what uie position is made ot of the i after tile the grain is threshed they are burned in the field dea toe tae crop impoverish the 14 land ud anu anti do yu fertilize it does doas impoverish the land jand rail la Is seldom raised rained on the same land more than two yere ye re to lo when it its is planted to beaus beans or corn for a year or two to rest it we do not fertilize liza more thon than to use up tile the accumulation in barn yards it if there to is any department in which we can add a little to utah ld produs bione tione sod and keep our money at ac home I 1 believe it should be operated IDS ID aud and I 1 think such times as the present are opportune por for any that aay aid lo in this direction t hert fire I 1 havo drawn attention to this thin subject HOMIC BOMB INDUSTRY |
