Show FORESTRY suggestions SALT LAKE CITY march and 1897 timeto trim trees is now when you shave have time and when you need the wood let not the time pass and wait for spring when everything will want doing doin let those that have orchards goin to t them 1 in t today 0 and look at the trees see how many limbs that tree can spare to pro duce better fruit then begin to cut them out and when spring comes canies that knuch will be done the old orchards where here w trees are too thick should be cut out or dug up put in weir their place pear plum peach or cherry trees or some tree or shrub that does not take up as much room as the old apple tree did dia I 1 would not advise the cutting down an old orchard until you have a new one under way I 1 would rather graft or bud for it takes a long time to grow a tree no orchard should beset be set out coser than thirty feet every tree should be culli bated each year as much so as a stock of corn is we are losing thousands of dollars annually that we should have for dried fruit cider and apples apple for winter and the mining camps thousands ol 01 of dollars worth of 0 apples coming from the east were sold in salt lake city this last winter what is the excuse the farmer says mine had worms in them ft so did mine says his neighbor another says 1 I would clean mine out but there is no use I 1 have a careless neighbor he wi I 1 not do anything now do you not think that there Is a pair of ou that are careless no lazy is the word by all means let us have fruit I 1 hope that the governor and legislature will appoint a board ol of directors for the D A and M society that will get up a fair for this his fall let the men thus appointed be men that will look to the interest ot of the state give premiums to the agricultural fbi foresters esters dairy and creamery products and let us have the cow that gives the most milk and cream let us have big premiums on the butter and cheese in fact everything of home products should receive attention let not the incoming directors hunt around to give a bedstead to some one cne who wants to get married I 1 do not believe that it is right to loster infant industries they might with equal propriety offer a premium to some one to get a divorce let letis leis Is have no nonsense but let us have a fair one for the good of the people of utah the present grounds the tenth ward square are getting too small and the state is holding lor for the society the grounds at the white bridge over the jordan where there has been some money spent I 1 believe it the right thing was done an arrangement aran gement could be made whereby the present building could be turned over to the city school district for a high school the building could be changed a little and with but little litte cost be made into a high school with plenty of room to build on to when ever necessary the present building is not what is wanted for fair grounds but with the money realized from the present building there could be a number of others put up on the old race ground and arranged so it would be aarle large enough cpr for all time the track con could d be left as it is the grand stand could be made large enough to hold bold many thousands ot people in front the cat tle tie show could take place the present sheds could be used to build stables with on the old ground as stables and not sheds are wanted L n fair grounds I 1 am not in favor of spending another dollar on the present grounds but would hold this next fair there by this change the society will not loose much and the state slate and city will be blessed with something so much needed genuine high school grounds let us return to the tree these grounds could be planted in trees where ever those that were planted have died the spring is upon us and now is the time to get ready to improve the time also let every farmer look around his place and see where he can plant some trees he can plant some along the water ditches some around the field and can find a place where now the sage brush and willows grow after that he will find some place on his bis land that he can spare an acre this year and another next year to start a forest on co there is nothing that you can bequeath your children that they will appreciate more than the tree nothing that WM will pay better than a walnut grove or some other hard wood by putting fruit trees around the farm you will get two crops one ot of apples and the other of fence posts and it int it is around our pasture it shades the cow I 1 now come to the conclusion that the individual will do all he can to improve his place with trees what about the settlements where are the leading men there will they continue to hunt huit political office or will they return to their flocks and help beautify these wards if those who have been bitten by the political make knake have got well it is well and good if not they had best resign and let some one else build up zion in going through the settlement one can see some of the public squares just as they were when the indians turned them over to the whites what nice people these fellows would be to send down to build up the center stake of zion 1 we have a state road that begins 11 at franklin on the north and runs through about forty cities and settlements most of the distance on gravely ground to st george a distance of three hundred miles this road could be made the longest and finest drive in the world the prisoners of the state those who are trusties could be worked on this road to an advantage they could do the grading the bridge I 1 and culvert building setting on out t the trees that the neighboring settlements would furam in the season ther thereof eoff it will cost the state no more to work the prisoners ap 0 the road than it does to keep them in idleness the county prisoners and city prisoners could be worked in toe the same way from each settlement A greater work would be accomplished accomplish many of the farmers living along th the great state street would be glad to plant trees so as to enhance the value of their places salt lake county could make the beginning by planting this year trees traits as far south as murray I 1 have no doubt but that the people owning land on an either side of the road would be glad to do all they could to assist then what a beautiful drive salt lake city woun would have I 1 it would enhance the value ot land en route help the city and set an ecamp example ae for the future H HJ J FAUST |