Show SOLID SENSE A committee Commit Ue of the ogden chamber of commerce talks to utah farmer farmers i what to grow and how to grow it for larket hints on racking packing produce loul coultry try as and butter tile fol following loing report from the 0 og gen d den chamber of commerce committee on agriculture consisting of david kay thomas caboon Ci hoon jck eph cibik W S stone 1 I L dark clark it 11 L n and 11 II 11 bond mao wa presented to the tile board bo ard of director directors dec 8 1887 was and ordered printed in tle tl e oden ogden alondia Al onvia HERALD jen je Is n to the farmers of uenh by the jl n hirt hirter br of alom m infant il UFA AND HAND TO boult ya i the oden ogden Cham berof chinin kommene Oom mene erce I 1 through its committee on agriculture igan alture that the fol follow loving ins eug ug Kee liona be carefully studied b by all interested vajo where now one carof car of potatoes ie raised raia d there tin re should bo be fifty or a hundred for or in seasons when there ill n a demand 0 o can obtain ion con traits inn te for large quantities easier CABi erand and at better figures than for small titi bitic 1 es and again much inui call an lu be gained in tho tile matter of freight rates abere we e can guarantee un mintee to shil chip a 1 great number of lare cars in a season u re hie e manner of putting up tip our potatoes potAto ea for market in is a tut i uba j t of great import ante only one lind kind should be plant planted c d in tile aa edme me hill row or patch and are care should be uselin used in selecting the liest varietine vari a netie etie budi such As Peer lew early 11 1 1 hose etc then w lien kins for market be ture sure hinl and put up large ell aps ortel fow glois and only one kind in in a eack sack have sacka uell tilled till cil ho u that the iu present a neat alawa appearance r keiff jaeks should be U awl I 1 an article will ill sill sell to a much ietter a I 1 va staze in in an attractive package thui than fit in a elo enly borne some may ray say that it we me raise ro so many ws and jiaras t to be a light demand they kill be boa a d deal it loss 1 to them but a say not ax neu airily so for in tha lacase ue they can be used for feed this va will ill result in in increasing our stock and furnish furm sinn 1114 material for such et ai picking packing houses IV e do not t produce enoi ili to liate bate our markel to S maters dealers ulio who are acquainted acau tinted with tho tile trade of the past a few veara will ill tell you ou that the trade of gears licali II 11 consumes cons umea makiv carloads tar load of late winter cabbage imported from california Calif ornu every beagon a atie fame istone is arne of onions we hiow of markets market fl all through the hast where alere many ca carlo roads ids of both thew these articles could be placed at highly remunerative figures if we me had them inthe in the country we bay to the farm ers wake up and make your ageo independent if not nth rich you have the tile country the climate and the soil and can get the tile marketa markets for tv two reasons it will pay growers grow era to put out numerous ore orchards pal ards of jie eaches 1 plums pears apples cherries chernes and eo so forth in the first place tins this is s one of the tile beet best producing pec sec eions tione of the united states bt ites for them and secondly 0 wo o have the beet best markets tle the flavor and size of our fruits its whichard which chare are properly selected and cared tor for ar are equal it if not superior to any grown gron in california they bring higher prices in tho the eastern markets th than anthe the laiber owing to tile fact that wo me can get them there three to four dal days a fresher being one ono thousand miles nearer we have very much the advantage adran tage over them h in almont the entire market the they cupply dener denver omalia Oi nalia chicago 8 st louie ouis and intermediate points also to somo some extent new orleans philadelphia and new york the fruits are transported to thene these points in fn secial special fast fruit trams trains at a very low rate hat we a e raise has albito be shipped out auby by express as there it is not enough at any time to boad load a car we have to confine our market for these kinds of fruits to benall to ns in in our vicinity and ahen they are su supplied plied ship to denver deliver anil and oter smail small 1 point paving ta 00 per hundred while cal califor i jr nia nia fruits are arned carried there for 1 10 a difference of nearly forty cents per twenty pound box or two centa cents a pound several fruit hou houes eg in in each of the large centers above named receive three to four cars of fruit per week eek during the reason season jut just as noon won as we e have carefully selected fruit enough to loid load bythe by the car we ft e tan can have all that trade that we vi want ant and receive better figures for font it than we e do now we ve heartily recommend 1 you to give tins matter immediate and cerious u at we e believe there ie is more money to be made in gro growing ing fruita here than in any oilier other part of the united states strawberries raspberries rasp berries erries black Iw rrie etc do well liere here and ali tile choicest of them well mell packed find ready market there if not the en coura gement for putting out large quantities of them however hoever as us for ru putting late ting out the larger fruit its s they have to lie he shipped by express to thinie nettled settled districts chore there are now about almany many black and berry kierr vines fit bearing as our market marlet deman demands Is unless wo e can make it profitable to irv them ill in large lies ties we believe it would pay you to investigate this matter as dealers lere here annually import many hundred hundreds of 1 dounda ands at from ten tot to twenty only cent centa loo butla tare cannot tie be taken in in hiking there those fruits how flow many m my dealers tan can testify as to the manner in in chih our berries are often put up tip after purchase they aut frequently re find what appears to be a marketable lot upon demov ing the tile top p layer composed chiefly of email if BOW unnie fruta again a shipper fends out to a distant market a lot of fruit fruita w inch bich lias halt been purchased an am first ilasa clam after a time his customer returns a statement that the tile berries wera so poor that they could uld not n 0 t he disposed of at any prue pru e and states that if nothing k better tan can be had baa not to send any more whether berries be peaches peach 8 or other fruits only t alie it e same ripeness should bo be put boget together iet it or in a it package kipe ripe and hard fruit fr ui t aull ill nut not carry well together the hard mashes into the ripe from the tha best boot information weca e can nget get our local nurseries can give vou better trees and shrubs tor for tins this alti etude titan foreign establishments we ve theredo therefore re advise parties to consult them bafo before re planting as they have made that object l a study in the matter of gram grain be vie would im in press upon farmers file necessity ut getting the he beet best variety of seed and freeing it from all foreign seede plant in abil donot do not plant wheat too many times on the same paull of land you will find it very beneficial to change seed host every two years year at leat least and in in doing PA eo do not get sotir next door neighbors but go off a few miles for it when v ou plant I 1 ait in lower valleys try and g get et seed X raised in the tile uplands you will find it a great improvement im pro in your next gears years crop in our opinion muth much of our smutty w heat wheat ia Is caused from planting on poor laud land aal the same seed vear year after year there ia is no reason why fly our wheat A neat for its flour making properties may not become famous all ail over the united states and reach the atlantic and the Pac pacific itic we e have as a good mills mille as minneapolis and no locality has better water power the demand for our grain is ia far in in excess of the guepin supply if we would raise ft a thousand bushels to where we now raino raise one hundred we could command trade with the world because we could load ships with flour and wheat and furnish large consuming markets at home it would then pay to erect berei t elevators sw huh would greatly reduce the coet cost ol 01 of handling incela in relation to barley we wo have to pay that orders can he obtained much easi banier e r for fifty to a hundred car lota iota thin than for five care cars and at much better figures figured there is seldom a season m when lien we have oats sufficient to meet our de maud stringent measures should be taken to destroy wild oae oats and moru more nire care u usel t l when nhen they are threshed to leep keel them lean our poultry butter and egg bu can be made much amii h more remunerative titan it is la now non by observing proper er precautions re tien Alerc hunt hunts and shipper nhip pers of tina this city cit and arid territory haie have me met with heavy 1 sem on account of eggs o 0 being bryght brn in stale and not properly assorted much are care kho u il te be taken to have thom clean when A hen marketed feted danl un I 1 not more titan eight days old ve to butter we e would recommend that every farmer should have a dean own cool awl slid well ell aired place for milk and churn while the cream is sweet liverpool Liver pol fait should hi b aed and lie tile butter well ell worked wrapped in lean butter cloth t and marketed while fresh when put up fur for shipping esery every roll should be ot et the fame same size and lolor and the box clean we e cannot too strongly urge the ne of carefully selecting lettine all guiol put up for shipping ship pinn it is a well ell known fact that the tile prices receded more than betray the tile extra trouble for selecting belec ting lve e gie the tile above remarks antl ith the hope they will bo ho of use to you and thus help to build up the country we e have been asked to write rite these becom recommendations ions by numbers of aur baine men receiving letters from markets in till all directions and are thus in in a position to know w hat is needed |