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SATURDAY, jULr i7 1909. THE DESBRET FARMER f I
Jensen creamery company
Ship Us your Cream, Butter, Eggs,
Poultry and Veal
We pay the best price every day in the year.
Ship us good fresh stock at all times and you will be
pleased with the returns.
A trial shipment will convince you.
We pay cash for each shipment
POCATELLO SALT LAKE CITY
, Tdaho . Utah
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tobcr 9th the most successful event
of the kind ever pul'cd oft west ot
the Rocky Mountains.
While fruits, grains and grasses arc
being largely exploited at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition along wit'i
the mineral and forestry industries
' it must not be forgotten that the
live stock show to be held -a little
later on will be one of the biggest
. features of the entire exposition.
W1 U?hc Pacific Northwest is not slow
in recognizing the value of pure-bred
live stock as is evidenced by the fact
that the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
sition management is spending sever
al thousand dorters in the erection jf
barns, stalls and pens for the accom
modation of the monster live stock
exhibit which the offer of $63,500 ip
premiums will bring inside the gats
from all parts of the United State,
and Canada.
The directors of the B. C. Live
Stock Breeders' Association have vot
ed $500 in aid of exhibitors at the
A. Y. P. Exposition to assist them
in the matter of transportation.
&L THE TOOELE VALLEY
In the course of his regular duties,
the writar of this, last week had o:-
tfion t0 visiL tluj 'Vai 0'.
' Somu .years ago a farm was located
some fourteen to fifteen miles west
of Tooele and eight to ten miles south
of Grantsville. Every alternate strip
of plats in. this forty-acre farm was
last year planted to Turkey Rea
wheat, which is at this time making
a splendid showing. Right out in
the middle of the desert, this field
looks like an oasis. The field has t-
ceived only ordinary treatment. Lat
fall it was planted to Turkey Rd
wheat, secured from Montana, but
unfortunately the wheat is badly af
fected with smut The formalin was
obtained from a local store and i:
had been left standing around so
long that its use did not prevent the
smut entirely, so that there has been
some smutty wheat raised there. Not
withstanding that however, there
-will be a splendid harvest. The
wheat is doing remarkably well!
Some Brome Grass and Tall Mead
ow Oat grass stands about thirty in
ches high, and is very dense on the
ground. These grasses made a splen
did yield, and would hive delighted
the heart oi any one who is seeking
pasture grasses or our arid lands.
Much credit is due to Mr. Allan Fra
scr, the foreman at this farm, who
has kept the fal'ow plits in perfect
condition. The farm is an object
lesson, not only to the farmers cf
Tooele county, but to the entire state.
We were also delighted with a fie d
a few miles distant belonging to Mr.
Marsden of Tooele. field of wheat
there should average 25 to 30 bush
els per acre, and this notwithstanding
the long dry season. This is a splen
did field; we doubt if there are any
better in the state.
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SOIL TEXTURE.
A horse blanket is coaranyigjyf a
busy's undershirt, and gunii ML&k
coaisc than si'k handkerchief be
cause of the difference in texture, not
on'y of material but method of weav
ing. One soil is fine giained uid readily
packs, while another is fina grained
and will not pack. On the ollieffitmJ,"
one soil is coarse and lumpy and an
other is coarse but not lumpy. It is all
due to a difference in texture.
Sppot you haw a ffurm that is a
heavy clay. Tht plow may or mny not
Sfcour, tut the furrow rolls up in great
clods of packed soil instead of crumb
ling as it falls from the mo'd-board.
That soil has a fine grain and the
grains adhere. Just the thing for mak
ing mud pie or maybe brick or tile.
In order to plow such land ami get r
decent seedbed without exceiuiv
work you have to wait until very Inn.
in the spring before nlowing. Tt docs
fairly well then bul not as it should.
P'anfcs get their witcr and th
mineral cl emails dissolved in th.
water from the snil by meant r.f
root-hairs, and th onlv. Tlie
root-hairs are very delicate ami it :
readily seen that they cannot pene
trate a clay ball wet or dry. .Tlioy
work their way in between the nl
grains and absorb the ihin ftUmtit's
of water surrounding each grain.
Soil texture is of great inuvnrtanc
in aiding or hindering plant feeding
It is folly to In iu plowing s ctrlv
that the soil turns up lumpv. It M
presses the soil grains c'osoly tog!th M
er and they stick. It may take ail M
summer or oven a year to disinl-- M
grate those lumps again so the plant M
fbod becomes available.. M
Just a day or so delay often makes H
a ficlJ dry enough to plow right. But H
dd'ay is often a great setback to H
arm operations. If a soil is inclined H
to ba heavy it needs something that M
will change its texture. An applies M
tion of lime causes a heavy soil 4o H
become more crumbly because it pre- H
veil 15 packing. H
When a soil gets deficient in humtn fl
dead phut matter it beqomes M
sticky and heavy. To restore
ich soil to proper texture humus M
mus' be added. This can be done by M
gi owing the legumes, for they have a M
great toot system that penetrates M
deeplj. The decayed roots benefit the M
toxtura uf the soil. Plowing undjr
stubble and cornstalks, weeds, etc . M
instead of '.timing manure docs the H
same thing. All these assist good til- M
age in restoring a woruout soil to iis H
pro-r testre Crop rotation is 1111- H
ci.it o Scccssful Farming H
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lnK DANIELSEN PLOW CO-
(Seueral Offic aud Warhouc, 210 So. Sixth Wot, Salt Lake OUy H
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