Deseret farmer. [volume], August 08, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

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i SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1 9 o 8. T H El D E S E Jfc ET 7ARM?P .. I
' from the factory will be With the
I .
j party.
The start will be made from Tenth
J and Main streets, and the cars sent
out in regular five-minute formation.
Already entries have been received
from outside points, car9 being en
tered from San Diego, Riverside, Red
lands, Pomona, Santa Ana, Bakers
field tand Fresno.
It is expected that Los Angeles will
j enter more than fifty cars and the
number may reach seventy-five. I,os
Angeles Express, July 18;
ANOTHER PLACE FOR ECONO
MY ON THE FARM.
Erastus Peterson.
Written for the Dcscrct Farmer.
We often find printed on the pages
of this paper suggestions with refer
ence to the care of farm implements,
and one cannot ljclp but note the
marked improvement in this regard.
Still there is yet a great deal of in
difference. An observer need not
travel far in a farming district toifind
plows, rakes mowers, binders and
- even threshing machines standing in
the field, exposed to the penetrating
sunshine of summer and the rain, sleet
y iSind snow of spring, winter and fall.
These things have often ."been given
considerable space in this .paper; I
will therefore leave this topic for a
riper time.
, There arc other places on the farm
that arc crying for more economic
practices. To many the following
suggestion, or criticisms may seem
untimely or out of season, but to the
one who is now using the sythc, and
' tb'him who loves "cleanliness and beau
ty, they may seem more fitting. It is
a common thing on our valuable ir
rigated farms, to find ditches and
ditch banks taking up a far greater
fsoace than is necessary.
Very often, in place of finding a
peat little ditch two feet from the
fence, wc discover a wide, deep,
fcrooked wash, large enough to carry
itcnMimcs the amount of water neces
sary, from six to fifteen feet from
the fence. Then a fcejd ditch about
en feet below this and finally a fur
row ditch ten or fifteen) foet further
'down on the land. - Such conditions
Actually exist in many places where
fiirpow irrigation -is practiced. There
are' places where willows have grown
so thick along the ditch' banks that
fthC'fa'rmcr, ra'tlferthan cut tlfcm out,
has moved his -ditch below them tak
mg up another space . of equal, or
greater area.
On a hundred acre farm it is not
an uncommon thing for at least ten
acres of the best land to be needless
ly wasted in ditches. Mr. Farmer,
what would you say if some one were
to ask you for ten acres of even your
poorest land for the purpose of grow
ing weeds on it? I dare say the man
who would venture to make such a
request would get a v ry cool recep
tion in your presence. But why ridi
cule him for this? He is willing to
raise weeds on ten acres of your
poorest land in some secluded corner
where it will injure no one, while you
raise the obnoxious pest on your very
best land, where it injures the entire
neighborhood.
Can wc afford to allow such waste
on our valuable irrigated farms?
When wc consider the fact that bur
farm is worth about one hundred dol
lars per acre and wo arc using the
very best part, yes the very essence
of it for the purpose of growing
weeds. Is it not time to right-about-face
.fluid heed the advice given by
scientific agriculturists?
Allowing ditches to be so arranged
is not only a needless waste of the
most valuable land, but also an in
creased expense, for it will cost more
to cither rid this great space of weed,
or to harvest the foul products of
nature, than it would if the ditches
were where they belong.
"Well," says one, "Wc must have
space enough between our ditches to
permit walking along the banks with
safety at irrigating time." True, but
this docs not require half the space
used by a great number of our farm
ers. Usually only a small space is neces
sary between the main head ditch and
the feed ditches, as very little walking
is dpnc on this bank. A' little more
roomi is perhaps needed between the
feed ditch and the furrow ditch, but
even here there is often a great un
necessary waste. Here of course is
where the principle part of the walk-
mg is done and consequently a good
solid bank should be maintained.
This, however, does not mean that a
rod or two of the best land should be
used for this purpose. Why not put
on a little bigger load of straw in the
spring, when you are hauling it to
put in the head of the furrows, to pre-
vent washing, and scatter part of it
along the ditch bank. By mixing
w$h the. soil, the straw thus scattered
makesa much better bank than whol
ly dirt, one of twice the width. Not
only is it a great saving of land, time
and means to have irrigating ditches
properly arranged, but it also adds
beauty and vividness to the surround
ings. What makes a farm look more
shabby and uninviting than a wide
ugly ditch, fringed or practically cov
ered with nature's most offensive
products?
On the other hand, what is more
pleasing to behold than a well kept
farm with neat ditches, free from
weeds and other foreign trash?
Remember that nice clean ditches
and a straight fence have often al
most doubled the selling price of
land.
TO MAKE THE RAMBLER
FLOWER. .
The Rambler roses need no pruning
in the oidinary sense. When the
plant has become matted with the old
canes and the wood so hardened tint
it is even difficult to make an impres
sion on it with a knife, vigorous cut
ting out is essential to flowers.
A healthy plant will send up from
its base strong, healthy canes if those
that have flowcrctf arc cut out imme
diately the flowers arc past. These
young shoots will flower in abund
ance next year.
Rambler roses am be used in many
other ways than tacked to the side of
a building. They arc particularly ef
fective trained upon posts. I liave
seen them pegged down to the ground
and otlv ramblers trained on frames,
the whole when in flower giving the
appearance of a cascade of rosea
L. J. DOOGUE.
THE ".FIRST AMERICAN
WOMAN.
This interesting question, though
hardly new, has come to us:
What one living American woman
would you place at the head of all
American women as representative
of a career of actiH signal achieve
ment? Then what five other women,
by the same measurement, would you
name next, making a round half-dozen
of the living American women who
have done most for womankind?.
t'Lists df this sort arc invariably' un- H
satisfactory. Still it is always attrac- fl
tivc to compile one. Bearing well H
in mind, therefore, the basis on which H
wc . arc 'asked to make a- selection. H
namely, "a career of actual signal
achievement." we should unhesitat- H
ingly select, for the one living Amcri-
can woman, apart from all others, H
Miss Janc.Addams as the foremost H
living woman in America today H
known to us as having accomplished fl
most for womankind, and, for that H
matter, for humankind. .fl
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m Six Splendid Women.-; 1 M
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pAsto the other .five women wc arc fl
asked to select, there will be, of nc- fl
ccssity, a wider difference of opinion.
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.tries to compile such a list as this H
ujgn,th broad basis of.actual achieve- H
ment, that the choice Ibccomcs nar M
roy;cd to a very few, and that wc H
must, .include, even .in a list of six. M
onj. woman of foreign birthv'Irs. H
Booth. But her work has bcn so M
splendidly and exclusively American M
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forget the accident of' her birth: M
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form. fl
2. Helen Keller as an example of M
overcoming almost insurmountable M
obstacles. M
Helen Miller Gould, for.philSn- H
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thropy. ' - " ,ls M
4. Maud Ballington Booth for up- M
lifting the fallen. t ' v ' i . Q
5. Julia Ward Howe for jthc&fos- M
tcring of patriotism. H
6. Frances Folsom Cleveland .for H
the embodiment of American wife- H
hood and motherhood. C. t Hv H
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with "careers of actual signal achieve,- H
ment." But six wc arc asked :fo,r, H
and six it isl 1 "V' jH
Ladies' Home Journal, H
T t COULDN'T SUPPLY IT. , H
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the baby?" said the man entering the H
child's bazaar. H
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floor walker, "What do you want to H
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Sta'tesfnan.