Show extension service results in piute diute county agriculture in 1939 animal husbandry five head bead of beef cattle when tested for bangs showed a reaction of less than 13 of one per cent program and plans are underway to make plate a bangs accredited county bar tick exterminated lu in five herds of range cattle during the year five beef brodu producers cers aided the county agent in the livestock im proven met plan A cooperative hereford reford lie bill biall purchase Is underway one purebred breeder was given help in selection and mating rams kams were proven according to fleece weight of at daughters at the voyle bagley lierd herd fleece weights were taken on oil five ther other range herds the yaria alon la in clip was pointed out to owners and encouraged to cull accordingly eor there Is 60 50 per cent increase in the number of hogs in the county twenty one farmers aided in considering the purchase of a draft stallion purchase will be made before spring thoroughbred diores gained la in popularity there are nine commercial flocks of white irbite leghorns leg horns borns and nine flocks of turkeys home grown feeds are used with mixed concentrates be ing shipped in dairy nine cows were treated for milk fever by the county counts agent pangs disease is clearing up as ai a result of a continued testing eight holstein holste iu and two now new jersey sires were purchased and brought into the county all come from good gond herds berds that have good records of production the proved sire of J R R west woods has been sold to a cooperative group at kingston all of his daughters have been good tile the spring dairy shaw held at Cir circleville cleville brought out 80 head of splendid cows the Cir circleville cleville club sponsored the show three deep open sheds were completed during the year the average production of dairy cows on test tes t a year was lbs ibs of fat the production records tor for the two years of testing are lbs ibs of fat and 91 lbs ibs of milk twenty eight avis were culled as a result of the dairy herd improvement pro program agronomy four tons of alfalfa hay bay were H giofu per pei acre acie ou on some borne better glown fields and nd farms daims the ilie dusting machine purchased by mute county made a saying of W 00 per a cre when applied ou on fields lu infested with ith weevil the hit to tal baling was ilay substitutes proved valuable A mixture of field peas find and oat hay lia yielded eight tons per acre acie sudan grass and japanese millet let shooed possibilities of being able as a liay hay substitute one thousand thousia nd acres of liota were ere grown gron here this year the yield was nad lighter than usual but the th grade good running as ab high ns as 90 per cent U h S to no as Is the planting plant lufe of seed plots aud and practicing hill bill selection la in the seed plot Is giving yields of bushels per pei acre more than yields front certified seed nine potato growers were aided in hill select ing this year pour lour farmers planted 25 acres of seed peas two hundred acres of corn coin were grown find and will be utilized as corn silage double cross corn seed has proven its superiority over other varieties arlet les lu in yield eleven farmers were ivere given gien rec ra commendations on pasture mix 1 tures sweet clover pasture car ried animal units per acre over summer pasture season aroble and am nion luita sulphate bul phate were ft ere applied on test plots on eight farms phosphates increase yields on some farms and not on others the ammonium nion conium luni sulphate showed shoved results on lawns lanus and shrubs loss from e operation evaporation and seepage was studied on oil three mountain streams the loss varied from RO 50 to 88 per cent witter water facility protects projects are under way to check these losses in the weed program fickes of weeds needs have am e been hilleck and the land turned back to the owners tree free of weeds acres of weeds remain to be cultivated 60 acres cultivated cult hated this year will be continued next year home beautification six homes in four communities are cooperating in the home beautification pro ram forestry three demonstration wind breaks and one demonstration lot were ere planted this year rodents and pests control work was lone done during the year on oil gophers gup heite rabbits ial bitt grasia hoppers hoppe iii ants and bell bed bugs re aults were eie satisfactory la in all cases except rabbits 4 11 clubs there aie were 30 boys enrolled em oiled in club work aik oik aua ami 31 completed gluing giving a completion ot of 83 per cent UI of the 13 clubs clubb enrolled eni oiled eight had it 11 completion of 1 00 per pei cent ceni clubs on the following projects were eie organized alry dairy for foi estry estr clothing foods and if home owe science sc lence home economics there are aie 13 groups 0 of which are aie better homes clubs and 4 relief reher society organizations who get help front the extension service work was as done I 1 in r d s all and d nutrition titia clothing home hoin e manage ment li home c furnishings find and in christmas buying adult leaders adult lenders leaders took look the lead in county count planning work aided in ill the writing of for foi the program of work aik oik and as aisted in carrying can ring out the pi projects ejects county planning hig the flie county count planning board had a nery ei active year eni taking hiven writing plans and aiding in putting the extension program pro giani over oer tile tand use ue planning commit tee investigated a trails diversion dhe ision project that would bring probably abl fiere acre feet of water into this nellei that now drains into the colorado river specialists 39 30 and a half days das were to plute plate county by specialists from the tension extension service and agrical conservation cons program office agricultural agnit conservation bonsen atlon approximately 70 yei per cent of the work sheet farms qualified for payment this fills year the total comity payment for 1039 will be about 1 0 OOOO over chei 1100 has bas il ready been paid on parity pigments payments |