Show The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News by Lloyd Smith and Norris Nose branding of sheep with a black dye may soon become common Russell R. Extension sheep and wool specialist with Utah State points A number of wool manufacturers in the United States have indicated that the value of raw wool Would be increased if it were free from the paint traditionally for branding sheep in the Expected increased values of 3 to 4 cents per clean and 10 to 15 were mentioned by the wool Absence of lumpy paint to gum up carding saving of labor now used to clip Insoluble brands from and elimination of running dye in the wool were cited as factors that would result in an increased value of paint-free If a large number of growers produced i paint-free clips of our domestic wool would be easier to the manufacturers point The method of nose branding was devised by Alexander Wyoming University wool research The black dye is durable for at least six months on the noses of sheep and makes it possible for to brand their sheep without painting the TRACTORS Does your tractor operate as economically as it This question is by Wayne B. Extension agricultural after participating in tractor tests made by the Agricultural Engineering Department at Tests were made using an an M and W hydra-gauge dynamometer purchased recently by the The hydra-guage Ringer is designed to show comparative horsepower within 2 percent Hooked to the power take off it will test up to horsepower tractors for mechanical conditions and failures of the These carburetor and clutch-It also sets The test instrument consists of a hydraulic pump driving through a gear box on the power take off of the The pressure on the pump is regulated by a large globe valve with a guage which correlates pounds per square inch into This gauge can be removed from the unit and set up by the tractor for making adjustments on the The unit ls designed to load the tractor engine and simulate actual conditions of field A gasoline flow meter included with the unit is designed to register the gallons per hour used by the tractor The meter is a small portable device and not a part of the instrument It is between the carburetor inlet and the gas Using the time-ing adjustments were made on a tractor that was considered to be in good mechanical A horsepower increase in power output Carburetor adjustments further brought about a savings of six-tenths of a gallor of gasoline per hour of under ringer points out that this alone would amount to on a tractor worked one thousands On many tractors fuel consumption has been reduced as much as one gallon per hour with an increase of 7 horsepower simply through Ignition |