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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FAHTifES jywAwwwjvj DUCHESNE COUNTY FARM BUREAU VIce-Pre- s., Pres., Ilyton, ! : Grazed Woodlot Doomed to Death Furnishes Poor Pasture and Forest Is Headed for Childless Old Age. "If grazing la permitted continuous- ly la a woodlot, it ia doomed to a childless old age and death, declared Prof, Samuel N. Spring of the forestry department at Cornell university speaking at Farm and Home week at Ithaca, N. Y on the dangera and losses from grazing done by farm stock in woodlots. "In the long run, grazing ia more destructive to hardwood- forests on New York state farms than is any form of commercial logging Forests may indeed deteriorate under careless cutting but if fire and grazing are kept out, a new growth at least of some appreciable value results. No such hope can be extended to woodlots continually grazed. Little seedlings that spring up naturally in the forest are the next generation of timber trees. Grazing animals browse broad-leavetrees back to the ground and. in the case of conifers, they browse off shoots and needles as well and trample and deform the little evergreens. Of course, a few may escape but not enough grow up to prevent woodlot rac suicide. Hopeless Woodlot. A heavily grazed woodlot was giv ,en an ap nameby an Investigator in Ohio some years ago, who classed it as the hopeless woodlot in which matured trees, defective culls and weed trees formed the stand and grass He was on the ground beneath struck a keynote when he stated that if the owner tries to combine pasture ;and woodlot neither will be .(mt if the owner divides them he will ijhave both a ood pnsture and an ex- ARTHUR WISCOMBE THOMAS ROBERTS C F. WAHLQUIST Utah Cedarview, Utah ec.-Trea- Plenty Pasture Need of Geese robbed of its litter that reieases plant food in decaying Losses Are Larger. "Grazing of woodlots is beneficial from the owners standpoint in fur nishing shade to the animals and Can Be Profitably Raised some food, but he loses the possibility of All of good returns from the woodlots. in benefits. small exchange for relatively States. A common-sens- e procedure would be to fence off the woodlot excepting (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) such a portion as will afford the shelter required. The owner should deAbundant pasture of a sort that Is cide what proportion he needs for tender and remains green for a long wood production and manage it as In- period is the most economical basis tensively as he would any. other crop. for the raising of geese. A stream arises or pond, or even tanks of water may The question naturally come back serve for the aquatic needs of the will woodlot a whether are There plenty birds, and shelter may be reduced to after being grazed. of examples. At Cornell In the man- a minimum. In the South none ia agement of the university woodlots an required and in the North a simple experiment in shutting out grazing shed open to the south Is sufficient. from a part of a woodlot and per- Geese can be raised successfully and mitting grazing In adjoining parts has profitably in all parts of the United been In progress foi a little more than States, but are more abundant in the ten years. Conditions have steadily Middle West and the South. In 1920 improved In the protected portion and Illinois with nearly 200,000 geese skillful cuttings have given rise to a closely followed by Missouri, Arkangrowth of useful young trees which sas and Iowa led ia production of will form the basis for a new crop as geese. Kentucky, Tennessee, Minnemature trees are removed in the fu- sota, North Carolina and Texas folture. The grazed part has steadily lowed. but this group of states was deteriorated in marked contrast to much behind the four leaders. the part protected." Closest Grazers. Geese .subsist largely on grass during the growing season and are the closest of grazers, says Alfred R. Lee, author of Farmers Bulletin 767-Goose Raising, just published In of American soil is best a revised edition by the United States Geese suited for growing trees. Department of Agriculture. grow to much heavier weights than Do not let cattle into the wood lot chickens, but the price per pound on the markets Is usually several cents to destroy young seedlings. less than for chickens. Some of the geese are sold from the farms to speMilk, cod liver oU, com products, cialists in and leafy green food make chickens and then theto fattening of the birds, go market, largely In the grow. cities where foreign population creates a demand. The European corn borer can be Principal Breed. controlled, but it will take time1, plus in Parts the United Bnessvelt, Utah sell to himself. The point has been raised as to whether an agent who is making sales track, charging therefor a commisay, 7 per cent, and who takes part of the contents of the car to his own store for sale, must account on the basis of the price received through the store, or may account on the basis of the price received on track Obviously, under the policy outlined above, the bureau says, the agent must make his returns on the basis of the price received for sales through the store for the portion so sold, while returning on the basis of track price for the portion actually sold on track. The bureau points out that this does on ssion of, not compel produee commission mer chants to handle produce through their stores at 7 per cent, or whatever the track sales commission may be, but that such merchants are entiled to the commission that is usual and proper 'for sales made through the store. Increasing Feed Value of Turnips and Mangels In the past few years plant breeders have aimed at reducing the labor of harvesting and increasing the feed value of roots. As a result mangels and improved feeding varieties of sugar beets grown from the higher quality of seed, grow largely above the ground so that the difficulty of harvesting, which applies to the poorer, rooty strains of sugar beet, has been eliminated. The modern types of mangel now grow almost entirely above the soil and can easily be harvested, even when the ground is frozen The feeding content has slightly. been greatly Increased, the sugar mangels and improved varieties of feeding sngar beets being especially recommended in this connection. Of course, in this case, as with all crops, It Is Important to use only the The bulletin describes the principal particularly best seed procurable. concerted and concentrated effort. breeds of geese found in the United very the Toulouse, Emden, African, cellent woodlot. Since 1850 the leading states in the States, Pasture Very Important Chinese, Wild or Canadian and rs. '"Grazing slowly but surely changes production of maple sugar and! sirup tian. It gives directions for housing, conditions more rapidly if many have been, in order; New York, Ver--' selection for the Little Porkers and mating, incubation, care scil The woodlot. the Ohio. mont and occupy Pasture may be the determining and feeding of the goslings, and prep,1s trampled and packed, roots of shal in factor whether or not farmers aration of stock for market An aere Skim milk Is much better rtmn watrees become exposed, ami a make of grass will supply nearly if not all profit from their hogs this as mature and overmature trees come ter for growing chicks. season. Pasture is especially imthe food for from four to twenty-fiv- e Iown or ar cut with none to replace with perhaps ten to an acre portant for young pigs. Experiments Any fire in the woods, no matter geese, them the Utter disappears and grass an as average. In the South some have shown that the average daily These grasses growing how smiill, represents a loss. .. replaces it. cotton growers keep geese for the profit on young pigs grazing in for,,in the partial shade lack nutritive sake of age is higher than on those confined Because of high prices of dairy weeds In their aid in keeping down lo Rvalue and steal food and moisture cotton fields. pens. from the trees. As the forest grows cows, many more heifer calves are beon pasture need only half as Farmers 7G7-Tigs Bulletin be obmay more open the wind may uproot trees ing raised than normally. much of the muscle and bone buildtained free upon request to- the Deand there are no younger ones to fill feeds such as tankage, skim milk, of partment Agriculture, Washington, ing the gap, and so the process goes on. This is a good time to purchase a D. CL buttermilk and oilmeal as wh n they The ground loses, fertility being. team of young horses. They are are in the dry lot. Pasture crops are now than they wUl be soon. also rich in lime and phosphorus, the cheaper ADVERTISS IT IN THU UINAgent Must Account on two minerals which are most likely to TAH BASIN FARMER. Basis of Actual Sales be lacking in the pigs ration. They Legume hay is a better cash crop York farmers than or New for many Produce agents in all instances also furnish a green succulent feed. TThen answering advertisements in on pasture will get plenty of exsince there is a bet- should account to grass hay, dinary shippers on the basis Tigs paper, please mention UINTAH ter market for it. ercise and be under sanitary condl of prices actually received In BASIN FARMER. tions. faith from third persons, declaresgood the bureau of agricultural economica United States Department of Agriculture, in response to Inquiries Gardening keeps down the cost of regard living on the farm. Ing this particular accounting featur. Its no longer Just tinder the Produce Agency act The a job. bureau bases its position on the fact Ukh that the Supreme Court of the United Liquid skim milk is recommended for as young chicks la place of water well States, as the state courts, Esr sfarS C fettSa TszZs3 fcf Essa have helcj. that an agent to sell cannot during the first week. d first-clas- s. t Short Farm Notes One-four- F, th ani-ifgpal- s How-root- ed - s., F - i Pick a LUSTY BULL For Profit They are builders of Beef S. LUSTY l SONS, C;:Lz3, |