Show ag news in brief burning of grasshopper bait is not an effective means of disposal for it does not destroy the baits toxic powers a bulletin issued recently from the montana agricultural experiment stat on and written by dr howard welch veterinarian and dr F T donaldson assistant chemist at the station asserts if materials are arc handled correctly neither grasshopper poison nor cricket bait will be injurious to livestock they point out improper storage and disposal however are often responsible for li livestock damage special care must be e taken in disposal of bait they report three of the 39 soil conservation districts organized in the united states this year are located in utah a report issued from the united states department of agriculture indicates embracing acres the three utah districts are organized under the provisions of a recent state soil conservation district law their purpose as local organizations is is to deal with conservation problems in their well defined areas and ea each ch district as a sut subdivision division of tha sate has authority to formulate and conduct a caret jl conservation work program and to seek state and federal assistance the secre report said utah S districts are as follows minersville Miners ville acres parts of beaver and iron counties enterprise acres parts of iron and washington counties price river acres price river watershed in carbon county prices of new potatoes and a number of other truck crops increased sharply from march to I 1 april this year but are still generally lower than a year ago a bureau of agricultural economics report issued recently I 1 states the rise in prices was attributed to an increase in the seasonal demand lor for such products and a slackening in as a result of unfavorable weather conditions d dit ions ns prices are dropping at the present time as a result of I 1 increases drops in mark ting and further drops are to be expected entries are ara coming in rapidly for tl aba 3 second annual intermountain junior fat stock show to be 1 held at north silt lake union sock yards from june 7 to 9 according to E J maynard 9 general manager of the slow show and former dean of the school of agriculture at the utah state agricultural college only to members of 4 H clubs and future farmers chapters the show is expected to draw entries from at least six western states mr maynard said premiums and spec al prizes for this years event will total he said |