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Show UINTAH COUNTY FARM BUREAU A. eooore ,iA S'J.O.'Vt J. A. CHENEY, Treasurer J. N. LYBBERT, Secretary - Report of Uintah County Farm Bureau Meeting The Uintah County Farm Bureau seed that has been shipped in the held its regular meeting February last few years. It was moved and 20, 1926. The following business passed that we all get our garden seed from the Burton Seed company was transacted. committee of Denver, and thereby get a disthat the of The report of a sell to count for all farm bureau members. carload was appointed inwas alfalfa seed Catalogs will be sent direct to memgiven. They vestigated the seed on hand which bers. The wheat situation was disproved to be very little. Then the cussed at length. Some fault is raise came from 13 cents to 15 cents found with the Dicklow in that it and nearly all that was on hand was is a soft wheat and takes more watsold, so that nothing further was er to produce it. With more water done. and good soil it produces from 10 During the Farmers Roundup to 20 bushels more to the acre than week meetings were held in the other varieties, and it is an excellocals: Vernal, Maeser, lent wheat for feed and not bad for It was recommended that Glines, Naples, Jensen and Fort Du- flour. chesne. They were all well attend- hard wheat be grown for flour and ed and very profitable work was Dicklow for feed. The committee on done. The Maeser meeting was the the wheat and flour project reportlargest, and there was a very fine ed that now that freight rates are so cheap we will have to produce a spirit represented. The county meetings were not so better article to compete with outwell attended, but excellent work side mills. The local merchants say was done. The meetings were full that the demand is calling for about of interest and profit for the ones three times as much imported flour who were live enough to get outJ as it is for the home product. If The dance was a big success in ev- the condition continues the mills ery way. Sixty gallons of cider, ten here cannot buy wheat this year, gallons of buttermilk, 3000 dough- as they are now supplied for a years nuts and bushels of apples were con- demand. It was moved and passed sumed. that the committee on wheat and Uintah-Daggett The road problem flour be continued especially to work was discussed a little further. It on the problem of getting a market was moved and passed to appoint a base on graded wheat. Also to get committee of three to investigate information from the college as to this problem and report at our next the milling values and other values meeting. The committee appointed of different varieties. is, Lewis Goodrich, Wilford Bastian It was moved and passed that we and Carl Davis. form a farmers alfalfa seed organThe seed needs were next consid- ization for the marketing of the ered. Very little call had come from crop. A committee cf five was apthe differnt locals for corn, wheat, pointed to work out plans for this barley, oats, or potatoes as there is organization. The committee is coma good deal of choice seed in the posed of the following: F. O. Lund-berd county raised from the George A. Slaugh, A. DeMarr fol-lowi- ng g, full-bloo- V.v.v.y teactoe school held kohdayahd i TUESDAY Uintah Sheep Grazers Association Organized D. E. Boam, district manager of the International Harvester company and Dewey Cunningham, factory engineer, were in Roosevelt Monday and Tuesday and held a tractor school in the Amusement hall at 2 oclock P. M. both days. An International tractor was on display in the hall, and Mr. Cunningham explained the operation of parts and answered questions asked by interested spectators. The engine was discussed Monday and other parts Tuesday. J. V. McLea, local dealer, assisted Mr. Boam and Mr. Cunningham in conducting the school. A large number of farmers, many of them operators of tractors, were present. Members of the agriculture classes of the high school also attended. -- ue school attracted wider interest than last year when but seventeen farmers came out. Following the session, which lasted from 2:00 P. Lf. to 4:00.. a free picture show was giTen in the Utopia Theatre, featuring the The Uintah Sheep Graz-:sociation was organized recently Vernal, by Ashley valley stncfcmn The objects and purposes tf iha organization are the promo: ion tf the general interests of the sl, grazers who have permits on thj Ashley National forest in Utah; i work for the regualtion of tie mss and abuses of the public range nr? used and occupied by its membm; to secure an equitable and jus administration of the grazing on the Ashley Forest and n work in cooperation with the I Dim' service for the protection and use of the grazing lands it which the members of the associa-tioare directly interested. To t the spread of contagious dises-eand the ravages of wild anxmh among sheep within the Uintah Basin. To assist its members to seem the best possible markets for tht products of their flocks and to secure better facilities for shearing Ellis dipping and transportation; in short, to do everything possible fnr tiu hna-nes- s ecoa-omi- c n js-ven- s Dudley, Alfred Simper and Merkley. It was voted that we go on rec- betterment of grazing conditions ati ord as being in favor of putting the sheep raising industry in forth every possible effort to hold the grade schools eight months. The officers are: John Eennka, Also that the following committee president and director; William R gen-era- L meet with the school board: Johnson, J. N. Lybbert and Lundberg. The local presidents were strongly by the president their local boards more to our work into the locals. A. T. Slddoway. and direcF. O. tor; W. M. McCoy, director.; each tf vice-preside- nt the above directors to hold office far urged a period of two years; J. Clive Band directo use aris. secretary-treasurextend tor; John S. Hacking, director, which last two officers shall hold office for a period of one year. er Are you reading THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER? Only 50c the year. Uintah Ileadows Daily Asss Subscribe today for THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER. It will keep you 3 informed on the Basins farming problems. 'fESTiDXfT HE ins ice man HIM A GOT SORE Ned a, Utah AT and cave TEQRIBLE 20.OWIN UP THE ROOSEVELT LUMBER CO. Per BUILDING MATERIAL OF ALL BINDS I Roosevelt Utah 8L vTUiD Bay Fat BEEF, VEAL, PORKERS, CHICK. LAMB, EN, TURRETS, and FRESH EGGS at the 1 Highest Harket Price Phone OldS P. G. Box 127 LOUIS LAEI3 ROOSEVELT UTAH |