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Show V THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER PAGE SIX iwwwvwwwwuwwvw ggggggggXwuwwuvvwvwvwwvwwwvsiWVWtfwuvvviwywsAWJvvv UINTAH COUNTY FARM BUREAU F. O. LUNDBERG, First A. THEODORE JOHNSON, President Ernest Eaton, Second J- - A. CHENEY, Treasurer Harold Lundell, Secretary Vice-Preside- nt Vice-Preside- nt JW-V- J J..JLTJWWVWWWWuwwwAW Young Leghorn Hen Puzzles Her Owner BAKERSFIELD, Cal., March 1, (By the Associated Press). An leghorn hen which cackles louder and lays bigger and better eggs than any othen hen in his flock of 5000, is giving L. J. poultryman, something to eight-month-o- ld Latray, think about. . One of the eggs on exhibit here ounces, is 4 inches weighs 6 inches in circumfer7 and long ence. It is eual to about three ordinary eggs in fobd content, Latray said. An egg like this arrives every other day at Latray farm, and day by day they are getting bigger and bigger. SUMMIT COUNTY PLANS MODEL POULTRY FARM Summit county plans to have more than tabulations of figures, showing production and profit, and individual impressions to attest to the success of poultry within its borders. It will have a poultry ranch sponsored cooperatively by business men, from the banker to ex- pears to have stabilized to some tent. The result is that there is now a steady demand for hides which, with the increased consuming power of the buying public, has fhirly well equalized the supply to the demand,, doing away with excessive offerings and purchases in one season and slumps in other seasons. The hide being a by product so far as the Pacific Coast is concerned, is a change from conditions many years ago when the hide was the mcfet valuable part of the animal through the lack of outlets or upon the samp prineiple Hens Legume Hay If the branding practice contin- Feeding Favored Plan in Winter ues to pass on as a relic of the old are more methods modern and days Legume hay, either cut In one-hais this as at the tendency empolyed Inch lengths or left in Its natural form time, the differential against West- placed in a wire basket or box may ern hides will be wiped out, the be fed to laying hens during winter as a substitute for succulent green time will come when they will sell feed. The second and third cuttings on a parity with the so called na- of alfalfa are best for these carry tive hides of the East and Middle the most vitamins and proteins beWest. When this time comes it cause they have a higher percentage of to the New York leaves, will mean an economy representing State according of Agriculture at Ithaca, College trillions of dollars annually which N. T. Quoting the Ohio experiment stawill benefit the industry as a tion, the college says that, from Nofacilities for the whole. The beneficial effect of an vember to May, as good results were transportation meat food. In those days it was improvement in a practice of this obtained from laying pullets confined the custon to slaughter the ani will be felt all along the line. Indoors and fed legume hay as from mals on the range, removing hides those having access to an outside and leaving the .carcasses to be range of blue grass. to or animals wild of The hay should be carefully cured disposed Better SoirFcrtnity by to preserve the green color for the waste away. by Using Rotation Plan valuable properties of the plant seem However, under modern practices station has to be linked with the color. Alfalfa . The Ohio experiment with the hide representing an Im- doubled acre yields on its and clover leaf the average are often portant factor in the value of bet farm during the last 25 years. For obtainable when shatterings are fad these hays animal, attention has been turned a number of years that Institution has to other animals. to improving and conserving qual- been The Ohio experiment station reports getting an average of 70 bushels ity. The branding methods of the of corn, 30 bushels of wheat and 2.3 that no benefits were derived from came tons of clover days cf the open ranges hay per acre. These ordinary alfalfa meal mixed in the cow Thi about through necessity obtained on fields that mash at a rate of 5 per cent by, been crops hpve man used big. complicated brands have been In a three-yerotation foi weight Whether the recent product, for two reasons: first, they cduld a quarter of a century, consisting ol alfalfa leaf meal, will prove valuable be seen readily at a distance in th6 corn, wheat and clover. Prof. F. E like the hay, remains to be determined roundups and second, to identify Bear of the soils department of that Another good way to feed the lethe animals in a way so that the station says that not only must a rota- gume hay Is to tie it In a bundle and rustlers could not readily change tion of that sort be faithfully carried suspend it from the ceiling within the brand. out In order to obtain such yields, but easy reach of the birds. The departa lot of other things must be done ment says It is surprising how the that These large brands damaged the This Is expressed in the fol- birds relish the hay and the quantity well. as hides. As a result of this custom inthe Eastern markets discriminate lowing words: "The rotation must they will eat some or othei and alfalfa clover clude between Native and Western hides. legume at least once every third year. Many times the penalty against The crops must all be fed or enough Western hides is as high as 2c a concentrates must be fed to compel When answering advertisements in pound, but assuming it was only sate for the hay or grain sold. The this paper, please mention UINTAH hide the loss lc, on a must not leak. AU liquids would be 60c per head. On a car barnyard saved. Hot fermentation ol BASIN FARMER. must be load of 25 head this would mean the manure must be stopped. Acid $15.00. There have been many phosphate must be used regularly. times when this would represent Limestone must be applied as required the difference between profit and Then high yields are guaranteed." lf i . t t y ' a, ar the merchant, and poultry men, maintaining a paying flock of hens to show visitors. This development is reported by C. C. Edmunds, general manager, Utah Poultry Proasducers Cooperative Marketing atreturn his from sociation, upon a of three series poultry tending meetings in Summit eounty. Plans have proceeded to the point where a $10,000 cooperation has been organized, primarily to demonstrate the possibilities oT poultry in a manner more convincing than mere words. At the start, reports Mr. Edmonds, about 2500 pullets will constitute the "show flock, which loss. later will be built to 5000 layers. In considering the volume of A poultry expert is to be placed In Western cattle handled and penalcharge. izing it to this extent it runs into millions of dollars annually, a burden on the cattle industry LIVESTOCK SITUATION through a practice that has been handed down from the early days Along with other changes that have come about In the livestock of the open ranges. However, the Western cowman, industry with the modernizing of methods has been the recognition with his usual aptness in adjusting cf the value of hides and the ten- himself to changing conditions, has dency toward handling production his eye on this situation. At the In such a way as to receive the markets handling Western cattle the tendency appears to be toward highest value. Hides are primarily a by product small brands which will cajuse the of the cattle Industry and for this least injury to the hides. reason their prices are not governed This brings to mind an old time by the same conditions which gauge cowman in Texas who is numbered price levels on beef. Hides being among the big ones. Until last a by product, the supply cannot be year he had a large brand on the gauged to suit the demand as re- side of his cattle showing his ingardless of the demand the supply itials. He now has- changed this Is controlled by the movement of to a small curved strip under the beef cattle. eye which in no This feature has proven demor- hide, and yet is way Injures the readily discernable alizing to hide prices mpny times In Identification and is difficult to but since the war time stocks have alter. Other systems are being been liquidated and the practice of followed by the smaller operators, "hand to mouth buying has taken such as the which Is a "dewlap hold in the hide and tannery field small piece of skin hanging from as in other lines, the situation ap- - the neck or the "wattle which is A tc th is th W ed an Jei ha all thi alv -- 60-pou- nd pla ihe at I the TRAPPERS! tloi FRIEND Straw Contains MucK of Phosphorus and Potash Straw contains a great deal of phosphorus and potash as well as organic matter. These are all essential materials for plant growth. Their continual destruction or loss through burning straw stacks will finally necessitate replacing them through commercial fertilizers and commercial fertilizers are expensive. The only time a straw stack should be burned is when It Is full of weeds. In such cases more damage Is often done by returning the weed seeds to the land than the benefit derived from the Straw as a fertilizer. Extension Service, Colorado Agricultural College. to the Siv of Denver tha F Will pay you tha most money for your furs. Try FRIEND with your next shipment and ba convinced. Liberal grading, top prices, quickest returns. TRAPS at cue met tec: in d corn rock-botto- m kern prices. a Traps That Hold Write today for our FUR PRICE LIST, TRAP CATALOG AND FUR TAGS, free. all f.-- CS P' CHARLES FRIEND AND 'CO., Inc. 919 Wax ' Si, Dearer, Cel. pi 0 1 f-r- ti 'tan -- an " Sh rn - ' j pi first 3t f Th FARM CRESCENT, Chester H. Hartman, Prop - If we plan ahead, we should never get far behind. SuVcribe toC.. BASIN FARMER. Breeder of Purebred Cotswold and Barred Rock Chickens Sheep MT. EMMONS, UTAH for THE UINTAH It will keep Informed on the Basins you ith i -- cu anc rn ltiv d g rn tali th i ADVERTISE IT IN farming TAII BASIN FARMER. THE UEv One it i i a |