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Show I! PAGE THREE THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER DUCHESNE COUNTY FARM BUREAU C. F. WAHLQUIST THOMAS ROBERTS Pres., Myton, Utah T Vice-Pres- ., ARTHUR WISCOMBE Cedarview, Utah Sec.-Trea- Roosevelt, Utah s., SV1,.VAWVWAV'AVWAWAVAVVVVSVVWVVWiVWWAViWWV,ilWW,AVV Air Treatment for R.cTORlAid Sweet Potato Diseases important WH SHOULD BE ALFALFA Inflating Udders the basins leading crop By Selecting Seed in Fall THEN the sickle, one man could an acre a day. half harvest With the scythe, he .might do considerably better possibly an acre a day. With the cradle, he was able to do still better, sometimes harvestacres a day. ing two and one-ha- lf With, seed should be sein lected thei field at harvest time, United the States Department says was a clear-cline between the of the seed Agriculture. Selecting alfalfa and the thistles at the at th5g tlme win enable the grower the United States (Prepared by Department fence-roWhere the alfalfa to note the yield per hill, the relaot Agriculture.) commenced, tive size and shape of the potatoes, Though most dairymen are familiar stopped the thistles with the successful air treatment for but no thistle shoot3 could be and the presence or absence of disNOW inflating udders of dairy cows to pre- found in the alfalfa beyond a foot ease. wellOnly medium-sizeWith the first reaper (1831) a vent fatal consequence from milk from the edge of the patch. shaped potatoes from productive man, we are told, could harvest six labor-savin- g This method a simple, fever, simple method for preventing :bills free of disease should be 3aved acres a day. the disease is not so well known. This has spread into other states. In for seed. With the modern binder a man of all the glowing reports, spite malady chiefly affects are to a can harvest from 10 to 20 acres a Sweet potatoes subject is however. method from cows and genthP far fleshy, There have been some nuber of diseases, the worst of day, depending upon availability of erally follows closely the act of foolproof. failures. We have investigated both;wblch are steura rot black rot foot power and conditions of weather and calving. and in the Southeast, roct rot. grain. A preventive treatment suggested the successes and the failures, and' Presence of these diseases can With the modern tractor, drawwe by the bureau of animal industry. you will want to know what United States Department of Agricul- fcavp learned. In the first place. be.notd at dl.gginf time, the names ing two. binders, it is claimed that of the condition to three men can harvest 40 acres a ture, consists in allowing a susceptible .we have never seen a good stand being descriptive the either in potato or the day. cow to retain in the udder for 24 of alfalfa that failed to drive outlavoid and vine underground parts of the hours after calving all the milk ex- the thistle, proving the legume cept the small quantity required by was allowed at least two or threelstes' Covered Barnyard Or Open The fungi or organisms causing the calf. The milk should be taken if years to do the Job. This means' Shed for the Dairy Herd dlseases hve over in swf P" possible from eacli quarter. Disten- the use of a variety that is not sub- and the house grow storage tion of the udder by the retained milk ject to winter-killinHere in The open shed or covered barnhe Bed 'from Ptatoes leased treatin the air as follows, Crimm does the Job nicely, naturally diana, from them Plaats developed yard is a practical method t hous- ment, and acts as a preventive against while in other sections Cossack, ntovthe diseased earO ing dairy cows It provides the beat milk fever. In the Island of Jersey Hardlgrn and' oitirio" Vacated conknown method of saving and ipre-are hard to and. Plants detect, and at the Biltmore farms, North Car- are hihlv recommended The ,n the are sat any SerfVinSf ftbem olina, where this practice is common, greatest difficulty is in' Retting the the where continues manure; it permits the r cases has seed true to the variety, and for Afield, the number of to out under diseased shelter of roughage growplants feeding Setting greatly decreased. seed this reason best No semakes and can its utilization for avoided be careful possible be "a," by largely Sanitary conditions also should one can tell the ap- variety e disease-freharwhen there is plenty of seed of lection at of bedding; looked after, such as a supply pure ,mearanCe 0f the seed, and there has cews so housed vest time still are while the .bedding, with potatoes keep' plenty been a great deal of misrepresenta air and clean stabling, of dear, cool water and laxative tion in order to get fancy prices for attached to the vines. Only sound, cleaner than tlr se confined in stanfeeds, such as grasses and roots. The common seed. But common alfalfa healthy potatoes should be selected, chions. These are the principal sysmethod described is a means of pre- is a very unreliable thistle killer, and only from vines the stems' of points in favor of the open-she- d United the or States are which not rotted says tem, otherwise Departa vention, not cure. dun to the fact that it is likely to ment of Agriculture. In cases where the disease has al- be killed by severe winter weather. abnormal. most selected seed be The stored should the In an experiment at the Beltsvllle practical ready developed The principal reason iwhy al- in a to is of or baskets in the treatment of inject crates, method station it was found that the cows In part falfa is not a 100 per cent anni-hilatudder come the in into will not air house twhere the open shed produced a little more they sterile atmospheric of thistles is because so stock. with contact the in order to distend it artificially. The general milk, but at a greater cost for feed, many farmers neglect one or more treatment is best performed by means of than the cows in the closed barn. the essentials of alfalfa raising, r made no season especialwhen is such There of The more timid cows were fought apparatus and asa result fail to secure a good be and the for may purpose. ly away fnm the feed racks in the stand. Then they say the method pleasant on andsunny spots so produce pleasant shed, .which resulted in a much Remember dont lighted wont work. an effect on the feelings as now In lower production from such cows. neglect seed inoculation, and dont October. The sunshine is peculi- Probably it would he a matter ot forget to apply lime if your soil is arly genial; and in sheltered places, economy to confine the cows at feedsour. He found one farmer who as on of a hank, or of a ing time. Cows so housed should be side the tried to start alfalfa on wet land barn or becomes ac- dehorned. house,, one contaminated with a scattering the sunwith and friendly The labor required under the two 'Of thistles, and when he quainted growth shine. Hawthorne. on was slightly greater with the rods buildings systems your Lightning failed to get a stand he roundly Had the cows been shed. investment. open a ure good cursed the thistles, not knowing ADVERTISE IT IN THE UINTAH milked in the open shed this would that alfalfa can not stand having BASIN FARMER. not have been the case, but since A dairy cow must have all the fresh its feet wet. this practice is not recommended In clean wuter she wants. Another thing we have learned j thisback to the production of market milk, the stand the are chop young is that chances for success Can the culls thats all boarder greatly increased if the thistles are tie sprouts occasionally and so help cows in this experiment were taken hens are good for, an how. is the alfalfa in its battle against its to a separate stable for imllking. .weakened before the alfalfa per cent more bedding tender little hardy competitor. When a good al- Sixty-eigto learn, seeded, since the is easy used was the open shed. will not culling falfa stand is only secured, Poultry seedlings must compete divi- legume roots crowd thistle the alfalfa the takes little lime and pays big with the huskier thistle shoots. dends. he (roots, and the alfalfa can tops shade This weakening process OUR MOTTO but the the thistle shoots, prickly "Fixto stay Fixed" the ,lnfested started plowing them, by Mother Bare land is abhorrent to land deeply during the previous alfalfa will enjoy being clipped sevJohnson, Jeweler and General Vc Nature.' 1,ett" Repairman fall, which 'is particularly valuable eral times, which is death to the good It for jou. Duchesne, Utah. jn cage the alfalfa is to be .spring- - weakened thistle. To sum up.1 the whole matter, Mall orders given prompt seeded. This will set the weed back the nearest approach to makabout a Attention considerably and give the alfalfa better chance to get a good start In ing the alfalfa method of killing Canada thistle foolproof is to obthe iworld. The serve strictly all the recognized esprocess should he continued during of alfalfa production. This seed-besentials d the preparation of the means draining wet soil, liming nothing discourages the pest quite Chester II. Hartman, Prop sour land, Inoculating seed (where so much as a thoroughly prepared Breeder of Purebred Cotawdd seed-be- d which at the same time needed, preparing a good seed-beand Barred Rock Chicken a decent and using seed of known origin, of Sheep gives the alfalfa seed MT. UTAH EMMONS, not to a subject variety place to germinate. Finally, do not be afraid to use the hoe In the Sweet-potat- o Simple Method for Preventing Milk Fever. ut w. d, ' well-nourishe- d, heavy-milkin- g ; . the ea g. the milk-feve- L or milk-feve- ht ; thistle-weakeni- ng CRESCEMT FARM d. f f |