Show agricultural agri e cultural developments X in in the uintah coun county ty during 1931 CS by county extension agent E z ma dairying there ire are man many good dairy stock in uintah county and nd for unA tely moet most of the owners are conver converted to the use of good bulls three very nice bull cave wes have been brought in but we have only been able to exchange four in the absence of a bull association it Is almost impossible to make the it changes desired several attempt attempts have tave been made to start a bull association so but none successful some borne progress has been made blade in feeding and housing and had it not been for the severe drouth there would have been many nice pas tures growing this year and have been included in the ration of a larg largo o numan of our dairy herein herds many pastures were planted and lra for some time it locked h hopeful but as hot weather came and the drouth continued nearly nil all of them thern dried up and find died only five wre growing at the close of summer A A timely visit isit to the county by professor E J maynard gave give us an inspiration to use thi trench ello eno he showed how neaily every farm could have hae a silo eno without a heavy cash outlay As a result of professor way ord ads s visit many livestock owners I 1 planted corn com with the intention of filling a trench silo allo aa As the season ady advanced alced many became luke v vann ann and at harvest time decided to continue the old way of letting the corn ripen and get the ears cars tor for the pigs and turkeys and the fodder for the dry stock tho the use of Insl lage was not entirely new to this country tor for a few of the more progressive farmers had bad pit silos and id expensive above silos but the trench silo eno was practically all a new idea twelve new trench alio kilos were duff dug and filled with corn making eighteen det de who are mine using in silace cad showing its valuable use to the people of the county bow ot of the slice silos are now being opened and the tine fine condition ot of the in silage Is causing many of those 14 bj ila dropped drop pta out to regret but they declare that another treason will not pass without a silo ono on an the farm heretofore the activities in the use ot of clotting lot inal ting lage have been confined to ashley valley but with the advent of the trench silo SUO has spread to all part parts ot of the county and progressive pr ogro dairymen ire are only DWY attl ailing tor for another arjo ther growing season to take advantage of this great convenience and saving p AND WOOL sheep and wool ix 2 the greatest grea teet single industry in ID the county and therefore thia this brojer in elect A mccu cs an important place la in the program ot of work during the past to VAO years the new development in marketing market a has occupied the greater part ot of fsr attention our a greatest a in marketing has been that our OW lambs have practically all all been white alta traces ot of the ita 1102 el t breed while many ot of these lambs are ot of very good quality yet they are not the mutton type which a discriminating marifat demands and so we ate are forced to the stern stem ne no cea cesi altor gity ot of producing product ng what the market requires to do thu this we are advick 9 that Harri or suffolk be used many pro dubers have been assisted in getting good black faced rams of the breeds ki ove mentioned i while we are an emphasizing the necessity ot of producing quality mutton lambe lambs for the market we are not overlooking the tact fact that we have a flae fine wool marke to protect to meet thin this conditi we are advising that all lambs both ewes and produced from black faced rams be sold and that enough nam rambouillet bouillet ewes be amaded with the cambou rambouillet illet rams ram to produce enough ewe lambs to keep up the breeding stock there is no breed equal to the rambouillet for the range and since this Is a range country ve we must produce the sheep which will make the best beat use of lt foung the lamb larrib feeding demonstration started in november 1930 conducted by the farm bureau wn tah state bank and future plim ers was finished Us mach ch 1 1931 2931 ben hen these lamba lambs topped the ogden markst market due to tae decline in market prices thir tb demonstration from a financial standpoint was not riot a success however it did show what was tri intended tended when it was outlined Ite besides sides this being primarily a range country during normal seasons large crops of bay hay aad and grain crain am prod produced aced which do not mt often find a rady market nearly gal at zt our aw lamia iambs an re shipped out BJ as feed en ere ant da coly demand a feeder take 1 antha t tirath uy us shou out alst to at trece in jaaria robe be lefa irid bena ben a home borne cm crown V ato aua t the project r hect was started at this plan ian it carried 4 out A would furnish hp a good market marke t for the u plus hay and end grain good winter employment tor for the producers prod and more profit from the lambs many pro producers duers contend that lambs could not be fattened on local feed and reach the market ts as finished the demonstration showed all that wu was intended the lambs made bictory gains on alfalfa barley md and wheat home grown feeds feed nicy they were hauled to ogden a distance tar ce of two hundred thirty civo miles by truck and topped the met market aa as finished lambs many producers were interested in this demonstration and watched it very closey closely seven owner owners developed courage enough to try feeding and be they could feed their own hay and gram grain and 80 with their own work they were ablo able to make a profit many other producers were preparing to fied food but the severe drouth made this impossible when the drouth Is over and crop crops are normal again we v y reasonably expect the feeding of lamba lambs to become an important phase a of uintah county s 3 agricultural industry through the influence of professor esplin of the U S 8 A cy 0 john N davis and sona sons have ban loing doing fomo of the culling demonstration worle work and the davis P project J will probably be used aa As a demonstration on for many years an effort has been made to arrange permits and set get small producers to cooperate 80 0 o thai that they could take advantage if of their rights on the national forest now the producers cooperate and make their own arrange ments with the forest supervisor r plans have been worked A out so mell ell that complaints are un asti asual a I 1 this year three thren cooperative herds were given assistance BANCE RANGE carkee the beat feeding derno demonstration conducted by the farm bureau uintah state bank and the I 2 farmers was the outstanding piece of work accomplished in the cattle industry this year thia this demonstration str atlon waa was started in Nov november embr of last year like the lamb feeding demonstration and for the same reason the beef beat feeding demonstration was net a great financial success front the standpoint of aemon uemon the feasibility of fattening cattle on local ST grown oart teed shipping by truck to market and selling to advantage it wea was tar ln tin I 1 qualified success this demonstration opened up e 4 new agnue for the cattle producer to fallen fatten his steers here and pub put them on the marinet in priny condition conditi om deedes day for fr the purpose of the results of this demonstration demons trUlon before the producer producers A livestock feeders day waa was held at vernal on february 7 this event was well advertised and well planned long in adv advance aiace so that when the ume time arrived we were well prepared for the large crowd that turned out professor K C ikeler manager of the ogden union stockyards P prank rank baker of the american pur poi king ling company emr ny led the discus at t the feed yards professor ikeler explained and demonstrated the th grading of cattle and lambs and arid mr baker gave a kuung killing demonstration professor ikeler selected the be beat bel L steer in the herd and mr baker with the help of the baton eaton brothers lavell and clement killed it and showed the important steps in butchering this was a very interesting demonstration demon straton aich held the lime 1 crowd captivated until it was completed while the 6 demonstrations wen wm going on at the feed lots a tree free libich was WW prepared at the high school by the farm bureau ladles ladies after the lunch an afternoon meeting was held in the auditorium at this meeting professor ikeler was the main speaker mrs esplin delighted the audience with a few timely readings the most effe effective t of which was an original W set of tn in commandments for the farm bureau and mr baker gave a meat cutter e demonstrate n people are eull still tall baene ig about the livestock feeders day and tiie tie many people who hl only a few and saw there because of this work four producers fattened their sterrs steers on hay and grain produced en on their own farms farm and end they all feel satisfied with their results besides the tour four above mentioned many r opla vba tied only a few to sell learned that it paid gell eu to fatten them before them to market ame meat cutting demonstration give many house housewives wim and meat carver new ideas about the we importance naj of properly trimming ind arid cottine cut tice mea meat and how bow tc to cula the beet best wa of the differ eat tilt cef jb 23 4 tete hk beter oa ft tv we 4 wo s SOM adb gt its went he got through people learned a creat great deal sze they ever knew about jhb th carving of meat and everyone the meeting had a greater appreciation of the importance of meat POULTRY our poultry producer producers ore are rapidly learning th t professor alder was right when be he advised the people of this county to stay with the large meat breeds of chicken chickens lie ile explained that ur the long distance from the world markets and a very limited local arket was not a very In phase to the largo large egg eat producers regardless of this advise a few law egg producers product ra have been carrying on a vigorous campaign for the white leghorn breed to the end that many farmers have abandoned their tine nocks flocks of barred nocks rhode 11 island neds ami and Wyan dottee and gone into egg production our average averne fann conditions were not very conducive to egg ear production and go many expensive houses were built and equipment installed which was foreign to moet moat of our farm iera lers for some tirre while price prices were high and the local market could consume the output fell fill went well but when we had to fu III d an outside market and meet the problems of feeding culling housing disease control and all of the problems of the real poultry producer we found that we were not prepared with these conditions confronting us many producers arn going back to the meat breeds the extension ext enslo ensio i service has always wa given the tho right advice in the arys mutter ater of poultry production there Is a place for a few strictly egg producers but it Is doubtful as to whether or not even this w would not do just as well with the laying types of the large meat breed as with the leghorn leghorns many of the modem modern poultry houses are now standing empty because the average farmer la Is not a this equipment need not bo a total loss low for it will be used tor for the large breeds of poultry v aich we are surely coming back to occupy these splendid quarters which were provided tor for the little aristocrat the leghorn after all the rampage for the leghorn may prove a blessing bless lne for it Is doubtful if U ever decent quarters would have been provided for the law breeds which n were accustomed to rooting ng in the tha cowshed and apple or although during mhd lut last few years there has been a great rest change from hon the tha me meat breeds to the leg legros hos there are we still a I lot of good heavy hens in the caraty an and d it la is not riot roer to be difficult to get back to normal because the heavy breeda breeds are in demand and AM a food good on th the market we are trying to cater to this phase more than thin to ess erg production the heavy breeda breeds if ban han died right will produce about all the eggs that we re can sell to advantage besides supplying the demand for real dressed chicken until just recently our greatest est trouble ha has been to r P the chickens in carlund lots for the market but now arrangements have been made whereby chickens in any quantity can be sent to the market markot every lay day three and chickens and fifteen hundred capons have hase been marketed successfully cess fully this year T keys the poultry committee after studying the turkey situation decided stat we could stand expansion so sa they agreed to mako a drive for 10 per cent increased production this year there were more mom thin 10 per cent more bolts purchased this year than last year and ao u far as we have been able to check a great arny mr ny more hens were eat no survey hae has been made to determine just hw many tur keys hale hae matt matured tred but it Is reported the severe drouth and lack of feed has caused dome heavy losses the thanksgiving shipment gave no basis tor for an estimate because most of our prod era ers have learned trat it does not riot pay to put unfinished birds on the market and this year thero them vere were very few finished for the thanksgiving shipment several large producer producers did not ship a bird tor for thanksgiving but will bo be ready for the christmas Chrt atmas market about 15 per beul e the turkeys are wv marketed ay iy arl FIELD LD CROP professor pittman aa ro rono boulls cust of the U A C experiment nt station dalon cooperating with the county agent a office started 28 demonstrations tn in the use of commercial fertilizers the fertilizers 4 were siaw saila ir phosphate end and nun aram ate ferku bisers were used on I falfa grate tra in o 0 and on the three b tu th met apra baj to aburt by br band to in skied toot 1 I forty ame tad toot tenc law at tw angles to the drill row rows ahil on the gardens it was spread along alternate row rows the tho reAct reaction lons on some of the alfalfa fields cross a pastures and Us lawns were surprising on me sonic of the alfalfa fields treated with phosphate phoe phate the alfalfa grew everill everal inches taller showing deeper green color than adjacent alfalfa no hot t treated reM while wIdle other treated fields in the immediate vicinity showed no results at all AM in cue did the ammonium sulphate tul phate how show any result results M i alfalfa crain did not respond to either elther treat crass pastures pae tures imd end lawns in every instance responded to ane ammonium sulphate but showed no reaction to the phosphate theat ment nearly all garden vegetable vegetables showed a marked improvement when hen trebled treated with aul sulphate phate but very little it any when treated with the phosphate the severe drouth may have had something to do with the results or some other factor may have en bared in for it does not seem see in pas elble sible that there eadd be such a 91 great difference in the reaction to the treatment in adjacent fields if it all conditions wre the same of course this was the first attempt and naturally wo we could not expect to learn all the reasons in one seanna the cho result results juu justi fled tied the attempt and proved that we do have a fertilizer fer problem in thia this county which should be lol lowed up at the district co lowerence of the county extension arkers held at duchesne last spring state leader W W owens stressed the fact that more than thin half halt of our farm lands are in alfalfa after calling this to our attention several times he asked what are you sons coin to do about it experiments conducted at the U A 0 experiment station have bbown that few |