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Show THE UINTAH BASIN' FARMER 4 A GOOD RESOLUTION THE UINTAH While reading the first issue of no The Uintah Basin Farmer BASIN FARMER doubt you resolved you would send in your subscription right away, FARMER BASIN THE UINTAH That was a good resolution. Established 1924 But a resolution to be of any Published 1st of Each Month at service to the individual must be carried out, and right now to the Vernal, Utah as time to fill out the subscription Application made to be entered post-offisecond class matter in the blank and send it in. at Vernal, Utah. OfYou have recognized the benefits fices: Vernal Express, which can come to you by being in Vernal, Utah. with Uintah Basin affairs es- touch Telephone those pertaining to the 24 pecially It is information that you farm. want and subscribers that we want. Information concerning the prob- i lems that are common to the Uin- Editor tah Basin, where you are proud to George H. Harrison It is through make your home. Vihlet Harrison. ...Business Manager ce : SO OUR READERS MAY KNOW It is the desire of Basin Farmer to The Uintah EIGHT ENGLISH SPARROW WHILE SNOW IS PIGS IS PIGS ON How well do I remember The heavy snowfall of the past n was iate jn last December few days ihas made conditions ideal j waa walking down the street in . for destroying the little English ide. sparrow, which is becoming a great menace about our granaries and My heart began to flutter It is needless to explain And I fell into the gutter feed lots. the habto ofeparrow lOTtoey A p)g came w'an4 lal4 down hy are too well known to every farm er. Our chief concern is how to The best known get rid of them. method is destruction and practical- - As I lay there in the gutter ly the only one that has proven ef- With1 my heart still all fective is poisoning. Poisoned bait was used very ef- A lady passing by chance to say, the county a few years feCGvely ag0 and to some extent last year, You can tell the man that boozes but the sparrows are increasing so he chooses, rapidly, that we need to go after By the company them on, a wholesale plan again. The And the (pig got up and slowly County Extension service and the walked away. farm bureau are ready and anxious to help in the eradication of this Use these agencies and let pest. us get rid of this litle bird and give place for the more beautiful and useful kinds. It is stated by our best authorities that no bird is more destructive or of less economic value that the little He 'lives princi-- , English sparrow. and will be satisfied pally upon grain When nothing but the best. the bin is closed tight against him he contents himself with the choice foods thrown out to the poultry or grain given to the horses, cows and with the farmers and all organizations andnatura! resources, in- the entire Uintah Basin, and in us work together for the com- order to be of the greatest service mon good of all, wholeheartedly for to them w.e must ask that they as- accomplishment of our ideals, sist us as much as possible. the making of every Uintah Basin In talking with the president of fiCme a contented and (prosperous the U. B. I. convention some time one QUr ajm jg a subscriber in he said, Well, we put it over, ery home. but it took a lot of hard work, Be a Booster the committees in charge worked for the Great been have not Uintah Basin. overtime, but had it of all for the hearty The first essential to making a the people in the Basin, our success would have been spelled a failure. success in this Great Inland Empireis to sel1 ourseIves t0 the Great UinAnd so it is with The Uintah Bas- - tah Basin and then geU the best the in Farmer, no matter how hard it Great Uintah Basin produces to works, if it does not receive the someone else. At present some of the of all the farm- - best things we have are intangible hearty is our faith and the fu- ers and business men , it will not assets, ture that gives us courage to sell be able to accomplish the good it has these alsDi Can you guesg what some of these intangible assets are? set out to do. No other birds can thrive where the Sparrow has gained a foothold, hence thousands of good birds, which would help the farmer control insects are driven away and we have, not only the destructive sparrow himself, but hords of insects, which he indirectly protects. it may not be out of place here to state that the same bait used for sparrowg ig fatal t0 mice ratg and other rodents about the granary, bee hives and feed lots. See your farm bureau officers about starting a campaign against the pests at once while they will eat the poison bait and while the farmers have time t0 administer it. KNOW YOUR PROBLEMS BETTER EDUCATION PAYS THE YOUNG FARMER OUR FIRST SUBSCRIPTION ON FARM BUREAU DAY co-oper- - - ev-ag- p, pigs. H Farm Light & Power Plants The Western Electric Light and Power plant will light your buildings, and do your bamwork and housework too. , It will bring to your farm all of the comforts and conveniences of city life. Drop us a card, or call us up and we will gladly give you more information concerning this won- Mr. Farmer, what are you doing In dollars how much does ed- We have been new about getting, (better dairy stock? increase the earning capa- - scriptions to Thetaking derful plant. Uintah Basin is a Farmer and note the way they came You certainly realize that the faith- - city of the young farmer? the U. S. Bureau jn. 0ur first subscription on Uin- ful cow is the one animal on the question asked bySome of Education the State tah Farm Bureau Day was County farm which WV do more toward Agricultural colleges are publishing C. W. Hanna, Spanish- out t0 made More Power to You feeding the family and bring in a figures in answer to this question. American War veteran and proprie- The Georgia Agricultural college tor of the Uintah Cafe in little revenue each month, also inyernai. collected the facts from 1,271 far- Do Hanna also has the vision of crease your earnings per year. mers of that state and found that jjr Basin as it is you know that we are shipping out those who had no schooling earned the Great Uintah name the he has chosen proven by Vernal Electric Co. about $150,000.00 worth of butter, on an average of only $240 a year, for hig of businegg place a common those school with most good cream, and cheese each year, of it going to Salt Lake? Do you education earned $565 a year and Mention THE UINTAH BASIN Vernal, Utah . those who had completed a high FARMER know that it is possible to get high- - sci100i course earned adverwhen answering an average of er grades of dairy stock delivered $664. The men who had complet- - tisements. in carload lots from $75.00 to ed an agricultural short course had Do you know earned $896 and those who $100.00 per head? from the agricultural col- graduated that you can borrow the necessary jeg,6 were earning an average of SUBSCRIPTION COUPON money to purchase such stock pro- - $1,254 a year. Kansas The Agricultural college viding you can give reasonable sehad The average 1,237 reports. xurity9 with a common school farmer young If the readers of this paper wish education earned $422 a year, the to do something worth while for high school graduate $554. The Vernal, Utah themselves and the Uintah Basin, men who had taken the short course Cash ia agriculture earned an average of they should start a dairy movement $859 Please find enclosed $ a year, and the college gradMoney Order If uate $1,452, in their respective territories. Check you are interested in the advance- ment of the dairy industry start PIRST 0IJT STATE subscriber for years subscription to The Uintah Basin with The Uintah now, armer. That The Uintah Basin Farmer Basin Farmer, send in the names off without an out of of the farmers in your territory who state subscriber is an assured fact wish to purchase dairy cows, stat- - a3 Henry Field, Shenandoah, Iowa, will receive a copy regularly, a ing what kind and how many. Think it over and let us get busy friend having paid for the subscrip- are this winter for a bigger and better Field get acquainted with the Ba- - Name. sin and trust he will make us a visit at some future date. Post Office. Our goal now Is 500 subscribers Your subfor Februray issue. Mention THE UINTAH BASIN State. will Get FARMER help. when answering adver- - Better subscribe your neighscription for 5 years bors to join with you. tisements. sub-ucati- on The Uintah Basin A Farmer |