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Show 12 THE HERALD JOURNAL PROGRESS EDITION (SEC. A) ON TRACTOR TIRE PERFOMANCE actor tnes POULTRYMEN TAKE HEART! For Greater Ratio 1$ Improving, Claims Local Expert On Poultry Egg-Fee- d R. JENKINS Extension Poultry man, I.S.A.C. Ratio is used by many poultrymen as an index The Egg-Feeof the economic condition of the egg producing industry at a cei tain time of the year. This ratio is defined as the number of pounds of poultry ration which one dozen eggs will buy at if the average price paid to existing prices. In other words, farmers for eggs is 40 cents per dozen and the average price is 4 paid for the poultiy isuon ragood index of the quality of the rents per pound, the pullets at 6 or 8 weeks of age. tio is 10. In 1951 Utah poultrymen had d A high or favoi able a favorable year. This year of ratio means that the egg price is 1952 is starting out in about the feed cost. same high in relationshio to way, so we feel that it will Although the price received for also become favorable this summer. The chart showing the egg-feeggs dunng the depression yeats rad was quite low-- , the ratio indicates that the first tio was just as favorable for half of every year is relatively has been at unfavorable. poultrymen as it post-waPoultry production r years is a d business and cantimes during the for ihe paid price not be judged on the ba-i- s of one simple because feed was extremely low. Present day, one week, or one month. ratio is 9.3. Records of past yeais show' a and great deal of "seasonality Difficult Year BY TV. d egg-fee- d egg-fee- ed should help poultry men to realize that he must maintain sufficient reserve to carry him from one favorable period to the next Ev- ery business has its ups and downs, and failuies. The poultry business has the same features. Any business unless highly technical and specialized soon becomes crow ded if favoi able conditions exist for any length of time. After a certain point is reached, the inefficient or unfortunate lose out and must switch to some other means of livelihood. Perhaps this is what has happened in the egg industry. The past few yeais have beeni difficult ones for ihe poultrymen because of support pi ices on feed materials which constitute over 60 per rent of the cost of a dozen eggs and the absence of support pi ices for eggs, ar-a- . especially in this Generally speaking, the pi ice of a commodity is determined by Its supply and demand. The great majority of our pullets aie started during the spring months and egg production begins during the fall months sometime after lowJuly. Feed prices aie usually est at hr.rvest time. This coincides with the period when the smallest number of eggs i being of produced. A decreased supply demand eggs with fairly constant means high egg prices. High egg low prices coupled with relatively faor a high costs produce feed d An d ratio. vorable ratio of about 10 or 11 is considered profitable. Low Ratio pro-duci- Flan for Future Poultrymen in Utah and elsewhere must plan their opeiaiions for the future. Egg consumption is now reported as 406 eggs per capita per year. The population in this country is increasing at the rate of 2i million people per year. This means that a billion more eggs are needed in 1952 than were used in 1951. At an average rate of lay of 200 eggs per hen, this represents ail the eggs from another 5 million hens, or more than Utah had on its farms in 1951. The Census Bureau estimates that there will te about 180 million people in this country by 1960 if present rate of in- egg-fee- egg-fee- d In the past, when the the early low was during ratio months of the year, as it always were is, a great many poultrymen rereluctant to order their flock soon as the placement chicks. As to improve situation began egg because of increased price of eggs, ordered. replacement pullets were The price of eggs impioves m the decreased spring because of the number of laying hens due to mortality and early slaughter. also Placing eggs in cold storage available of eggs number reduces and helps improve the price. Too thl many poultrymen walt unUl time to order their chicks and the maximum number of pullets of reached in laying age is then Is' ov ember or December. Egg reaches its peak in the the fall bespring and the low in to lay. Figfore new pullets start ures show that it is more profitable to produce eggs from July to December than from January to June. ',a are several ways the unfavoiable situation which exists during the fust half of the year. One of these is con a tinuous brooding pul ment of the lets. This method is used extenin laysively w here hens are kept of Is ing cages. A record andkept those each hens production which do not lay at least five eggs per week are removed fora slaughter and replaced with new puliet which has just sta laying. The high Initial invest ments in laying cakes requires that the opeiator get the maximum number of eggs from his poultry unit. Fall Brooding egg-fee- crease is maintained. included. His Birth pto-ducti- from Page 6 the outbreak of World War I. Mr. Save Grain And Money Through Extensive Use Of Pasture Lands Feed grain supplies may he stretched and farmers can save money and keep more livestock through good pasture, U. S. Department of Agriculture specialists report. Lamont Tueller, Cache County Agent, emphasizes that dairy cattle need less grain and the milk they produce contains more vitamin A when they are on pasture. They get their best and cheapest feed from pasture. A good dairy cow on adequate pasture alone will produce 25 to 30 pounds of milk daily. Pastures of average quality and production will provide daily equivalents of 8 pounds of silage and 4 pounds of gram. Dairy heifers can be laised on good hay and pastures without giain. Beef cattle obtain 75 per cent of their feed nutrients from pasture and hay on the average. Steers started on grass and finuse only half ished in the dry-las much corn per 100 pounds of ,gain as those on do lot throughout, the USDA reports. An acre of good permanent pasture will equal 59 bushels of corn in adding weight to cattle. Pigs fed grain are usually healthier and gain faster when allowed to graze. A combination of e permanent and temporary can save up to half of the concentrated protein supplement needed by pigs in dry-lo- t. For temporary pasturage rye, rape, oats, wheat, soybeans, covvpeas, and field peas have proved effective. Alfalfa, ladino, and other ' , However, w hen filled v. ith water to the top of the rim, 240 moie pounds weight was added with rims than with rims. This added tire load was enough to support at least 100 pounds additional drawbar pull even on dry sand. 18-in- .The DEAR GOD, PLEASE . . prayers of Anthony Russalle weie answered in a Chicago animal hospital when his dog, Scotty, came through with flying colors. Anthony's best friend was operated on for injunes suffered when an automobile struck him. Wives Co-opera- NEW YORK (UP Husband and wife trouble is the worst backseat driver of all and is a prime cause for many road accidents in the United States, the head of an engineering firm sajS. "Our 22 years experience in the safety engineering field has taught us that the driver's frame of mind is a primary factor in most accidents. Lewis Markel, president of Markel Service, Inc., said. The oiganization Is a highway safety engineering firm and the service arm of the Ameii-ca- n Fidelity and Casualty Co., Inc., which insures trucks and MEAT CAMP, N. C. (UPi One buses. Markel cited examples thousand acres on fabled Long Hope Mountain near her, including a legendary lost silver mine, has been purchased for a cattle iamb. Call G. Fox, a Hickory. N. C., lumberman, bought the mountain land, storied since the time of Daniel Boone. of how 12-in- Compared to a standaid inflation pressure of 12 pounds per square inch, a pressure of 8 pounds gave better efficiency and about. 15 per cent greater drawbar pull on dry sand with the same tire load of 3,120 pounds. The lower his organization has met the pro- pressure caused excessive wrink-- j blent. The wives of drivers for a ling of the sidewalls, which was Texas trucking firm were made less pronounced with tiies on the w ider rims. vice presidents in chaige of safeY.. N. diivers In The researchers Auburn, ty. agricultural appointed assistant engineeis E. G. McKibben, I. F. wives weie directors of safety. Reed, and C. A. Reaves sa.d that Pait of their duties was to live endurance tests are needed to deup to a code: 1) Never argue termine whether, for a given serhe vice life of tires, wider rims will with your husband before gns to work tackle and settle permit operation at low'cr inflaall problems before retiring at tion pressures. These tests on efnight. 2). See that he gets plenty fects of rim width on tractor tire were conducted at of rest, a good bieakfast. and poiformanep leaves the house in a good frame the U. S. Tillage Machinery Labof mind. In both cases the acci- oratory, Auburn, Ala., in cooperadent curve of the companies in- tion with the Tire Industry Test Committee. volved went down. In Drive For te is Legendary Mine Sold h rough-finishe- Safety Doctor Two Ways When the NEW YORK (UP) question is asked: "Is there a doc-- i tor in the house? Daniel Wal'ace Doctor can answer on two counts. He received his doctors degree at the June graduation exercises of New' York Medical College, Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital, and from now on will answer to Dr. aas-tui- valued at S100 an acre as poultry pasture for egg production. Pasture is especially important in raising healthy, vigorous pullets for flock replacements. Turkeys over 8 weeks old on green, succulent pasture may save at and Korean clovers lespedeza least 20 per cent of feed remake good permanent pastuie. quired. Rape, cereal grains, and The poultry laying flock on good soybeans for temporary pastures, pastuie eats about 10 per cent and alfalfa, ladino, and other cloless mash and gram than do con-- i vers are rated excellent for perfined birds. Ladino clover has been manent pastures. had been detailed by President Wilson to establish the Commission for Relief in Be'gium after the German armies had ed over that country, leaving structi0n in their wake, Woman Major Another startling glimpse of Demon acy is also apparent in the little town of West Branch, tn a very modern trend. From the persecuted Quaker pioneer heri- tage has sprung complete recogni. tion of the 19th amendment. West Branch for the past eight years has been governed by a woman mayor, Mrs. Ann Edwards. She explained to me their city party system People's Party and Citizens Party. In the last election she was the only candidate on her ticket to be elected. The highlight of the recent ceremonies at the park was the mounting in the portal entrance of the Iowa Award Plaque, presented to Mr. Hoover by the state historical society, as Iowas most distinguished citizen. In keeping with the simplicity of the beautiful park and the humble cottage and portal entiane, the bronze plaque was simply designed on two bionze plates. Tne top plate reads: Heibert Hoover. Piesident 0f the United States; Native Son 0f Iowa; Citizen of the World; Humanitarian: Engineer- Admin-m- g istrator, who has worn the world's greatest honors with humility, the State of Iowa grants the Iowa Award. The lower plate is inscribed, "Presented by the Iowa Centen-tho- ir nial Memorial Comm. ss on at a S"n-th- e joint session of Hous" and ale of the 54th General Assembly, e The name "Herbert Hoover" the at letters bronze top in peais of the plaque, and "Thirtieth Piesident of the United States completes the inscription at the bottom. BEEN A CACHE VALLEY DEPENDABLE MARKET FOR MILK WHITE EGGS. FEEDS AND FARM SUPPLY THE DEMOCRATIC WAY, SINCE 1923 HAS are real bargains because... O FIRST COST IS de-co- Cgfi O UPKEEP IS O PERFORMANCE IS O RESALE m VALUE tractors, Already the lowest priced of all leading makes of full two-ploFORD TRACTOR sets a standard of farm power-valu- e never before equalled EVEN BY FORD. Here's more for your money in all the ways that d count. Remember, too, that the Ford is a real tractor. It's so so easy to handle handy for so many different kinds of jobs implements and you'll like the way the Ford can be detached and attached so quickly Tractor buckles down to work. AND only the Ford Tractor gives you all these advantages. TODAY'S year-aroun- IS THE 4! ?34W! OFFICES AND SUPPLY STORE AT 173 SOUTH MAIN - d ' egg-fee- d Started rullet (!EA Telephoto t RECEIVED OVATION Former President Herbert Hoover, making his last address to a Republican national convention, delivers an address at Chicago that was a stern denunciation of Administration policies at home and abroad. He was given a tremendous ovation by the assembled delegates. -, roll-The- re jng ruaiy. Inclement weather duringa these months makes brooding U- desirable tak when theie is al c tie aiting for me vv c th farm, results in late pulle s . less profitable This meraartte liiA w labor for competition conditions pein.it woik- fields, and in a gieat the in ing results m Ihe neglect cases many of the b.ooding ope alum. UATIA!&lJ'nAUiru Hoover slaughter." Many poulirynien sell or seveiely cull their laying flocks room early in the year to make This for the replacement pullets. is especially true where the lay- house is also used for btood- day-ol- IHAtJ The tests were carried on with 6 tires on rims of inch, 14- -. 1216- -, and width. Comparisons were made at the same inflation pressures and total sr soils load on the tires. The were Lakeland sand, Hivvassee sandy loam, Decatur clay loam, and d medium concrete. 14-2- UTAH POULTRY & FARMERS COOPERATIVE Place (Continued Fall brooding is another system used in some areas. These pullets are started in September or October so they will come into production about February or March to fill the void resulting from the leduction of yearling hens caused by mortality and early The most popular time to brood chicks is during iee spring but a great many of our poultiymen wait too late in the year to stait pulleis. Early chicks (January or Febniaty ptoduce most piofitable pu'ItU since when they s'ait laying at the time lauo e"g puce and start lo imptove. In addition to the economic advantage the labor situation is also btter on most farms during Januaiy and Feb-- j This repre- sents a large increase m demand for poultry products and prospects for the futuie are very bright for those with sufficient faith to work to overcome the rought spots. We must realize that faith is the first step toward success in any endeavor, poultry However, most of these losses can be i educed and in some cases they can be eliminated, according to the USDA, and Extension entomologists. Not only can the individual fanners protect their but community action can be even more effective. Community action is especially effective and desirable in the control of sheep ticks, cattle grubs, and many other livestock pests. live-Moc- k, j City, Mo. unproduced meat and fibers quality meat. i cant difference in perfoimance when mounted on wide rims as compared with standard rims 12 to 14 inches wide, in U. S. Department of Agricultuie tests reported today to the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Kansas The control of livestock pests can result in more meat, milk, agri-- i eggs, and fiber for all-ocultural production, the U. S. Department of Agriculture reports. At present it is estimated that .livestock pests cost the nation over half a million dollars annually. Both farmers and the nation as a whole bear the biunt of this loss in the form of wasted feed, damaged hides, and lowered quality and reduced output in smh essential animal products as meat, milk, eggs, and wool. Flies reduce milk and beef production, and insects keep pastured animals from grazing adequately when feeding costs normally are lowest. Cattle grubs not only dam-ag- e hides but reduce the outpiA of beef and milk. Ticks, lice, and sheep ticks taken an immense toll which should go for food and Also, animals infested clothing with these insects are "hard keepers and do not produce good year-roun- showed no signifi- Ti Farm Production in egg-tee- SHOW EFFECT OF RIM WIDTH TESTS Control Pests ap-th- They Helped to Produce 40,000 Cases of Quality Eggs in 1951 In Cache Valley THE LOGAN HOME OF FORD AND DEARBORN We have the facilities, equipment and parts to do all the repair work necessary on any type of farm machinery. Three factory trained mechanics are at your service. There is ample room in our repair shop to do all work. Coupled with Dearborn implements that are designed and manufactured to work with the Ford Tractor and in many cases new and better ways are closely associated with the words of "FORD FARMING", for the benefit of the farmers of Cache valley. A paint shop is maintained in addition to efficient repairing end overhauling therefore steam cleaning, adjustments and painting is done. Marketed through this association, and j Tgy Tfik DER0IT helped to eat 72,824 feed units of Turns Mirh ,vpMr. and who Thomas V. Marchant, .say thevve lived in peace during their 67 years of marriage, have tins tip for marital tranquility: Married folks can both have i(m) avbut not al ttlP (j,ne Taga turns being boss. ' Mrs- - Whean ST. LOUIS, Mo. IU.D Mayor Joseph Darst is looking for an do can one much There isnt official greeter. A "festival of row to obtain early pullets unless progress will be held here next found. be can summer to commemorate the good, started pullets good 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Only started pullets from source Purchase and the mayor decided stock and a reliable shoud be purchased. A complete it was tnne St. Louis got an offi- the of ,.tai ieeer much like New Yoiks histoiy of the pertormame chicks m the brooder house is (Grover Whs lea. anced feed supplied the bal- Cooperative way. A DEARBORN The poultry industry in the Cache Valley has been one of the most important blanches of agucultuie. However, without a dipendable maiket for production, the iluins to the farmer would be Snue 1923. between 400 and 600 pioduceis of poultry and eggs have this maiket in the Utah Poultry and Farmers with offices in Logan. Not only has the maiket made returns on production that could not have been done any other way, it has al-- o supplied the producers with balanced feeds, farm needs and supplies on a cooperative basis lower than usual prices. This has proven, without doubt, the advantages of such a coopeiative organization. UTAH POULTRY 173 SOUTH MAIN AND FARMERS COOPERATIVE LOGAN. UTAH SERVICE TELEPHONE 991 PLOW FOR DEARBORN-WOO- PLANNED D EVERY PURPOSE BROTHERS COMBINE SERViCE OR UNEXCELLED LONG "50" AUTOMATIC PICK-U- P BALER SAVES LABOR AND REDUCES UPKEEP COSTS Bullen Farm Equipment Co. 549 South Main, Logan, Utah Phone 666 |
