Show WHAT COUNTY AGENTS ARE DOING the annual report of the county agent work in the state of utah went to the governor this thia week during the year cows have been tested by tile the equity agents and 4 4 tested thru the high schools under the direction of county agents this thia determines determine for the farmer winch which cows are making him a profit and on which he la is losing in utah county an up to date sy system tern of water dividing and measuring ring weirs weira have hae been installed under the direction of the county agent and in the state fifteen irrigation systems have planned for the farmers covering 29 acres of lead land sevier county has begun with the county agents aid an org organic aniz aaion of a drainage district which will ill cover acres of land which when drained will be worth sa 3 in its present state two to thirds of it is 13 worthless thirty one other drainage systems covering acres have already been planned lanned in millard county acres acrea on farms were ere planted to turkey red wheat the average beld of the 1915 crop cron was 30 bushels per acre turkey red was practically the only variety th that S t made good last year the salt lake county canty agent obtained excellent results from definite seed beed selection of potatoes f for or the elimination of potato diseases there are 58 farmers in ID the state practicing either corn or potato se as lection farmers treated seed potatoes under the direction of the county agents last year the state has been kept practically clear of hog cholera by the timely and of the county agent the state hogs were vaccinated vaccina ted last year A farm survey of farms were made last year the farmer whose farm operations were recorded are urgent in their request that the work be continued the live county agents cooperated with the people of the grasshopper infected districts district of the state and helped them exterminate with poisonous bran mashes and other means this pest one oat cat field showed by count over grasshoppers killed per acre the needs for silage in utah is being definitely defina tely worked on in salt lake and utah counties by trying to deve develops tope varieties ane tiei of silage corn especially adapted to this section the silo business is being rapidly developed in the state five fi ve new counties seeing the benefits derived from the efforts of the county agent in other counties have petitioned for county agents Agent to be pro provided for thereas them as quickly as possible |