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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879, SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Year in Advance fm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop. matter Feb. Entered as second-clas- s $, 1929, at' the post office Randolph. TOE . . Utah Legislature Passes Income Tax Liberal Ration Increases the Milk Production Later. Giving the dairy cow a good start by proper feeding throughout her dry period is a sure way to help her freshen in a desirable condition, says C. L. Blackman, dairy specialist at Ohio State university. A cow beginning her lactation In low condition, he states, may produce less than 70 per cent as much milk as she produces when she freshens in condition. Apparently cows good freshening in low condition produce less than their possible capacity throughout the entire lactation period. Progressive dairymen who keep records and study their cows have learned this fact from experience. Blnckninn points out They have found that fihe most profitable feed is that fed during the dry period. As soon as the cow is dry she should be fed according to her condition. If she is In good flesh, very little except a good legume hay and silage, or pas ture, need be given during this time. However, if she is in poor flesh It is best to feed liberally. Instead of a high protein .atlon the dr; cow requires one that is light and laxative. If a high quality legume hay is available, he suggests that the ration contain 400 pounds of corn or corn and cob meal, 200 pounds oats. 100 pounds wheat, 100 pound wheat bran, and 1(M) pounds linseed oil meal or soy bean meat If only poor roughage, such as tint othy hay, oat straw, or corn stover Is available, it is usually best to increase the oil meal or soy bean meal by 50 per cent. Drinking Cups Increase Cows Yield of Milk dairyman recently said that of all the improvements that he had put into his dairy farm the one which brought him the most returns in actual dollars was drinking cups for his cows. Another dairyman found by actual figures that the drinking cups not only saved a lot of work, hut have also greatly increased the milk production of his herd Every farmer who has drinking cups knows that cows, like people, drink more often when the sup ply is convenient, particularly when they are eating. At least four pounds of water are required for each pound of milk produced, so that any increase in consumption of water is usually followed by a correspondingly ' larger A milk yield. Silage Increases Milk and Butter Production survey of dairy herds in a Inrge section of Pennsylvania showed that a cow fed on silage produced 150 gallons of milk more per year than when the silage was withheld. At 20 cents a gallon this amounts to $30 more herd the inper year. For a to approxiamount creased profits a in $300 single jrtar. mately Another extensive survey carried out h.v the Minnesota Cow Testing ascows sociation showed that silage-feproduced a larger quantity of butter-fa- t per cow, resulting in the production of 70 pounds more butter per At 42 cents a pound this year. amounts to an annual increased profit of $30 per cow. A ten-eo- d ... Dairy Hints , j essentials of a good The dairy barn are that it he clean, well ventilated and well lighted. rock-botto- Niggardly feeding of good cows is mistaken economy; likewise, liberal feeding of poor cows Is Just as poor practice. Proper feeding, culling, and management of the average dairy herd, combined with breeding for high production, will give the highest dairy re- turns. Breeding records eliminate guess work as to calving dates and permit the dairyman to dry up the cow a reasonable length of time before she is due to freshen. PURE BRED HENS ARE PROFITABLE d Cost a Little More but Pay It All Back in Eggs. April Is a good time to make every effort possible to produce pure bred poultry instead of mongrels. If flocks of bens are kept on our farms that possess the colors of Josephs coat, combined with numerous sizes and shapes, and producing a product that would take an expert to tell the shades and texture of the shell, then poultry profits will be slim. With small profits, onr Interest will lessen, and it takes ' interest to make ns go after poultry in the right way, in the opinion of D. H. Hall, extension poultry husbandman, Ciemson college. South one-thi- rd come. Carolina. Have you ever seen a farmer that was interested In a mongrel flock of chickens? If you have, you have seen more than I have. says Mr. Ha)l. As a rule, when the farm flock are mongrels, the farmer himself will always tell you that they belong to the Wife, but when pure bred poultry comes on the farm, then this same farmer doesnt mind showing the visitors the poultry, and most of the time, will claim every one of them. Pure bred poultry will also attract attention to the farm.' I do not care bow humble the home may be or how poor the farmer is himself, people will always stop to took at a flock f pure bred chickens. When other people are Interested in the things yon have, there is usually a sale for them at a , Several minor tax laws having to do with the powers and duties of the tax commission were enacted. This completes the major tax program and puts into effect the constitutional amendments as voted on by the people of the state in the last election. The school equalization bill as passed by the legislature will increase gradually from $147,000 for to five the school year of 1932-3times that amount for the fifth school year thereafter. The legislature received bills from its members and approximately seventy of these met with approval. This is a low record in number of measures to be passed by a session and at the same time more fundamental changes were made in the laws of the state than has been made by any previous meeting of the law- makers. of house More than bills introduced during the sixty-da- y session were killed on the last day. Among the bills slaughtered were those which would enable county commissioners to raise extra levies for unemployment relief, and a bill by Representative George M. Miller of Carbon county calling for an outright apropriation of $100,000 for unemployment relief, the bill for a tax on natural gas, and a tax on till boards. Senate bill 36, by John E. Booth, tuthorizing cities and towns to e shade tree commissions; bill 96, George Jefferson, enabl-n- g counties to establish levies of of a mill for the care of end senate bill 43, blind, ndigent nox Patterson, enabling chiroprac-or- s to take industrial commission ases were passed. Senate joint resolution No. 5, Bur-o- n W. Musser, which the house adapted, is known as the home rule dll and enables incorporated cities ind towns to establish, by consent of the people, any type of government they desire. Under the present law it is specified as to what type of government cities of different sizes shall operaate under, met with approval. The bill as it came from the senate limited this power to cities having 5000 inhabitants or more. The house amended this to read any incorporated city or town, and the amendment was concurred in by the senate. New laws as enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor include some items of interest as 3 one-thir- good profit. What about the cost? Pure bred chickens may cost a little more, but they will pay back in eggs and meat more than mongrel? ever can. Tbe pure bred poultry producers In each county should get behind this movement and plan pure bred poultry on each farm. d Right Number of Males Required in Hen Flock There is no absolute rule in regard to the number of males needed in a flock, but there are some general recommendations that will prove helpful For the in deciding this question. Asiatic breeds one rooster is needed for six or eigh' hens. These birds are slower moving than the American breeds. The American breeds, such as Plymouth Rocks. Rhode Island Reds and Wyandottes. need one rooster for every ten or twelve hens. With Leghorns and other Mediterranean breeds one rooster to fifteen or twenty hens Is usually satisfactory. The activity of the males will make some difference in regard to the number needed. In comparatively large flocks fewer males will be needed than where the rooster and hens are clost-lconfined. It is better to have a few more males at the beginning of the season than Is needed so that there ap-oi- nt sen-it- ine-ten- th ollows : 18, Booth, transferring y will be sufficient even though some of them may become disabled or die. If new males are added later in the season they will usually start fighting and do more harm than good. A few extra roosters early in the season is a more practical method of meeting the Situation. Increasing Demand for Capons of Good Quality There is a steadily increasing demand for capons as the market becomes appreciative of their superior quality for table purposes. The question Is sometimes asked: What is a capon? The answer is: An unsexed cockerel or a bird from which the reproductive organs have been removed before it has been fully developed or attains maturity. This operation has the effect of causing a more placid temperament to develop in the bird, and the fighting instinct is lost as the result of the continuance of the infantile, undeveloped sexual nature. After the operation has been performed these birds grow rapidly; and their flesh retains the tender condition of young chickens up to the time when they gre fully . board of equalization funds to state tax com- mission ; 4, Keyser, requiring flying of flag at polling places ; 17, Shields, providing for railroad crossing device; 1 Fowles, transferring land to Ogden for park purposes; 40, Shlalds, licensing auctioneers; There is no best breed of dairy cattle. Briefly Told by Busy Readers The Nineteenth Utah legislature passed the personal income tax bill on the final day of the session. The personal income tax bill carries a maximum rate of 4 per cent, offsets of thirty-thre- e and per cent, a $1 filing fee which must be paid by all adults, save only married women who have no independent main source of income. The corporation franchise tax bill which was passed by the legislature proposes: that corporations shall be taxed for their privilege of doing business in Utah, at a flat rate of three per cent of their net income, and that they shall be allowed to offset not to exceed of such franchise tax by a like amount of taxes they may pay on tangible property in this state. Income only from business done within the state, so far as may be allocated by the formula written into the law, is to be taxed, and taxes may be paid in two installments, three months apart. The federal income tax setup is the basis of the machinery provided for administering the Utah tax passed on inone-thir- GIVE DAIRY COW PROPER FEEDING Intermountain News 20, Musser, pertaining to mutual fire insurance companies; 22, Shields, 34, Welling, licensing, aircraft pilots. Bills passed by the senate: H. B. 41, Fuller General appro- priations. n S. B. 164, Fowles Bad checks. Senate concurs in house amendment. S. B. 114, Candland Corporatioq franchise tax. Conference report recommitted for correction. Amended report presented and adopted and bill repassef H. B. 4, Mills Legislative vacancies. Amended and passed. H. B. 72, Anderson Reapportionment. Amended and passed. H. B. 102, Woodruff Banks to sell real estate. 1L B. 130, committed Legislative code commixsion. grown. Egg Hatchability . . Birds which have been producing large numbers of eggs throughout the winter are usually found to produce eggs late in the season with a lower fertility and hatchability. The explanation of this is that the vitality of the birds has gone into egg production. The hatchability of these eggs can be Improved, however, by giving the flock all the direct sunlight they can get during the winter. Cod liver oil is also of some value, as are the good giastf substitutes. WATER SUPPLY SECURE TO DECREASE EXPENSES TEST WELL FOR WATER WIRE SERVICE AT OGDEN GOLD AREAS SURVEY MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA. Workmen are installing a pump designed to tap' the unlimited water supply Mountain of the lower strata. Home will then have sufficient water, John Goodall, chairman of the village board announces. The well Is to supply from 200 to 300 gallons per minute from a depth of from 200 to 300 feet BOISE, IDA. Idaho has decided to do its share toward putting more gold in circulation by pointing out the best gold areas and urging they The plan was anbe developed. nounced by Stewart Campbell, state mine inspector and member of the 6tate bureau of mines. The bureau will press to completion at an early date a geologic survey which will include known gold areas such as the Thunder Mountain, Elk City, and Lemhi areas and from there will branch out into other sections. IDA It is an- POCATELLO, nonneed that the Eastern Idaho Wool Marketing association has signed 454,692 fleeces for 1931. Directors say they have advanced $160,000 on the clip., BURLEY, IDA. Frank Cob, 42, Boise, district manager of the American Automobile association, was killed in an automobile accident at a sharp corner turn about two and a half miles east of Delco, TOOELE, UT. With Tooele county facing a shortage of $2,000,000 in assessed valuation, and an incidental decrease of 10 per cent In revenue, the Tooele County Taxpayers association and the County Farm bureau have started a movebodment to ask the ies of the county to decrease their expenditures for next year. OGDEN, UT. A government leased wire will be extended to the Ogden Union stockyards soon after July 1, according to information received by Stephen Bray, local representative of the federal livestock market news service. Provisions for this wire were included in the agricultural appropriation bill recently passed. TWIN FALLS, IDA. As several passers-blooked on, Harold F. Hughes, 35, a farmer of Hansen, stepped from his automobile on a street here, rested a shotgun against the seat, railed the trigger with an iron hook 'and shot himself through the heart. He died almost instantly. NEPHI, UT. A test well may be drilled soon in the fields west of NephL Should this prove successful, water for irrigation purposes will be plentiful in this section. For some years past, the projects of irrigation water have been under discussion in this area, and at present fanners are appearing enthused for the first time. PRICE, UT. 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This brings the total for the first two months of the year to .44 of an inch, as compared with 1.84 inches for the same period last year. The total precipitation for the past four months has been only 1.44 inches for this locality. PRICE, UT. Bids for another large road project in eastern Utah, the construction of a gravel surfaced road from Monticello to the Church Rock at Peters hill, have been asked by the state road commission. The highway, which is in the neighborhood of five miles in length, is an important link in a highway system which has its origin in Wheeling, W. Va. The cost of .the project is estimated at $100,-00Construction work should begin at an early date. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The city has just held its annual spring clean-uand removal of winter debris has been conducted. 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