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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FABMEB Threes Alfalfa Seed Pests And How To Fight Them Now There are three insect pests that eggs are usually are doing damage to the alfalfa seed clover. wellThese hidden pretty and protected crops of the Uinjtah Basin and from the weather. hatch in now is the time to make warright on the spring and eat all They summer, theq them and give them the battle of when fall comes on they hide their their life. and die. eggs Oor weather now is ideal throughA many grasshoppers were out the Uintah Basin to make the killed great this fall by the grasshopper fight and will probably remain so iparasite but thesei did not work for some time. Leti etrefy farmer everywhere and we will most likeand seed raiser get busy. ly have grasshoppers again next - Chalcis Fly. uhless we start or; them soon. This little insect spends the whi- yeaf You know from this season what ter in hollow seed on the ground, damage can do and how hard hanging on the alfalfa plants that they arethey to fight. Getting them have not been cut, anjd in piles of now will next year. prevent damage chaff and screenings. It emerges You can destroy most, if not all as a small black fly in the spring of the eggs by burning or early summer and lays its eggs off ditchgrasshopperfence banks, tows, weed in the young and lender seeds soon trash waste land and patches, piles, after the blossom drops off. The and by the alfalfa and cultivating egg hatches inside the seed and the clover fields, ditch banks, and fence worm grows with the seed until rows this fall and winter. about the time the seed should be Alfalfa Weevil. ripe. The alfalfa weevil is new in the Then it eats a hole in the shell Uintah Basin. and emerges again at about the Probably he has not time the second crop is ini full done any damage to speak of so bloom. The flies may be carried long far but it has been seen in at least distances by the wind. separated neighborThey lay three wddely This pest has done imtheir eggs in the second crop seeds hoods. and when the eggs hatch the worms mense damage in other parts of the Did you know that Utah grow with the seeds, eating out the state. cannot be shipped out of the hay inside until cold weather. Then because of a quarantine on the the winter shells in the they spend wevil? to emerge as flies next season. The The weevil is a small brownish chalcis fly probably damaged the second crop in the Uintah Basin gray insect that lives over winter hidden in trash and stubble on the more than half this season. In the spring the weevil Damage can be reduced for next ground. in the tender young its off rows fence and eggs lays year by burning When the ditch banks, weed patches and piles shoots of the alfalfa. of chaff, screenings, etc., and by eggs hatch the grubs eat their way eultivatinjg all alfalfa fields to cover out and move up to live on the tenWhen they the seed on the ground so that the der part of the plant. are full grown they spin a cocoon flies cannot get, out next spring. and by and by they come out a weeGrasshoppers. The grasshoppers are more easily vil to hide up in the fall again. You can kill most of the weevils Been and better known than the The old grasshoppers lay now by burning fence rows, ditch chalcid. their eggs ini the fall along ditch banks, weed patches, trash and oth-- r banks and fence rows, in- weed hiding places and cultivating the patches anjd especially around sweet fields to turn them out in the cold. . UTAH BUTTER SCORES j History Note The monks started SECOND IN CONTEST making beer in the 12th century and the bootleggers beganj operations in Utah producers were rated second the twentieth. out of ten states of the United States sending samples to the monthcontest conducted ly butter-scorin- g recenty in Salt Lake by the western LEON P. CHRISTENSEN division of the bureau of dairying, while British Columbia samples, Irrigation and Civil Engineer three in number, topped the list. Phone Vernal 4 or Blk 452 Oregon had the best samples of any VERNAL, UTAH state. Producers of this state submitted seven samples, having an aggregate score of 90.71 per cent, or only .12 per cent behind Oregon. California followed with 90.50 per cent, and in turn the other grades are as follow: Washington, 90.82; Idaho, Ear Tags 89.50; Wyoming, 89; Texas, 88.45; Montana, 88.38; Colorado, 88.07; The bat tag on the Nevada, 87.68. In the cheese scoring this state market iniorsiiby oromrKntt'aikTra trailed behind in the October con- With our DOUBLE ACTION PLIERS test, four samples submitted from 50 per cent more Tags can be atUtah getting an average grade of tached, with one half the Exertion 87.75 per cen, while Washington as other Pliers on the market. One stood high with 90.83. Samples were squeeze attaches Tag instantly. Write for FREE Samples entered from six states. INTER-MTMACHINE & STAMP WORKS, Inc. ELECTION CAKE 242 East 2nd So. Salt Lake, Utah. Al-Wuz-- On N. Make it when you bake bread. Bread dough; two tablespoons softened butter or substitute; cup sugar; 1 egg, beaten; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; teaspoon each nutmeg and cloves; 1 cup seedless cup shredded citron. raisins; When making bread or coffee cake, reserve enough dough to make 1 loaf of cake. To this dough knead in the other ingredients, It may dredging fruit with flour. be necessary to add a little flour to the dough int order to handle it; however, avoid this if possible. Let rise in a warm place until very light, then bake about an hour in a moderately hot oven. BUTTER PRODUCTION IN HUNTING AND FISHING WEST HEAVY FOR 1924 ARE REAL . RESOURCES . BASIN UINTAH OF THE The 1924 production of butter fat is heavier than it has been for sevWith he closing of the deer sea- eral years, bringing the cost of first son there comes the knowledge of T down to butter prices, the significance of the value of the grade to W. F. Jensen, presiaccording mountains surrounding us with dent of tihe Mutual Creamery comptheir hunting, trapping and fish- any who recently returned from a ing. tour of dairy sections in the northSo far there is no Teal check on west where company plants are lothe number of deer which have cated. been killed this season but from the Due to more care on the part of received it been which have reports farmers, cream is better in the shows that some sections furnished west thamj it has been and good butmuch better shooting than otheTs. ter is in greater demand generally In the Ashley valley the quail throughout the west, he said. Mr. Beasoj which closed furnishes excel- Jensen believes as a result of his It is the same along visit and survey of factory condilent sport. the rivers and ponds with wild duck tions that western made butter is hunting. Various sections through- equal if not superior to eastern proout the Basin is being stocked with ducts. Mr. Jensen stated that the averthe Ring necked pheasanjt and withatage yearly consumption of butter-fa- t in a short time will be a great for each individual in the Unitraction. is approximately 20 But with all of these and the na- ted States News. Deseret tive grouse and sage hens the prime pounds. attraction Is the splendid trout fishIt is said that Cato learned Greek ing iai practically every stream and he was 80 years of age, but mounafter lake of the beautiful Uintah when a man reaches that are nowadays Not. only they being tains. White-rocks age, he certainly thinks there is litstocked from the hatchery at but also from oher hatcher- tle more to be learned. ies of the state. is on Benjamin Frankins picture know It is with pride we speak of ourwe real- the new $100 bills, but hunting and fishing but do we cents where you can get a picture of dollars anjd ize the value in less money. a it is to every citizen of this section Franklin for lot From the if the state? elecInj 1749 Benjamin Franklin tional standpoint alone it is of indinner. his for a turkey estimable value but when combined trocutedto look like most of the new can Begins side everyone the with finarpial ideas are old ones worked over. be a real booster. When Answering Advertisements, Mention This Paper BLOCK MACHINE in excellent condition SELL OR TRADE A. W. CLEMONS Rox 85. DUCHESNE, UTAH You have become famous for seed production in three short seasons yet you have just started to raise seed. Many of you can increase your yields by cultivating and by rearranging your ditches this fall. . i NO. 5 MILLS CEMENT Threshing will soon be over and you will be planning for another season. pre-wa- recrea- Make Your Own House Others can improve the quality of their seed by destroying weeds and patches of volunteer alfalfa that harbor chalcis fly- - Nearly every farmer knows some way in which he can increase the cash return from his seed crop another season. WHY NOT DO IT NOW? i 1 J. G. PEPPARD SEED CO. Duchesne -- - Roosevelt - Vernal |