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Show PAGE TWO THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER , -- rgmc DUCHESNE COUNTY FARM BUREAU Pies., Myton, Utah HIGH-GRAD- E . Sec.-Trea- Boosevelt, Utah s., For Money of My Own SADDLE HORSES Weevil Harmful ARE NOW IN GREAT DEMAND I am a farm woman and have deto Clover Crop pended on the sale of poultry and saddle horses equal for high-grad- e to the market now, not even including the days when the saddle horse was in much greater use on the ranges than it is today, remarked Major A. H. Jones, who is difin charge of the intermountain vision of the remount service of the U. S army, Wednesday afternoon. Major Jones knows, for he just returned to Salt Lake Tuesday with approximately 300 head, the largest consignment ever bought to the Salt Lake Union stockyards. It took him weeks traveling through the northwest to obtain this lot of horses, he said, and the largest number obained from any one ranch man was a band of eleven head nurchased at the Thompson ranch Other in Baker county. Oregon. purchases were one and two head, with groups of four coming only at scattered intervals. It almost takes a fine toothed horses comb to find high-grad- e now, commented the major. During the last few years range men and farmers have permitted their activities to slacken, but a revival of interest is everywhere apparent. Unfortunately it will be some time before this re-- 1 vival will bear fruit. We have on file at the remount ofTice approxi-- 1 mately 500 requests for the thor-- : oughbred stallions which the service places at advantageous points over the country which we are unabli to fill, so great is this Inew interest. Major Jones found in his travel that eastern buyers likewise are scouting the west for hunting, polo and saddle horses. This works toward keeping the price at a high level. The demand today, h e points out, is for horses that show j The intermediate (breeding lines. is horse little in. demand illbred or he at any price, explained. In some of the more isolated sections of the northwest rainge Major Jones finds ranke stockrryen who have many fine horses still These stockmen have unbroken. (ailed to pay attention to the market possibilities and break their horses only as they are needed for range use. Now they are being attracted by the good prices offered (or riding stock and are looking to the horse njarket with renewed inng j j ; j j j terest. The stockyard full of horses Wednesday. attracted considerable at- tention. among horse lovers of Salt Hundreds visited the yards during the day and Inspected the horses and watched branding operations. In the afternoon Major Jones and other officers gave some of the horses the rigorous rt i the remount service prescribed for a test for & horse. Twelve of th'e topi ponies) from the lot at a yard will be corraled and held In Salt Lake for consignment to the stables at the University of Utah. The remainder of the lot will be shipped to Ft. Robinson. Neb., which is a remount de Lake. Cedarview, Utah Vice-Pres- ., v Their has never been a market pot. horse-breedi- ARTHUR WISCOMBE THOMAS ROBERTS C. F. WAHLQUIST Branding and marking completed Wednesday, was not but it is Effective Control Afforded by Fungous Disease ex- eggs for spending money until I decided to cultivate and raise berries for the market. I had a nice crop red raspberries this year and after putting up all I wished for my own use, I sold the surplus for a gallon. i dollar are not difficult to raise They and I am planning to set out more vines this fall. I find the red raspdemand than clover crop, but seldom causes total berries are in greater a better and are black the bring crop failure because of the rather eftrue is that the While it price. fective control afforded by a fungous a of a lasts season fruit part only disease which attacks it in the larval I be very profitable. or grub stage, says the United States year it can women think that every farm Department of Agriculture. The dam- should have a berry patch for her age is most severe in backward sea- own use and some to sell. To my sons. way of thinking it is pretty easy Indication of Pest. Mrs. R. L. D. Uintah The presence of the pest is Indicated money. pected Thursday will be adepuate timp to finish this work. When the Which Attacks horses are on their way to Nebraska, Major Jones will start out United States Department again scouting for more horses. This (Prepared by the of Agriculture.) tim he will go into northern NeThe clover leaf weevil sometimes vada and California. does considerable damage to the of It Secretary Jardine Has Arranged Wool Grades Secretary Jardine of the Department of Agriculture has signed an official order establishing standards of the United States for grades of wool and wool top to become effective July 1, 1928. by a ragged appearance of clover and The standards replace those for grades of wool which were established by the secretary May 18, 1923, as effective July 1, 1923, the changes being a subdivision of several of the grades to Increase the number in the series from seven to twelve, and the addition of numerals with the American terminology in designating the grades. The official standards of the United States for grades of wool are based on diameter of fiber, ranging from 36s to 80s. The superseded standards were also based on diameter of fiber. In the practical forms of the present standards and the superseded standards, the corresponding samples are: 64s, Fine; 58s, Blood; 56s, Blood ; 48s, 4 Blood ; 46s, Low 4 Blood; 44s, Common; 30s, Braid. alfalfa plants, when the dirty greenish wormllke or larval stage of the insect may be found around the base of the plants, according to Farmers Bulletin 1484-The Clover Leaf Weevil and Its Control. The principal food plants of the clover leaf weevil seem to be red SAVE THE Orchard Requires Care to Return Good Profit free illustrated catalog The Western Saddle Mfg. Co. 1651 Larimer St. - Colorado. Denver, PTTWII co-oper- Buy BEEF, Fat VEAL, PORKERS, LAMB, CHICK. EN. and FRESH EGGS at the y Environment and man must to produce fruit, says Prof. R. J. Barnett of the horticulture department of the Kansas State Agricultural college, and many men would fall as fruit growers even if placed In the Garden of Eden as once befell one of our eminent ancestors. The home orchard of Kansas has, between the years 1910 and 1920. practically disappeared. Professor Barnett attributes this to diminishing soil fertility, drought, failure to conserve such moisture as was available, and attacks of pests. Kansas, once a state producing a surplus of apples, must D. C. now depend on other states for a portion of its supply. The question is. could the home orchard be brought j SUBSCRIBE FOR THE UINTAH back, and would it be profitable? Pro- (BASIN FARMER. fessor Barnett answers yes," but he accompanies his answer with a great many ifs. Highest Market Price Phone 491-- P. 0. Box 127 R LOUIS LARIS ROOSEVELT UTAH THE ROOSEVELT LUMBER CO. con-tro- For BUILDING MATERIAL OF ALL KINDS Roosevelt Utah i The most Important eanse of a drop in the milk flow during summer la Insufficient feed. matures look out for use and barriers If needed chinch bugs to prevent migration. As small grain Carrots dont seem to have mnch tt REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS Fcr SALE ari offering at this time eight head of good, husky calves, rangStig in age from 12 to 14 months. Just the age you want for next seasons breeders. They ara produced here in tin Basin, under range conditions, so are acclimated. Anticipate your laeds for next season and save mwney by making youx selections this fall. We In- dividuality. Put them with pumpkin hr a pU and they taste like the real ;uiupkin. Or pat 'em with peas and ibt--y like prss. S by buying SADDLES direct from the manufacturer. Send for oar F, clover, alfalfa, and white clover. All the other varieties of clover are glso eaten, including alsike and occasionally sweet clover, and some varieties of beans. The beetles have been recorded as feeding also on timothy, green wheat leaves, burdock, soy beans, various flowers, and even leaves of corn. Effective Control. In view of the effective control over this pest given by the fungous disease, It Is seldom necessary oi practical to apply direct control measures against this insect alone. However,-bspraying the crop with a mixture or arsenate of lead at the strength of two pounds of the powder to 50 gallons of water. Including one pound of laundry soap as a sticker, the mixture being applied at the rate of 100 gallons to the here, a kill of 95 per cent of the larvae has been obtained under the usual seasonal rainy weather condition. The bulletin contains considerable information relative to the pe.st, its L distribution. Injury to crops, and A copy of the publication may be obtained free, as long as the supply lasts, from the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. MIDDLE-BUN- PROFIT R. S. LUSTY & SONS, Drcedsn cf Port Bred Hereford Dzchesrj, Dish |