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Show PAGE TWO THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER ..,,, fc I DUCHESNE COUNTY FARM BUREAU ARTHUR WISCOMBE THOMAS ROBERTS C. F. WAHLQUIST Pres., Myton, Utah Vice-Pres- ., Sec.-Trea- Cedaryiew, Utah Roosevelt, Utah s., AV.,AWWf! rWAvw.vv.mmvwvwAwwv.vA'Amvv.ww.w.w.mwvwWA CHRISTMAS OFFER Fundamental Factors Duchesne Leads In Bee Population There are aiinost twice the number of bees buzzing around Utah, gathering nectar from wild flowers and alfaifa , blooms and converting It into valuable honey and stinging people, than there were eight years ago, Dan H. Hillman, state apriast, told the annual convention of the Utah State Beekeepers association, which epened Tuesday afternoon at the Hotel Utah. The present bee census of the state shows 60.608 colonies, an increase of approximately 30,000 in the last eight years. "v-busy bee was as busy as ever in Utah during 1926, but because the spring flowers did not yield nectar fn their usual quanity, the honey flow resulting from the bees travels was not so great as was expected. The apiarists report indicated that the average surplus per pounds, colony was about sixty-on- e for the the total production miking siate 3,697,088 pounds. This volume of which was of honey, two-thirconsumed within the state, brought the producer in the neighborhood of Mr. Hillman reported $3b0.000. that Duchesne leads in bee population with 7979 colonies. Utah county is second with 7359 colonies and Boxelder county third with 4900 ocas-sional- ly ' ds colonies. What the new intermountain bee culture labratory at Laramie, Wyo.. which has been in operation but one month, hopes to accomplish in the interest of the beekeepers of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, was explained by A. P. Sturtevant, assistant apiculturist in charge of the station. Mr. Sturt-evaand his assistant, J. E. Eckattended the Utah beekeepers ert, nt tour convention on a states. of the intermountai'n They .are attending each state convention In the territory and meeting with honey producers to determine beekeeping problems peculiar to the intermountain region. To finance the study of these problems and to assist the producers, the station has been granted an annual appropriation of 510,000. Honey marketing and the possibility of increasing the per capita consumption of this product are being Mr. discussed at the convention. Hillman said that Utah should consume more honey than it produces and that a per capita conHe sumption Is deplorably low. ' various the county complimented fairs and state fairs for the recognition given the honey producing industry last fall. At the evening session, N. E. Miller of Provo, Utahs largest beekeeper, and .said to be one of the big-e- st shippers of honey in the United States, discussed Commercial HonHis discussion ey Production. out marketing topics and brought other major problems confronting the big hohey producer. With Utah In the grip of winter weather, the discussion of Mr. Sckett wag decidedly opportune. He spoke on the six-pou- nd - of Successful this Wintering. talk that one of the problems to atract he atention of he Laramrne HE DID NOT ACCEPT Kens Running in Snow It was cited in will be determination of most desirable practices for handling bees ip the frequently rigid winters of the intermountain region. For instance, it was 29 degrees bethe low zero at Laramine when state bee specialists started for Salt Lake. discusion featured A technical the afternoon progrant Mr. Sturtevant gave impressions from his ten years work in bee culture. station Do Not Lay Many Eggs ERALD HENRY, who was passing the winter in one of the small countries of southeastern Europe, had only to express the desire to meet some of the young ladies of the capital city when he was immediately invited to a Christmas party given ostensibly for the children, but m jealiiy to make an impression on him. The entire C family was there with all their relatives, and thirwith their parents. A ty cl.ilil.-eChris nms tree had been prepared with decorations from Ameri'-unu imported yre.-en!for all the gor-geou- s a Utah Seedmen High In Honors s Capture Ten Out of Fifteen Awards in Alfalfa Class at Chicago " Show. When Gerald arrived he was ushered into Hie grand salon, and seated on a divan with Marietta, the daughter of the house. A score of doting mothers raised jeweled iorgnettes to their noses and followed every move he made. Soon it was suggested that he and Marietta step into the garden alone. The air was heavy with the fragrance of tropical flowers; a fountain splashed in its marble basin ; and below, the town was like a fairy city in the fading light. How beautiful. exclaimed Gerald. To which Marietta replied in her broken English : Hens that run freely in the snow n.ut not be exnected to lay eggs. The chill that Is constantly communicated to their bodies will use up the extra le-- t ani o- - rgy that are needed for egg production. A few very vigorous fowls may have the power to overcome the influer'0 of snow and ice under the feet; hut most fowls will simply stop laying and will forget to begin under such circumstances. Ordinarily fowls will stand sP' on snow or ice or on cold wet ground. This the chilling process Keep them in. therefore, on dry e'ean litter them busy and they will be - -s likely to lay eggs as they i ifr roam ahout all dav They will be better oiT -- ( t- j too. -- Nanys df Utah seed producers whose' exhibits to the eighth annual International Hay and Grain shpw, recently closed at Chicago; drew favorable recognition from the judges have bien received from Professor J. C. Ilogeson, extension agronomist. with the Utah Agricultural college, who with E. E. Smith, a Bountiful seed grower and show expert took the Utah display at Chicago, Utahs heavy winnings weri in alfalfa seed. Entries from this state took ten out of fifteen awards, almost a repetition of last years; achievement of thirteen out of fif-- ! fpn. Other winnings were in bar-- ; ; ley. clover and wheat. j winning alfalfa seed exhibits. from Utah wera: Fourth, J. G. Peppard, Jr.. Roose- -. velt: fifth, L. M. Riggs. Deseret; sixth. Edgar Hanks. Ft. Duchesne; eighth, W. II. Woodbury, Salt Lake! City; ninth. F. O. Lundberg. Fortj Duchesne; tenth, L. E. Potter, My-- . Cs-- j eleventh, Abner !s; thirteenth, Jennie Harrison. Li-- : point; fourteenth, Yagah Mountain j Sheep company, Randlett; fifteenth,1 George H. Roberts, Cedarview. First! plnci in alfalfa seed went to Southsecond and third places to! He turned and looked at her. No. under no circumstances could she be termed beautiful, unless a pound debutante Is beautiful. He led Her carefully back to the house. After a sumptuous dinuer. during which the lorgnettes never ceased to concent rate on Gerald, he was again w hut this time by Marietta's brother, who said: You know, you are a lucky chap. My family will lv willing to give you Marietta for a wif. with eighty thousand dollars, as a dowry. Or perhaps. he added, we could give a little more." Poor Gerald never knew what he ; piled, nor how he left the house, but nil his friends were sure he did the proper thing. That night as he strolled alone along the brilliant promenade. and listened to the orchestra between the trees, his thoughts turned fully homewun. to an New England Christmas with driving fdho. H. Kaisworm of Murray exhibited1 show, jingling bells, ruddy cheeks, the fifth place entry in trebi barley, cheery voices, holly and mistletoe, and whonmrrled for love and not and William Thompson, Garfield, ex- -' -two-hundre- SAVE THE MIDDLE- MANS PROFIT by buying Boy Fat BEEF. P O It I.AMIt, EX. VEAL, R I! S , CHICK. and FRESH EGGS' at the Highest Market Price Phone P. 0. Box 127 491-- R wist-Dakot- a, LOUIS LARIS ROOSEVELT 's UTAH THE ROOSEVELT LUMBER CO. I po-hiblt- entry in red cloven Ip whiat the Utah experiment station sample of hard red winter wheat was given eighth; sm wNenfi place. In soft wint t.ho entry of O. H. 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