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Show THE Goats bred for milk production pro-- i dnce from one to two thousand pounds of milk a year, with an average test :of about 4 per cent. From two to ; four quarts of milk per day Is considered very good production. Goats are very rarely kept In this country for milk production under average farm conditions. They are I more economical than cows and can j be kept perhaps where cows could not. ' TEE UINTAH BASIN Continued from page one) stock, most of U3 can not afford to do anything else. There are already a great many dairy cows in the basin, iwhat they need i3 Improvement. The use of good bulls will not increase the production of the cows in a herd, but they may double the production of the daugh- ters. StaadhrdizatioiL Grasshoppers. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Magpies, found over much of the northwest quarter of the United States, have a bad reputation among fanners, fruit growers, poultry keepers, and stockmen. Unlike many birds with unjustly bad reputations, the magpie deserves some condemnation. At times It becomes a serious pest, and In such cases shooting or poisoning may be the only remedy. The magpie ha3 no particular aversion to the bitter taste of strychnine, so for bait this poison Is recommended by the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture. Magpies Steal Eggs. Magpies have been known to steal eggs from chicken yards to carry to their young; They sometimes kill chicks. They also show great partiality to cherry orchards. Perhaps their worst offense i3 harrying weak or wounded animals, and even occasionally sound and healthy creatures. The magpie attack Is torturesome. A magpie has been known to keep pecking and enlarging a wound of an animal, finally resulting In death of the animal after days of suffering. On the other hand, the magpie often Is beneficial. Its diet includes a great number of Injurious Insects, In particular grasshoppers and caterpillars In the spring and grasshoppers later in the summer and autumn. The grain the magpie eats Is largely waste In the fields, for the bird prefers Insects both at planting time and during the harvest season. For these reasons magpies are useful and should be protected wherever the evil they do does not overbalance their good services. Not Hard to Eradicate. Whenever it Is desirable to eradicate magpies the task is not difficult, d resifor the magpie is a dent, and Its elimination in a neighborhood where it Is a pest does not cause a diminution of numbers in areas where conditions make the magpie a good servant to the farmer. An organization of this kind is entirely practical and possible for ns to form and operate successfully here, th fly in the ointment is going to appear when it 4s found that to make it a success it will be select one breed necessary to and stay with it. It will readily be seen that it will be impossible for the association to function properly if it uses bulls of different breeds. The standardization of one breed in this district will have many advantages which, wnl more than repay any of us for sacrificing personal likings for any certain breed. No organization, no matter how nearly perfect it may be, can suit every one. Human mature just isn't that way. Life demands that we give and take. So, rather than discourage a movement of this kind, which will directly or benefit everyone In the Basin, let us be big enough to set aside our personal likes and dislikes and let the majority rule. We must have a breed of cattle which will meet our requirements and thrive under our conditions. A meeting will be called in the near future to take up this movement and other problems relative to the betterment of dairy industry in the Basin. Watch for the date and for the good of the Uintah Basin, be there. Green feeds are an important part United, vre stand; divided, we of the winter poultry ration. Sprouted fall. oats may be used or leafy alfalfa. tly year-roun- te FOR RENT 80 acres on the DuThe best way to prevent a bog from chesne river, cheap rent, good place, overturning bis feeding trough is to also 40 acres at Myton. Utah. R. build it out of concrete. It will then be too heavy for him to push It over. 7, Box 180, Stockton, California. 32-- WYTON ITEMS Diet Includes Great Number of Injurious Insects Like I THE VALUE OF A COOPERATIVE BULL ASSOCIATION TO FAE2IEE Magpies Often Arrant Rogues Goats for Milk; f TJHTTAH BASIN 4t Basin Lodge I. O. O. F., No. 51, Tuesday evening, March it of Myton, at a recent meeting pre- was decided to fix the price of lots sented John Keel with a jewel. The at the cemetery as follows: 18x18 years or a full lot, at 520.00; half lot, pin represents twenty-fir- e more continuous membership in 9x18 at 510.00, a single grave at Mr. The improvements good standing of the fraternal or- 52.00. der. Myton lodge in its history has Blaine has been making, consist of had the honor of presenting three making streets and alleys and each jewels to the- following members: lot with a spike. The work acB. L. Dart, Giles Wood, and John complished has been' very satisfac Keel. This organization is one of tory. the strong ones in this portion of Mrs. C. T. Beggs, Mrs. Dorothy the basin. Palmer and Mrs. C. Snyder of MyKenneth Draper of Myton, who ton left here during the past week tor several years has held the po- for California where they expect sition of draftsman In the local of- to spend a couple of months visfice of the Uintah Irrigation pro- iting wit-- relatives in Long Beach ject, recently received notice of his and Benna Park. transfer to Blackfoot, Idaho, on Rev. Clayton Rice of Boise, Idathe Fort Hall project, where he ho who holds the position of the will hold a similar position. , Dur- Congregational churches for Idaho ing the past two weeks he has been and Utah, spent a portion of the packing up making preparations to past week in the basin on busimove his family to his new home. ness ini connection with his official The Midview National Farm Loan position. For several years Mr. Rice association recently held its an- held the position as pastor of the nual election for 1928. President Myton Presbyterian church. Lee Felter, F. W. George Elliott of Myton who T. R. holds the position of Indian farmJ. Meyer, secretary-treasure- r, ' vice-preside- Cope, nt, board of directors Alex Mur- er for the Indians on this portion phy, Alma T. Burgener and Mrs. T. of the reservation, transacted busiR. Cope. This organization has been ness in Salt Lake City during the in existence for 10 years, being past week. organized in 1917. Its purpose is assist the farmers in the basin Two-thir- ds of the cotton grown securing five per cent loans on in- Russia is produced on little farms their farms. Following is the fi- of less than 12 acres. nancial statement and growth of the association during its history. Number of loans made since its organization, 64; total amount loaned 580,800; number of paid up loans :i since the organization, 6; total amount $9300; number of loans now in force, 58; total amount 581,000; total outstanding stock in the association, 54050; dividends paid to stockholders since 1924, 5227.82; farm loan lands owned by the association 580. The associa- ;! On every farm there Is ma-- ;! tion is sufficiently financed to carimplements, stock or ;! ry on its work and pay all expen- ;! chinery, other that are not be- - ;! things ses under ordinary circumstances, Ing used and should be turned ;j until loan applications mature, and into money to be used for !; dividends are received from the fedother purposes. eral land bank. The dates set for the annual j; In every home there is furn-iture, trunks and other ar- - ;! Bear Dance which will be held at Myton again this year, is March ;! tides that might also ba Bold. ;! 21, 22, 23, and 24. The Bear comes ;t The money oould be put to ;! out Sunday at 6 a. m., March 25, ;! use, or in the bank to draw ;! interest. Why not sell such ;! and at 1 p. m., of that day, a big ;! j! things now? feed (will be given the Indians. The same location west of the Myton Or perhaps you have chickens. !j opera house has been selected. Wm. eggs. plants or seed, or ser-- !; Morrison is sponsoring the movevice of some kind that you ment and each year the Indians want to find buyers for ;! from all parts of the basin attenr In large numbers. The festivity STANDARD WANT ADS WILL celebrates the return of the spring- ;! HELP YOU FIND time Season and it wa3 originated I; BUYERS by the Ut Indians. They are now Every other week these little making preparations for it. salesmen are selling goods Thursday evening, March 8, Basand service for your neigh- in lodge I. O. O. F. No. 51 of My- ;! bor, andi at a very low cost; ton, gave the initiatory work to the 10c & line the first week, and following persons: James Mason ' 5c a line after that. and Alex Birch of Roosevelt; Carlson Clark and W. Havensmlth of Look around now and have the Midview district. Wm. Jensen j; want ad In the next is-your is Noble Grand of this organiza;! sue. Phone it in If you wish. tion and it was under his supervisthe work was put on. This ion lodge has had a substantial growth during the past year and is one of the strong lodges of OddfellowsMp in this part of Utah. Roosevelt H. H. Blaine, city marshal of Myton has had the supervision of Complete Printing Service the twork done at the local cemetery. At the. council meeting on to in - Why Not Si It? j BEAR DANCE BIG EAT $100.00 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 21, 22, 23, 24 Dance All Night 'The 24th Big Eat 1 P. M., March 25 MYTON, UTAH Free Hay and Wood ; ' ; ! i Standard |