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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FAB3IE5 DUCHESNE COUNTY FARM BUREAU THOMAS ROBERTS C. F. WAHLQUIST Vice-Pres- Pres., Hytcn, Utah ARTHUR WISCOMBE Eocserelt, Utah Sec.-Trc- as Cedarview, Utah ., VVVWAVWWAVW, (Better Preparation Urged for Berries i. Growers Should Aim to Pro- duce Fruit of High Grade. (Prepared kr U United States Department ! of Agriculture.) condition and found on of often strawberries grade 'the market indicates a need for more and bei attention to standardization tter handling methods, according to the bureau of agricultural economics. United States Department of Agrfcul- ture, following a field survey of 'strawberry marketing methods. Growers, says the department, should aim to produce berries of such nniformry high quality that no hand grading is necessary, as any extra handling adds to the possibility f decay. In many instances, however, hand grading is necessary and profitable, but the logical place to grade berries is in the field. Whether or not the berries have been band or field graded, the tiled boxes should be classified as to grade before they are placed in crates for shipment. Field grading under proper supervision is preferred to grading in the packing shed because it involves less .handling and therefore less deterioration in transit The use of established standard grades is recommended as furnishing a definite basis and guide to the grower in preparing his crop for market, to the buyer in purchasing the fruit, and fcr inspection either at shipping point or terminal market Boxes should contain a uniform grade of berries and should be filled so that they are not slack nor yet full enough for the berries to be crushed when placed in the crates. The crates should be loaded in the cars so as to penult ample circulation of cold air. and should be firmly stripped and braced to prevent shifting and damage to the load while in transit The detailed results of the departments survey has Eveen published In : Farmers Bulletin Xo. 1300. entitlea Preparing Strawberries for Market. copies of which may be obtained from the department at Washington, The unsatisfactory -- d. a Turning cows oat on the pastures too soon in the spring Is one of the common mistakes milk producers make, according to dairy specialists Iowa State coilege. and this year the tendency will te greater than be ion because of the general shortage of feed. To tarn tfie cows oat in tfie pastures too early hurts tfie pastures, and the feed vaiue of the pastures is especially low so that It hurts the cows, earty grass consisting mostly of water. Wait until the grass gets a good start and take the cows off winter roughage feeds gradually, advise the extension men. Six to eight weeks after the cows have been on pasture the medium producers win do fairly well on grass alone. With high producers, however, the grain allowance should be continued but may be cut down a few pounds. Fewer and Bigger Plants Are Needed by Industry Fewer and bigger plants go with fewer and better cows in the improvement of Wisconsins dairy industry. says K. L. Hatch, di rector of extension at the Uaivemry of Wisconsin. Professor Hatch believes that competition will prevent the establishment u of more plants . which have been common since pioneer days. He believes that modern transportation makes It possible, to assemble a large volume of milk and cream at one point where it can be handled by experts in plants equipped with e machinery, a milk single plant of this type can ren factories and place a dozen save the labor of several men. Another feature in favor of the large plant is In the uniformly good product which Is possible when the best of machinery Is used and the work is done by experts. milk-handlin- g Comparing the farm to a factory in a recent publication by the United 'States Department of Agriculture, the authors, A. T. Wiaucko and S. D. Con- nor, say: The farmer should know his soil and have a sound basis for every step in its treatment. Building up the productivity of a soil to a high level and then maintaining it, is an achievement for which every farmer should strive. The business of farming should be conducted as intelligently ;and as carefully as a manufacturing labor-savin- large-volum- one-ma- Pick a LUSTY BULL For Profit They are builders of Beef . R. S. LUSTY & SONS, Duchesne, Utah Breeders ef Pore Bred Hereford Ckttla g, grown continuously infested region. This bulletin la acter and may be application to the d. a Individual Feeding of Dairy Cows Is Favored (Prepared by tae United Statqg Departmeat of Agriculture.) Clover failure has been one of the causes for the decline in popularity of red clover as a forage crop. Diseases are among the important causes of the failure of the crop, and of the diseases anthracnose i. the most important. In Technical Bulletin 23-Clever Anthracnose Caused Colletotrichum Triiolii, just pubby lished by the United States Department of Agriculture. John Munteith. Jr., of the bureau of plant industry reports studies of the disease. This bulletin is devoted to the anthracnose caused by the fungus Colletotrichum trifolu. A subsequent paper vvlh treat a similar disease caused by another fungus, Gloeosporiuru cuuliv-orum. Clover failure was reported in in Tennessee, and has since been reported in many clover growing sections. Mr. Monteith reports that several other legumes, but not all, are susceptible to the damage. This particular fungus does its greatest damage in the southern part of the clover belt both because the fungus lives over the winter more readily there and more particularly because high temperatures and humidity in that section are more favorable to the development and spread of the fungus at the time it is attacking the plants. Control by spraying or dusting Is cot practicable even if it were effective. The injury can be reduced by a change of seeding dates. The fungus thrives in the beat of summer. If seeding is delayed until August, the plauts are likely to escape injury and go into the winter in good condition and would tuen make at least one crop before the fungus is at its height the second year. The common practice of sowing a nurse crop with clover Is particularly unfavorable. Tbe clover loses protmiug shade and is somewhat weakened when the nurse crop is harvested, and this happens at the time when the fungus finds conditions most favorable. Best Control. Tbe best control and one which has proved effective in Tennessee is found in the selection of strains resistant to the disease. Such a strain was developed at the Tennessee experiment station and has retained a high degree of resistance. This resistant strain failed when seeded in Xew England, but Mr. Monteith reports that the damage there was from a similar anthracnose caused by the other fungus he has studied. Homegrown seed from stock produced in regions where the disease Is regularly severe is, in general, more resistant, than Imported seed, or seed from re- -, gions where the disease Is not prevalent X'atural selection must be depended on to play an important part. Mr. Monteith concludes, in Increasing the degree of reliance clover T, 1 i In an anthracnose technical la charobtained free open United States Deof Agriculture, Washington, partment Anthracnose Blamed for Decline in Popularity as Forage Crop. Dangerous to Turn Cows on Pastures Too Early or.e-ma- Build Up Productivity of Soil and Retain It Fungus Causes Clover Failure business. Every process must be understood and regulated, from the raw material to the finished product. In order to be uniformly successful. The farmers factory Is his farm. Different soils present different problems. It Is important, therefore, that soils be studied and understood In order that the production of crops may be most satisfactory and profitable. Xo system of soil management can be satisfactory that does not in the long run bring profitable returns. Some soil treatments and methods of manage ment may be profitable for a time, but ruinous In the end. Onesided or unbalanced soil treatments have been altogether too common in the history of farming in this country. A properly balanced system .f treatment will make almost any soil profitably pro-ductive. Different cows have different capacities for converting feed into milk. Xo man who bas not a full appreciation of the wide variation in individual cows will be fully successful as a feeder Some cows may have natural capacity for producing large quantities of milk, and may not receive feed enough for maximum production. By increasing the feed of cows and caretbe sheets on milk the fully consulting which each cow? dally production Is recordtd, the skillful feeder will soon find that some cows in the herd will respond to the increased allowance and return a good profit on the additional feed given. On the othtr hand, there are cows that have a limited capacity for milk production and are very liable to be overfed. Ey carefully studying each individual cow the feeder will soon ascertain the point beyond which any addition to the grain ration becomes cnprofitable. highest-producin- g Short Farm Notes I Cabbage growers need particularly to watch crop market reports. In a short crop year, consider bolding part of the cropv unless the fall price is very high. Grain growers annually lose millions of dollars from plant diseases. These diseases can be controlled. Stinking smut of wheat Is one the most serf ous of these diseases. j j When tomato plants bear fruit the size of an egg, a top dressing of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia will increase its size and give the fruit a deeper color. Naturally this will also increase the size of your crop. All the hardier vegetables, like onions, carrots and beets, should be hurried into the ground. But theres nothing gained by being too brisk with such tender ones as beans and cucumbers. They dont make any headway In chilly weather. Some of us duut have much success with lettuce after the bot weather comes. The secret of making It do well then Js to provide some shade and give It plenty of water. In a small home garden, plants can be saved from cutworms by putting a collar of stiff paper in the ground around them. This should go Into the ground two Inches and reach that high above It. Watch the young cabbages and nip tbe cabbage worms. When white butterflies put In an appearance they mean cabbage worms. A spray with an arsenic compound win check in a hurry. |