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Show the ramn i Established 1124 Published 1st and 15th of Each Mouth at Eoosevelt, Utah. Entered as the second-clas- poet office s matter at at hooserelt, Poison Gophers During Autumn Best Time to Apply Preventive Measures to Keep Pests Away. Utah, (Prepared fcr th United State Department e t African ure.) The attitude of many fanners to- under the act of Congress of March 2. 1879. Official organ of the Uintah County Farm Bureau Office: Roosevelt Standard, Bees-erel- t, - -Utah. ' Telephone 29. Subscription Price, one year 115 8 e - Editor George H. Harrison Violet Harrison,. Ttarinees Msaagsr EVERYONE IS TAX PAYEE Even the poorest person on earth pays taxes. One does not hare to be possessed with a big amount of real estate, or even own a home, tc become a tax payer. All of us pay just as surely as if we owned town houses, country homes, broad acres of farm lands, stocks, bonds, mills or factories. We all have to eat or starve to death, tf the owner of the property in which the grocer has his store ha3 to pay higher taxes, the grocer has to pay higher rent and we have to pay the grocer higher prices for our food. We all have to sleep if we want to live. If the person who owns higher taxes, then we have to pay the house where we live has to pay higher rent of course. Out of every eight dollars of ioilar goes income, one for taxes, federal, state and local. This means that the boy whose expenses are eight dollars a week pays one dollar in taxes in the form of prices made higher by taxation. The same ratio prevails, regardless of the cost of living, though you may not own a dollar's worth fit taxable property. .When it comes to dealing with the question of taxes, we need to be more honest with ourselves. We need to understand that we not continue to load on overhead and not have our pocket books on-natio- nal feel it. Governments are like individuals The only way they can economize ts to spend less money. As long as people clamor for legislation to cure this or that fancied evil, juBt ao long will taxes continue to be higher and In some cases oppressive. Commander Byrd may find when he reaches the south pole that it has gone north to spend the winter. A great many autos ave all of Che regular attachments, plus a sheriffs. control is mnch ward pocket-gophe- r like that of the man with the leaky roof: In dry weather the roof didnt need repairing, and when it was raining It was too wet to fix it Pocket gophers damage such cultivated crops as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other root crops in the field during the early summer, but one of the most favorable times to apply preventive measures is late In fail, after the potatoes have been harvested and tbe pocket gophers largely forgotten. 8ol! la Firmer. this time the soil is firmer and At does not cave in and fill up tbe runways, so that it is easier to locate tbe runways and install poison bait In them with a fair chance of the pests traveling frequently over the same route and getting them. During the growing season this is not usually the case. New runways are continually made in the soft, loose soil, and the animals less frequently return to the used tunnels, many of which have caved in and are blocked np. If there are very many pocket gophers at that season, it is a most difficult task to eradicate them without injuring the crops one wishes to save. Next Planting Free of Pests. The biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture urges that attention be given to cleans, ing up fields Infested with two or three using applications of poisoned bait if necessary, so that next spring's planting will be free of these pests. una fasheh cited results obtained in the cultivation of alfalfa on tbe college dairy form, a project conducted In with the experiment station. Foltwo-acr- e lowing recent Inspection of the field given over to this project. Professor Grout reports a fine yield of alfalfa. It was planted last January. d belt, sowing in For the so that all cultivation rows to permit taken to be measures possible may the to and grass keep retain moisture recomla out tbe crop, from choking mended. dry-lan- Best Time to Cut Sudan Grass for Crop of Seed The only way taxes will ever be reduced is for each citizen to make It his duty to see that the taxes he pays are wisely expended, and with the same system and economy which should characterize and business enterprise. rator. When Pasture Is Short Feed Com Meal Mash pocket-gopher- soy-bea- rrketed de Mgh-grad- The tremendous growth Qjf all forms of insurance has made it one of tbe greatest economic forces in the country today. Will Give Good Results Where alfalfa patches are cultivated for dairy cattle, farmers will find they can obtain the best results by sowing early in the fall so the crop may get a start before the frost sets in or in the spring after the frost has passed, George P. Grout, professor of dairy husbandry, A. and SI. college of Texas, has pointed out In this connection. Professor Grout . Crop Report Shows Utah Lezdm ,1927 If the pasture Is short, or if it is desirable to force the goslings for an early market, a mash composed of corn meal, wheat ' middlings and ground oats In equal parts by weight, mixed with 5 per cent of meat scraps, will make an excellent feed. Grit and oyster shell should be available as well as a good supply of water. : Mature geese can be handled in e similar manner. Unless they are being for Dry Roughage Dairy confined for some special reason,' they Cows Furnishes Protein will secure most of their living from The best kinds of dry roughage to good range. During the breeding seabe fed to tbe dairy cow, in connection son they should receive a mash similar with com silage or roots, are legumi- to that enumerated above. nous hays, such as alfalfa, red, crimn or son, or alsike clover and cowpea hay. While com silage is an Highest Grade Alfalfa excellent feed, it is not a balanced Is Profitably one, as it does not contain sufficient A much 0 eater quantity of high-graprotein and mineral matter to meet alfalfa could be pro dated and fully the requirements of the cow. The leguminous hays. In addition to marketed profitably in the United being very palatable, have a tendency States, tbe United States Department to correct this deficiency. They are of Agriculture believes, if producers also one of tho best and cheapest would study market demands and sources of protein. One or more of make their production and loading these hays can be grown on any form, practices conform to tbe market reand In addition to their value for feed- quirements. Hay dealers fa aQ the ing purposes, they improve the soff in big alfalfa distributing markets rewhich they are grown. - Hay from ceive each year thousands of orders e alfalfa Hy which canCanada field peas, sown with oats to for not be filled because of an Insufficient from the also prevent peas lodging, quantity of hay of this grade. The makes an excellent roughage. Com stover, coarse hay, eta, also chief demand for baled hay la find a good market through the dairy from dairymen, and large numbers of cow. This class of roughage Is low them who now depend largely epon in protein, however, and when it is mill feeds as sources of protein would used the grain ration must be richer doubtless become buyers of alfalfa If supplies of a high-graIn protein. hay were available. Fall Sowing of Alfalfa More than 70,000 sheep grazing state line along the Colorado-Uta- h are going to be dipped in a lime and sulphur preparation in the near futre as the result of a serious outbreak of scabies. Dr. F. E. Murray Inspector in charge of the United States bureau of animal industry said recently. Dr. Murray1 Just returned from the Uintah Basin and western Colorado points, where he visited the ranges and inspected several cases Most of the scabies of infection. have appeared in herds on the Colorado side of the line, but sheepmen of Utah have dhown considerable concern, he said. The Uintah Sheep Growers association as been assured that two additional sheep inspectors are being dispatched to Watson, where most of the dipping will take place. Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardtne and Senator William H. King are both reported to have taken official action. Tribune. The best time to cut Sudan grass for seed1 is when most of the beads are fully ripe. At that time many of the early heads will shatter, bnt as tbe plant tillers abundantly, it Is not possible to catch all of the heads at tbe same stage of maturity. The seed crop Is generally cut with a grain binder and is cured in shocks. Sometimes a com binder Is used when the crop has been planted in rows on rieb land and has grown very large and coarse, but ordinarily a grain binder Is better. A grain separator will thresh and clean the seed perfectly if the seed Is plump and ripe when harvested, but If the seed L cat too early It will be light and some of It will be blown over In the straw. For threshing light seed a clover hnller October 1 Federal Estimate Shows is probably better than a grain sepa Larger Yield Save in Sugar Beets. de Many men have found that a word to the wives is not sufficient. Scabies Are Found In Utah Sheep The outlook for this . seasons crop production in Utah, based upon infonnatioh available up to October 1, is for larger production than that of a year ago. Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician for the United States departmmt of agriculture, announced Wednesday. The wheat crop of the state is now estimated at 6.892,000 bushel, compared with 5,678,000 iu 1927. All hay is estimated at 1,612,000 tons, as compared with the final crop of 1,574,000 tons for last year. The present potato crop is expected to total 3,260,000 bushels, the report shows, while last years crop was 2,970,000 bushels. Feed grains this year are now estimated at 477,000, of .which oats amounted to 2,310,000; barley. 1,564,000, and com (expressed in terms ot grain but including silage also) 403.999 bushels. Last year these three feed grains amounted to 4,- 052.999 bushels.' Orchard fruits amount to more than a year ago, but are only very of full slightly above four-fiftcrops. The commercial apple crop is foreeast at 685,0C07tiel3, compared with 402,900 fcr 1S27. Peaches are expected: to reach a total of 612,099 : bushels, compared with 561,009 for last year. i Pears are estimated at 84,000 ) bushels while last year the total was 60,000. Cherries remain unchanged, with the production of 4239 tons, i hs During the past - month the forecast on Utah onions (has materially increased the output and now the crop is estimated at about 470.000. bushels, Agricultural Notes compared with 360.000 to 1927. In the entire U. 3., including Utah, the onion crop The poulterer who markets only was estimated a month ago at 12,- plump. Juicy broilers, and attractive, delicious roasters, commands the trade! 715.000 bushels, compared with 17,773.000 for 1927. Sugar beets, tbe report conThe safest procedure of all Is to vaccinate all pigs at weaning time. cludes, are now estimated at 527,-00- 0 tons for thi3 year, while last In the long run that is cheap year this crop produced 677,000 I 1 tons. |