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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER 6 FULL FEED RATION FOR FATTENING TURKEYS It is taken for granted that the many turkey raisers who are fattening for the Thanksgiving market have had their flock on full grain feed for the past two or three CLUR WORK WORTH MANY THOUSANDS OP DOLLARS TO EVERY COMMUNITY know that theirs is not a dreary life and that farm work is not drudgery. Many teachers can testify that the pupils most interOnly a few days ago a prize of ested in their club projects are the $50 was awarded in a country schooi ones making most satisfactory prog-ers- s in Virginia for an exhibit made at in their studies. the county fair. The second school also Woh substantial reward. In COUNTY BOYS other counties of this state and in UINTAH AND GIRLS CLUBS HAVE many other states boys and girls LARGE MEMBERSHIP clubs Organized in the country Schools have been winning prizes at E. Peterson, farm agent of UiD(-ta- h the CUUnty fairs. At practically all county, reports that 223 boys and the state fairs the boys and girls girls completed their work, handed kbe beirg richly rewarded for the exhibits .made by their corn, and in records and made displays at the the latter part of tabbing clubs, their pig and poultry county fair held The number completclubs and for the showing they are September. were about per ceEt of those ing fifty makirg through many other clubs starting. in schools. the the But organized Every club member whether winmany prizes are not the only rea prize or not received a club ning The club which does not wards. win may be worth thousands of piu, a $1.00 deposit in the Uintah dollars to the community in which State bank ard a club ribbon which it has aroused new interest in farm showed they had exhibited at the activities. Many a future farmer fair. For those winning in the projects will date his success to the work about individual and displays begun by him in the farm club while was offered in by $550.00 school or prizes the in the elementary high school, carrying out his projects on merchants and others of the county, the old home place. Many thous- Special prize ribbons for club work of and ands boys girls who have was awarded which made club work made the club movement so suc this year a distinctive feature of the county fair. Next year it is expected fully 600 boys and girls will complete projects as many have already started by signing the pledge cards. Nearly every parent is rpw fully convinced that club work has a definite place in the development of their boys and girls, which creates an interest in home life nothing else can. SERIES OF MEETINGS FOR CLUB WORK TURKEYS Bring Big Money in Chicago Don't sell In the west Ship to us at Chicago mill more money. Express Rates to Chicago are not high when compared with the extra price you get heie. Plan Plan Book. It tells Fojc Read The Fox you all about the wonderful advantages you gain in marketing through us. Besides the bock is chock full of most valuable information on raising, caring for, fattening, killing, packing and shipping of all kinds of poultry. It tells about the prevention and treatment of poultry diseases. The care and marketing of eggs at big profits. It is by far the most complete treatise on marketing poultry yet offered the public How to Get It By special arrangement with this rarer you can secure this book for 10c the regular price is more but the book is well worth a dollar to any poultry man. Send coin or stamps Mention this paper. to-da- Fox Plan Endorsed by Farmers the Fox farmers have adopted Plan of Marketing to great advantage they shipped their poultry to us last year. One farmer writes: "I received all returns Another for turkeys and am well pleased said: At last I have found a firm where I with decent treatment." a can get decent price "The Fox Plan Book hr.s saved me many dollars. Still another wiites: Shipped you half of my turkeys and received $40.00 more than the other half brought me. Many Over 20,000 thanks." We have received hundreds of similar letters from turkey raisers in Montana, Wyoming. Colorado, Oklahoma. North & South Dakota and Canada. The Chicago rrice in every case more than made up for the high express charges. Bulletins and market reports free. 4 Write Now to nv A series of boys and girls club work and community meetings will be held throughout Uintah county under the supervision of County Agent E. Peterson. The first meetings will be held at Lapoint at 10 oclock a. m. Wednesday, Nov. 5th, and at Tridell at 2 oclock p. m. the same day. The purpose of the meetings is to give club members and adults practical lessons in thrift. Representative business men from over the county will be in attendance at all meetings. KEEP WOOL FREE BURS AND that among tho farmers was rejected because the fleeces were full of burs arid hay All this can be avoided by leaves. extra precaution on the part of the a bit of wool, especially herdsman. Burs in pastures should be taken out where possible and destroyed. Ilarrowirg and rolling with implements that will break them down, so there will not be the danger of the burs being picked up by the wool, Is the next best method. In feeding, extreme care should be exercised to see that no hay is It dropped onto the sheeps back. is a good plart to shut the sheep In the pen or feed lot away from the distributing of the hay and then turn them out to the scattered feed. i 5GNIbT8 DODGE Dealer COYOTE SKINS WESTERN DIVISION FARM BUREAU MEMBERS TO SHIP CARLOAD OF TURKEYS Saturday, Nov. 1, the turkey raisers of the Western division of the Uintah county farm bureau, held an important marketing meeting at Ft. Duchesne with President F. O. About 20 Lundberg presiding. growers were present. Only farm bureau members will be allowed to ship their turkeys in this shipment. Contracts have already been made for eepugh turkeys to make one car with a capacity of 35,000 pounds which requires 3000 to 3500 birds. Only No. 1 grade birds will be killNo. 2 grades will be caused ed. through accidents in killing and SHORTAGE OF BASIN HAY CROP MAKE IT NECESSARY TO CONSERVE At the present time hay in the Uintah Basin is selling higher than at this season in its history. There is a big chance there will be a shortage of feed before the spring plow- ing is done. jj gl Every farmer should conserve as mufch as possible with his feed rations and make sure that every bit of the fall pasture is used along with the early fall feeding. Wasteful methods of . feeding should be eliminated entirely. This is important. Only the other day in one of the feed lots observed there was fully as much hay being wasted as was being eaten by the animals fed. It is unwise to use hay for bedUse alfalfa ding the animals. pummy, straw or leaves. Dry leaves make good bedding but mot the best. F OVER OF UINTAH COUNTY WOOL ALREADY CONTRACTED ONE-HAL- It is estimated by sheepmen that fully 60,000 fleeces of wool have been sold by Uintah county sheep-meThe price ranged from 40 cents to 43 cents. One dollar per head was advanced. It Is estimated there is fully Some 40,000 fleeces yet to sell. sheep are being purchased for shipment to Colorado as many of the KEEP ALL TURKEYS NO. lS UITIL KILLED cattlemen of Colorado are going Into the sheep industry. This will One of the important factors in deplete the herds to some extent. keeping a prime fat turkey a No. 1 Good aged ewes are selling around grade is to know that in the killing $6 per head. process the bird has been properly bled. Poor bled turkeys was the BASIN APPLE DUMPLING cause of a large number of No. 1 birds being classed as No. 2 or No. 3 Hearty, substantial with a delast year. lightful new flavor. 5 cooking When killing the artery must be apples; 1 cup seedless so cut as to cause a copious flow raisins; cup sugar; 2 tablespoons of blood. Many pickers last year butter. were careless and cause the skin to Peel, core ai)d slice apples. Prebecome torn while picking. This pare pastry for one pie. Roll into lowers the grade of any bird. After a rectangular sheet about Vg Inch killing the birds must be cooled thick. Cover with sliced apples, properly. They should be hung up then add raisins; with sprinkle for one night or properly stored s'ugar and a little cinnamon, dot not! with butter. Do loosely In open crates. Roll up like a jelly freeze them. roll. Bake Is a hot overj for first Use every precaution to keep your 15 minutes, then reduce to moderate birds No. 1 grade. Fat, properly heat to cook apples. Serve hot killed, properly picked and properly with a hard sauce. If apples- - are cooled, the grading will then take very sour more sugar may be recare of Itself. Will serve 8 persons. quired. Repeated suggestions on tho same jiopic makes a path In the mind just 4 ns walking across the Fnltou Market Chicago, IKinol i jtho same Chicago's Largest Dirsct Receivers c Poultry .glass in the same place every day. When Kef Resources Over Half a Rlidion Dollars Ilcnco advertising. THepETFR I Authorized A good line of Good Used Cars are time until cow From killing Call or Phone 160 the most important days to keep the gain already made and to conVernal, Utah Whole tinue putting on the fat. shelled corn should be the principal feed, with ground barley acjd tvhole Owner C. F. TUCKER oats. Of the latter they will not eat much if corn is given in large Skimmed milk and quantities. buttermilk are also splendid fatten- Uintah Meadows Dairy Assn ing foods. The feedirg should be done morning, noon and night all that they If fed in hopwill pick up clean. pers the food should be before them If the feed is being all the time. fed aplenty and properly they will rpt range far from their feed grounds but are quiet and contentIf good ed, putting on the fat. WE .WANT clean and fresh meat scraps can in be secured they may be fed place of the skimmed milk but only Ip Better not very small quantities. feed meat scraps at all than to over and all other Raw FURS Be sure there is plenty of feed. Write, for Price List today sharp grit. Charles Friend & Co., Inc. Keep your flock contented and 920 Wazee DENVER, COLO. St., laying on the fat. picking. The grading will be done at Fort Duchesne by Prof. Byron Alder of the Utah Agriculural college and Fred Mathews, commercial agent of the Utah farm bureau, who will also have the marketing of the carload of turkeys. The turkeys will be packed in crates containing 100 pounds and sent to Price In private trucks where they will be loaded on the car. The chances are the car will be FROM shipped to Chicago, yet New York 1IAY LEAVES is making a strong bid to get it. o It is prices have yet been quoted. off thus early possible another car will be shipped high figure, it from this point. With wool starting the season at a behooves every farm flockmaster and the larger producer of wool as well to cousider early iu the season that wool must be kept clean if top prices are to be receieved. Burs and hay leaves do the most Last spring quite damage to wool. in BED FBONT GARAGE weeks. cessful . Cole Batteries Gates Tires n. 1122-112- Answering Advertisements, Mention This Paper |