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Show 1 THE IJINTAH BASIN FARMER 1 I ' DUCHESNE C. F. WAHLQUIST j Pres., Myton, Utah I JLAVVVWAVWAVJVVWAWW,AV.,AWAWWV.WA.W,,,AV.VAV.VA,Wl Duchesne Farm Bureau Chooses h ft. cow-testi- 1926 Officers FARMERS CONVENTION PROPOSED TO REVIVE INTEREST IN ORGANIZATION. The Duchesne County Farm Bu- reau met Saturday at Roosevelt and elected the following officers for 1926: C. F. Wahlquist, Myton, pres- ident; Thomas Roberts, Cedarview, jer ' 2ar t vice-preside- Arthur nt; Roosevelt, secretary-treasure- r. his statement. The farm bureau benefited to the extent of $298 as a result of the crusade on in the county last year, he said. Other members present agreed with Mr. Wahlquist, Mr. Fullmer explaining that many farmers do not stop to consider how much they benefit through farm bureau membership. His own case he cited as typical. He said that he had picked up enough information regarding alfalfa seed growing since he joined the farm bureau to enable him to produce much eleaner seed and higher yields. It was the opinion of all present that the farnv bureau is in its infancy, and is destined for a very promising future. Wiscombe, A committee consisting of Austin Pack and' Arthur Wiscombe was appoint-g- k ed to audit the 1925 books of the organization. ' The Midview, Roosevelt, Arcadia, .. Cedarview, Myton and Highland cals were represented at the meet-- 8 ing. A financial summary of the year 1925 was read by C. F. Wahl- , for the quist, secretary-treasuryear just passed. The report show-an- a Cd'a total expenditure of $758 and a balance on hand of approximately members paid $111. Twenty-nin- e their dues in 1925. At the present ftah time there is between $800 and $1,-0in notes due the organization for annual fees. The members present at the meeting went on record as, favoring cash payment of dues, :rop and' passed a resolution to the effect that outstanding notes be placed in the hands of secretaries of local organizations for collection. Meetings will be held the third aI Saturday in each month. The farm bureau will meet In Arcadia in Feb , lo-.- 1 er 00 , ng Wednesday in each month. H. L. Allred was elected president of the Roosevelt Farm Bureau at a meeting of the local organization Friday. Evan Howell was selected for and T. A. PhilThese three, lips secretary-treasure- r. with William Hamilton and Douglas McAfee, constitute the directors. Meetings will be held the second Wednesday of each month. vice-preside- nt Treating Potatoes Destroys Diseases Corrosive Sublimate Kills Germs of Spores. . general opinion of these present that unless a much . larger membership can be secured in 1926 than in 1925 the farm bureau cannot successfully function in Du-- ; chesne county. George H. Harrison that there should be a ; suggested )N ' definite program for each meeting, pointing out that the organization He also ear. lacked definite objectives. to convention a farmers proposed Uintah with be held in conjunction 't county some time in the spring, un He outlined a tentative plan which Intruded talks by state farm bureau - " c.: rials, a farmers social and vaThe reason rious other features. to be not do farmers appear rrony r interested in the farm bureau is be- cause they do not know what the . bureau is doing, and what it fur.u ta can do for them, he said. What ipper i3 jjee(ie(i is gome live advertising. A farmers convention would create good feeling among the farmers of the county and really open their eyes to whnt may be accomplished, and what is being accomplished, by the organization in the state. . Hr. Wahlquist attested to the tah the farm bureau to the farmers of the county, stating that the experiment farm at Fort Duchesne was made possible largely through efforts of the Uintah and Du-u- e County Farm Bureaus, and weed eradication measures, p tuberculin test of all cattle in county, the appointment of a ty inspector, etc., in support of I r n . i val-Un,- ue Scale Insects and Other Tree Pests Are Relished by Birds. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) During the summer almost anywhere In the United States at least one species of vireo, and usually more than one, is to be found flitting about in the trees or shrubbery. In the East and Central regions the common species is the vireo, but the white-eyewarbling, and vireos also are abundant. The Philadelphia, button, and Bell vireos are more or less widely distributed. Are Vireos Beneficial? As with other common species of birds, the question as to whether or not vireos are beneficial is legitimately raised, and to answer it, the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture has made a study of their food habits, by examining the stomach contents of a great many of these birds. The conclusions reached are set forth in a recent report (Department Bulletin, 1355), Food Habits ef the Vireos : A Family of Insectivorous Birds. The food of the several vireos is shown to be very similar though sometimes varying in proportions. Most of the insects eaten are either neutral or definitely injurious in their economic relations, and may be placed on the credit side of the account of these birds. Fond of Caterpillars. All vireos are especially fond of caterpillars. Scale insects are a notable item of vireo food, and other tree pests are freely eaten. Many destructive weevils were found in the stomachs examined, including such clover-rooforms as the clover-leacotton-boland nut weevils, the plum curculio and bark beetles. Vireos also destroy ants and grasshoppers. Useful Insects taken by the vireos include some of the hymenopterans, predacious bugs and beetles, among which are ladybird beetles, which are almost uniformly beneficial. Although It is regretted that vireos consume as many ladybirds as the evidence indicates, yet they also devour many of the pests attacked by the ladybirds, which must, in part excuse them. As fruit eaters the vireos are practically harmless. Those interested in the bulletin may obtain a copy, while the supply lasts, by writing to the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. O. red-eye- d Treating seed potatoes with corrosive sublimate before planting kills the germs or spores that cause scab, Rhizoctonia, and blackleg diseases. Although the tubers appear free from .disease it is safest to treat all seed, says Paul E. Tilford, potato disease specialist at the Ohio experiment station, as even a small amount of disease in the seed with a favorable season for ,its development is likely to produce a loss of marketable tubers. Seed potatoes are treated by soaking them in a corrosive sublimate solution for an hour and a half. Corrosive sublimate may be bought at a drug store. , A stock solution is made up by dissolving the powder in hot water at the rate of four ounces per gallon. A gallon of the solution is diluted to 30 gallons with water. The strength of the, solution depreciates s to one-hawith use so that ounce of the powder or a little less than a pint of the stock solution should be added after each batch of potatoes is treated. Even with this precaution the solution should not be used more than four or five times until it is discarded and a fresh supply made tip. As corrosive sublimate reacts In metals, It must be handled in wooden vessels, such as candy buckets or barrels. A convenient way to handle the potatoes is to place them In bags, which may be lowered into and lifted from the barrel of solution by an overhead rope and pulley. After treatment the potatoes may be left In the bags or spread on a floor to green If greening is done before late planting. three-eighth- yellow-throate- d blue-heade- d, ' ruary. It was the Vireos Are Fond of Caterpillars d, Roosevelt Farm Bureau Reorganized lf c f, t, l, Bluebell The 'Farmers Irrigation company of Bluebell recently elected officers for the coming year as follows: Wm. Lloyd, president; Lott Powell, vice president; Frank Thompson, L. L. Clark and J. O. The Jensen, directors. company has filed on a reservoir site for 1000 acre-feof water. et Vhen' answering advertisements, please mention THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER. Corn, kafir, sudan, and cane seed should be tested for germination. The old saying that a bushel of com before a cow freshens is worth two bushels after freshening is true. Milk is about 90 per cent water. The ' body weight of a cow is over 80 perl cent water. To give a maximum ofl milk, cows must drink plenty of water. ' The Kansas State Agricultural college poultry department recommends an mash composed of equaL parts finely ground corn chop, middlings, wheat, bran, finely ground oats e or barley and tankage, or meat scraps. egg-layin- g' high-grad- Look over the breeding flock and make sure you have a sufficient number of good male birds to insure high fertility and hatchability the coming season. Five or six vigorous males should be sufficient for every 100 hens in the flock. well-mature- d, HARDIGAN ALFALFA OUTYIELDS GRIMM AT ABERDEEN, IDAHO Paul A. Brigham 'of Myton, pioneer grower of Hardigan alfalfa, seed in the west, who has just returned to Myton from a visit to the Aberdeen experiment station, Aberdeen, Idaho, reports that Hardigan Grimm at the alfalfa 3 above station by io I for a period of two years. The station at Aberdeen is located right in the heart of the famous Idaho Grimm section. The two plats, one cf Hardigan and one of Grimm were located side by side at the station and special care was taken that each plat should receive the same care. A special bulletin on Hardigan: will be issued soon by the Aberdeen station giving the advantages o Hardigan over other alfalfas. Mr. Brigham has Hardigan seed for sale grown in the Uintah basin and acclimated to conditions here. The market price of this seed is 2 Adv. 50c per pound. out-yield- ed 1-- FOR SEND FREE BREEDERS CHART pr i FOR CATTLE-BOG- S -- SHEEP The Original Tag. Its Double Hole Loci makes it superior to all imitations. Clamped on in one operation. It slays put! W. 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