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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER gave reports of the years work accomplished and the plans for the coming year. In the various stores were held exhibition of livestock, chickens, home economics .turkeys, forage and The day feeding demonstrations. was one to he remembered and will be hard to eclipse at next years The Uintah NA IIANA CALF CLUB second annual day. Basin is to be congratulated upon BENEFITS COMMUNITY the success of such a meeting. The Na Hana Calf club of Mae-se-r, Utah, whose picture is on the DUCHESNE FARMERS front page are very proud of the ARE URGED TO ATTEND $250 Jersey calf which they won in with two other calf UPALCO MEETING FEB. 9 competition clubs in the Uintah County Boys and Girls club work, given by the counDuchesne local the of Uintah State Bank. Every This calf which will be 1 year old ty farm bureau should be represented at the monthly meeting held at March 1, 1924, is the best Jersey Upalco next Saturday, Feb. 9, at 10 calf in the state of Utah and was o'clock A. M., and there should be picked by the Utah Agricultural many more than one member go. college over his brother which took Important matters for Duchesne first place in the junior class at the countys development will be dis? State fair last fall. cussed and disposed of at this meetThis club will function as a senior club in 1924. ing. They are now studyAmong these will be the employ- ing stock judging under Mr. Caring of a county agent, the boys and rolls leadership, who gives two lesgirls club work, and other projects sons per week in the Maeser school to be pushed in the 124 farm pros- of which Prof. O. Normon Olsen is The seventh and eighth principal. perity campaign. BOYS9 & GIRLS9 CLUBS w FEBRUARY First Annual Farm Bureau Day At Vernal Jan. 11 WAS SUCCESS IN EVERY PARTICULAR FROM EXHIBITS TO PROGRAM OF M U S I C, SPEECHES AND DANCING. DAY That farmers can with business men and all enjoy a most perfect day was fully demonstrated at the farm bureau day, Jan. 11, at Vernal of the Uintah county farm meetings The sue- cess showed how well they did their work. If there was a hitch any- where along the line it was not no- ticeable, and it took work and plenty of it, to do so, when it is understood that over 1000 people were enter- tained and fed cider, buttermilk, sandwiches and doughnuts in the beautifully decorated Orpheus hall at the dance in the evening. At first it was planned on only about 600 being present at the dance but as the time approached it was seen from the amount of gingham and overalls being purchased at the stores there would be many more. Nearly every one was dressed in ginghams or overalls. After the keys to Vernal city had been turned over to the farm elect George A. Slaugh, by Mayor Walter G. Barnes, things happened rapidly with infractions of the law and traffic blockades and fires which taxed the ingenuity of the marshal, fire chief and traffic cops. The mor- , . v oa grades are taking this course. Beginning the first of February, UINTAH BASIN PROSPERITY Mr. Carroll and his class will test all the milk cows in their commuCream, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. nity and expect to weed out a numWool, May, June, July. The acid is furnber of boarders. Broilers, May to October. ished by the local creamery and tests Honey, June to December. will be made by two machines owned Turkeys, November, December, by the school and Mr. Carroll. Thus January can be seen the Na Hana calf club Alfalfa Seed, October, November, it December. Crossing breeds leads on to Capons, February, March. and the oftener the cross is made tne lower the quality gets. Every one a cash crop. Get a good breed and stick to it, is Every one a Basin crop. One or more of them can be pro- the advice of those who have made duced on every Uintah Basin farm. a success. It is possible for some farms in every community to produce every waters When a fowl sneezes, one of the above cash crops. Such a combination would make slightly at the eyes and nostrils, you Your wife and your boys and and the face puffs up, this indicates When accomgirls indePendent and contented, a common a cold. rattling in the throat, successfui Uintah Basin prosperity panied by Difficult the trouble is bronchitis. boosters. Canindicates pneumonia. breathing above The crops along with the other regular crops necessary for ev- - ker in the mouth means diphtheria. ld ke,ep a large faily ry bom6 and worked busy on a 40 Beef scrap commonly appears in death on an 80 acre farm, if ev- - two forms granulated and ground. ery acre can be tilled. The ground scrap is prefered, since it may be fed either in hoppers' or mixed with a mash food. Fowls UTAH THIRD IN FARM a will eat from the scrap ground BUREAU MEMBERSHIP mon-grelis- Utah stands third in membership in the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration, according to population, Frank Evans, national committee- man for Utah, told radio fans in an KYW, a Chicago addyess Mr. Evans, who is station. casting e Illinois city attending a na- jn tional executive committee meeting, took this opportunity to advertise the states agricultural accomplish-mayo- r, ments throughout the central states. Uath farmers are now in the midst of a membership drive and wlthln the next six months expect to lead all other states, Mr. Evans said. When agriculture scores all otber legitimate interests will be able to score. The Utah State Farm '"S " members ot the Ulntab hlgh'school band under the direction of Prof ments that inspires confidence. William F. Hanson, who also directed other interests will help open the tiere no Mr Evans outlined accomplish- ments of the farm bureau in the Uintah Eiues, crative marketing of fruits and OTf; composition of Prof. Hansons, sang et bl Poultry, dairy products, A musical by the male glee club. A sugar beetgrower number bv Mr and Mrs Corntassei sugar beets and daughter. Prof O. Norman l3dT beIng pe,rfeCft3d sen and wife and Miss Jennie Han- 000 OOO wrth of beX hsal sen, was a decided hit. The instru- ments were a tub converted into a bass viol and a tin pan into, a vio- BEN R. ELDRIDGE TALKS lin and the piano. The main speaker was Ben R. Eld- On Jan. 14, Ben R. Eldridge, dairy specialist of the Exten- - tension dairy specialist of the U. A. sion division of the Utah Agricultur- - C., spoke to the Na Hana Calf club al college, who gave an address on at Maeser, Utah, and all the upper Pres. Eaton, County grades of the school, his subject Dairying. E. Peterson, Secretary A. ing Community Dairy Farming. Theodore Johnson, Mrs. Jane Mur- - A large number of parents were ray, Farmer Mayor George A. Slaugh present. ThrfZrf,t In original m, i is of real service to the Maeser comA number of farmers munity. take the testing and judging course with the club members. The a Hana Calf club has 4 pure bred calves and 7 high grades. The pure bred calf belonging to Lynn McKee died this winter. It cost $65. For 1924 Mr. Corroll will have a Junior calf club of 15 members and large clubs in turkeys, capons, Many honey, lambs and gardens. of these clubs are already formed. Miss Grace Adams, member of the Bennett Calf club, was the second prize winner in the county with a Miss Bingbeautiful Holstein calf. ham was also second prize winner club in the Junior Girls sewing with about 75 members contesting. TWO BEE CLUB LEADERS Byrn Goodrich of Naples ward and Ellis Merkley of Vernal, two successful bee men, have consented to take charge of the Bee Clubs in there respective communities. No doubt both of these leaders will have large clubs, as they have already begun their plans of hopper readily enough and are not so likely to hog it as they would the coarser scrap. Sour crop is occasionally found When a fowl with among fowls. sour crop is picked up, the crop feels soft and the fowl will vomit a For this condiquantity of fluid. tion there is no better remedy than two teaspoonfuls of sugar and baking-soda (equal parts), in a teacupGive two ful of warm water. teaspoonfuls of this once a day, and at the same time supply plenty of grit. VALENTINES Send 25 cents, 'silver or stamps, and receive a Fine assortment beautiful Valentines, or better still, send 50 cents and get our CHOICE assortment. VERNAL EXPRESS, Vernal, Utah. 2-- lt. g? it; A Financial Creed 1 Ji Make money honestly. Spend it intelligently SAFE some regularly. Invest it wisely. I! as Your saved dollars earn interest while on deposit here. -- ex-ridg- e, be-Age- nt ikI if h K lbs Uintah State Bank d |