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Show tub utxxah msu Birrrsa SI FAGS wwOTwwwvwA,AWv"vfvwivTwvJWArj-vwsryv,AVWwvr- wrvv. - UINTAH COUNTY FARM BUREAU F. O. LUNDBERG, First A THEODORE JOHNSON, Precidcnt LEROY CARROLL, Second J. N. LYBDERT, Secretary Vice-Preads- at Vice-Preade- at J. A. CHENEY, Treasurer WWWWftWWVWWWWWMWWWWMMWMAMM DAVIS COUNTY DAIRYMEN FIND IT PAYS TO KEEP GOOD DAIRY COWS daily producion figures being kept by dairymen in north Davis county show that it payg to keep good cows and to take proper care of them. In tbe figures, the price of butterfat is figured at 40 cents. One cow averaging 1224 pounds of milk and forty pounds of fat per month returns $11.3 7 per month, above feed costs. Another averaging 1098 pounds of milk aind thirty six pounds of fat returns $10.10 Still another, a month profit. though with high records, does not show as good a profit, presumably because of wrong care. This cow averaged 1004 pounds of milk and forty nine poumdg of fat, but the profit over feed cost was but $9.01. Other records in the same tabulation follow: Eight hundred and eighty nine pounds of milk and thirty seven pounds of fat, $10.30 profit; 1332 and thirty nine poulnds of milk of $10.90 fat, pounds profit; 1233 and milk of pounds forty three of $10 fat, pound profit; 1036 and milk of thirty seven pounds of $10.40 profit. Four fat, pounds of the cows in the group recorded Somie CRESCENT H. E A R M Hartman, Prop Chester Breeder of Purebred Cotswold Sheep and Barred Rock Chickens MT. EMMONS, UTAH a loss. For some of the cows the test has run five months, but the j majority have been oin test three months. The test, undertaken by the Utah Agricultural college. United States department of agriculture, and Davis county commissioners coulnty farm bureau, has four more months yet to go. August Seedings of Alfalfa Not Favored Winter Poorly and Produce Small Crop. alfalfa has beenldTowed to grow to an entire year without cutting. The following year this field was among the best In thickness of stand and vigor of growth. A heavy fall growth for winter protection is good Insurance, Graber concludes. Neola, Utah Children Muskmelon Growing and Marketing Discussed HOW JACK GOT WELL Little Jack Cole had been sick Moskmelons usually referred to by a long time. He did not seem to He coughed and the trade as cantaloupes are grown get strong. coughed. over use home and for commercially One day big Dr. Bobs, who had a wide range of territory In the United care of Jack for a long timp, commercial taken but the producStates, big In see him. Jack brightened to came areas located are California, ing Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, North up when he came, for the Doctor Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey and always had something interesting Arkansas, according to Farmers Bul- for him to do or something funny letin No. 1488-F- , Muskmelons, just to tell him. This day he said, issued by the Department of Agriwhat you say to moving Jack, culture. 82,000 acres are Approximately August seedings of alfalfa are poor planted to this crop annually, and security for the farmer. L. F. Graber, about 32,000 carloads of the melons alfalfa specialist at the Wisconsin Col- are shipped to the markets. lege of Agriculture, warns farmers Muskmelons require a well drained against August seedings, for experi- or rather light fertile soil with fairly ments at the college show that they long growing season and plenty of winter poorly and quite often produce sunshine, especially during the ripena small crop the following season. ing period. Growers must be prepared If we have plenty of rain and good to combat Insects and diseases that weather to promote late fall growth, attack muskmelons, and good seed is alfalfa may get a good start before highly essential-foprofitable producwinter sets In but dry weather and un- tion. favorable fall growing conditions are The bulletin emphasizes that muskfar more likely, Graber declares. He melons attain their best flavor and points out that August seedings which quality only wheh produced on diseamake only three or four Inches of top se-free vines on which they have growth do not yield profitably the fol- been allowed to become reasonably lowing season. ripe before being picked. It contains August seedings sometimes succeed, numerous suggestions concerning probut are always a big risk, Graber as- duction and marketing, including Inserts. Since the farmer is completely formation relative to soil, fertilizers, at the mercy of tbe weather with late varieties, cultivation, irrigation, gathsummer-sowalfalfa, he recommends ering, handling, grading, and packing. A copy of the publication may be waiting until spring to make a successful seeding. obtained free, as long as the supply In warning against the late fall cutlasts, by writing to the United States ting of alfalfa, Graber maintains that Department of Agriculture, Washingthere is absolutely no danger of alfal- ton, D. C. fa smothering itself even though a fall growth of two or three feet remains dunng the winter. At the college farm, r - n Uintah Meadows Dairy Assn Health Stories And Rhymes For to the porch? Jack shivered, but he smiled as he said, 'Why Dr. Bobs, I cannot keep warm now; youll freeze me out there. Dr. know, keep me: Bobs laughed and said, I Sonny Boy, that you cant warm in here, but listen to you (need fresh air. Fresh air will nake good, rich red blood. Red blood will make you warm, and Jack, it is going to make you well. Trust Mother and Daddy and me to keep you warm. All right, said Jack; Ill do anything you say. I want to get well as quicy as I can, for it will be summer pretty soon, and I calnt lie in bed then. So Jacks father screened in the back porch. He then put heavy canvas curtains to keep out the rain aind to protect Jack when the wind blew too strongly. Jack was wrapped in a big woolly gown with a cap fastened to it. He even had mittens sewed on his sleeves. The gown was closed at the bottom, afnd it was big enough for Jack to move his feet and legs. A. hot soapstone kept the bed warm. And all around Jack was the pure healthful air. Before long be coughed less. Soon he could sit up in a big chair. He never complained of the cold. Jack is well now. He just went running by my window. He is sturdy and full of life. His cheeks are rosy and his eyes bright. But he still sleeps on the porch. No stuffy house for ne and no more colds, he says. Dr. Bob wrote a little rhyme about him; here it is; LITTLE JACK COLE Little Jack Cole Was a merry little soul. And a healthy little lad was he. He slept all night On the sleeping porch Oh, soundly all night slept he; He laughed at th'a cold And he laughed at th'e snow. And he laughed when winds blew high; He sang, Fresh air makes me , Western Seed Marketing Co. Start clipping the pasture with the mowing machine this month. Eggs can be preserved for a period of from eight to ten months. Time may mean nothing to a hog, but fly time means a lot to horses. Buyers of Alfalfa and Clover Seed Weeds and grass utilize plant food and moisture badly needed by growing crops. l! Call and see us or submit samples before selling Two to three pounds of grain per day will keep the yearling heifers growing. Salt, fresh water, and shade are all absolutely essential to live stock In hot weather. A legume In the rotation Increases yield and protein content. The extra FFJD J. EEEGER r iWx Llyton, Utah B. F. SHEEHAN rm eargin is profit stroing. So I never take cold, What a happy little boy am I! Subscribe today for THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER. It will keep you ADVERTISE IT IN THE UINInformed on the Basins farming TAH BASIN FARMER. |