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Show PAGE FIVE organ of the Uintah County Farm Bureau Office: Rocsevelt Standard, Roosevelt, Utah. Telephone 20. Subscription Price, one year 50c Many experiments prove that where a bunch of Leghorn cockerels have had a small rangeway they made nice gains and did much better than those that were confined in the crates. There has been a great deal printed the last year or two about the low pi ices paid for Leghorns. On account if the rapid development of the specialty egg farms, most of which use i lie Leghorns, there have been a lot of Leghorns dumped on the market, more so than in years gone by. No one will blame Leghorn breeders for wanting to get all they can for i i, e pus males and old hens, but there is no use trying to make a meat fowl from them that will top the mar- ket. The meat is of longer fiber, is harder, and there is not so much of it George H. Harrison. Editor Violet Harrison. ...Business Manager Profitable Sheep Flock Sk" Is Result of Hard Work George RSSIN FARMER Established 1924 Published 1st and 15th of Each Month at Roosevelt, Utah. i Entered as second-clas- s matter at the post office at Roosevelt. Utah, under the act of Congress of March I, 1879. Official State Activity in 1 .came through' Judge Tilman Johnson of the Federal Court by the United States Department of Agriculture.) D. of Utah. The I. 0. 0. F. Lodge of Myton at their regular meeting selected the following persons to act in the capacity of officers for 1927: Noble VJf: Elliott; Financial secretary, treasurer, H. H. Blaine; Trusterr, George Elliott, S. A. Wells and Wm. Zowe. This organization owns their lodge room. Having purchased during the past year the Myton State Bank building, using the upper floor for lodge purposes. A profitable flock of sheep is the result of careful culling, selection, and breeding along a well planned program. The goal of the sheep grower should be a lamb and a 12 to fleece a year from each ewe. Miss Rosa Camfield of Myton, The down breeds ought to average fleeces weighing from 9 to 11 pounds who holds a position as Missionary and lambs marketable at five months for the Episcopal church among the Indians in this portion of the Basin, of age. is busy at this season of the year About of the income from receiving and getting presents ready Merino flocks is derived from the sale for distribution for the Christnis d of wool and from lambs. season. Societies and individuals in Generally, with flocks of mutton breed- Episcopal churches of the East send Ind them to her, about seventy-fiv- e ing, this order is reversed; of the income comes from the sale of dians are reached by her each year. wool and from the lambs. Miss Camfield has spent 20 years This emphasizes the fact that, regard- of her life on this reservation at less of the breeding of the sheep, Whiterocks and Myton, working among the Indians. John Reid her heavy fleeces and a large percentage adopted son is attending Sherman of lambs are worth while. Institute, an Indian school located . at Riverside. Calif. Basin Lodge No. 20 F and A. M. of Myton recently held their annual election of officers. The following persons were chosen: Worsh inful master. Wm. Gentry: Senif den. V. L. Neale; Julnior Warden, Artificial light will stimulate the egg J. Moysh; Treasurer, Fred Burger; production of normal hens. It makes Secretary, H. C. Ward; Wm. Zowe, little difference to which end of the Bliss Lott and Fred Palmer are natural day it Is added. trustees. The present membership is 72. Th installation will be Loafing hens In the farm flock eat held on St.. Johns Day. December the profits the busy biddies make. 27th. A program and banquet will Good poultrymen keep them just long a No be given. The Parent-Teachassociation enough to consign them to a butcher. for December was held Thursday Use oats as a nurse crop for sweet evening the 9th of the month. W. clover rather than barley. In either A- Pixtm of Duchesne. Superintend-oas- e Rrhonl was present and spoke the nurse crop should be seeded en the normal rate of upon the topic, Problems of Educa- st about one-haMr3. F. C. Gwyn gave a few The teachers of the re.idincs. schools served the refreshments upThe meeting was on this ocassion. well attended. The Ladies Auxiliary of the of Myton held American Legion Thursday evening. December 2nd., their annual election of officers I r H-- H 1 1 1 1 following were chosen. Presi- 1 1 t 1 I M-Mrs. Fred Palmer; Vice pres ol two-thir- ds one-thir- State rather than federal activity in forest conservation must be looked to for the main progress In timber growing from now on, W. B. Greeley, chief of the forest service, United States Department of Agriculture, told t'he meeting of state foresters assembled at Washington to confer on federal cooperation in forestry. The federal forest policy for a good many years to come, according to the chief forester, was completed with the enactment of the y law In 1924, providing In forest fire for financial federal between governthe control ownland and states the ment, private hencethe chief and development ers, forth should be In the forestry undertakings of states, local institutions and individuals. Fifty million acres of forest land should be acquired by the states, counties and municipalities, in addition to their present holdings of eleven million acres, said Mr. Greeley, and the federal government should add eight or teii million acres to Its present formillion acres. est area of eighty-nin- e Perhaps the greatest single obstacle to the rapid spread of timber grow n: in tho United States. he continued, is the unstable ownership of fores' land: and it is incumbent upon public Into agencies to put greater stability a situation by vigorous land our forest extension of public forest ownership, not only as meeting an urgent problem In land utilization but as offering substantial public returns In the long run. Moreover the more demonstration we can get in all parts of the country of forgood forest practice and profitable the will more est management the whole process of reforestation by all H agencies be stimulated. one-thir- two-thir- ds FARIOIDTES Clarke-McNar- I 1 er - lf n t. 1 r- - ' ""dep. ident. Christmas ,Joys Select Breed of Fowls for a Certain Purpose In selecting your breed of fowls for It Is fattening and market purposes. the well to remember that and heavy breeds, such as the PlyIsmid-weig- ht mouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode land Reds and Whites, Orpingtons, Brahmas, etc., will stand confinement better and will put on more weight than will the lighter breeds such as the Leghorns, Aneonus, Andalusians, breeds are etc. These lighter-weigh- t of a more nervous disposition and seem to fret it off faster than you can feed It on. By William Banks Mrs. 1. R. H. Tuttle. treasure:-- , Mrs. J. ; j ... Tuttle, secretary-Mr- s. After the el action Hunkey; Chaplain of tho Auxiliary and the American Legion hold a joint social meeting. ware served. The annual election of the Wm. of the American Legion in My- Post 'tie often bap. tfce golbttl feaptf Thursday evening btp all come back to me, old postnJTIcr th Si bappilp tfje cbilbtttt trots! following officer: Alvr Srcunb the Cfcnstmai tree. Oorimander, commander, Albert 3 iee once more the comratsei true second-vic- e Tnnn-rcommander; J placet) entoarb bp mp iibe. and officer Finance F. Harris; tbe ecfjo of their ions 3 C. J. at Preece, Sergeant fEo greet tbe Cbriitmaitibe. Anns Roland Krebs; Historian. Archie Benson; Chaplain, H. Tuttle: 3n often bapg, In goften baps H. Tuttle committee. 'Membership mp thought tocre high anb baft, Ha-vC. J. Albert Tucker. Tanner, ?ut oh the glorp of 3Jthis hour Preece and Clarke Shaw; House Hben In mp arm commitee. Lionel Babcock, Edmond h e gift that lobe has brought to me. Wooten and Morgan Calvert; Fl-- i Williah Harris, nance committee, tEijep fill mp heart toitb pribe, B. L. Dart, ser-- I and Krebs Potland 3 join In their b a?PP Songs vice committee, Rowe Krebs. C. J. a emt tbe Chrlitmaitlbe. Preece, B. L. Dart and R P, Jordan; i I I'i'H-H- 1 1 i I I H"I n III 1T County committeeman, C. J. Preece. Tuesday morning, Dec. 7th, the first snowfall of the season for Myton and this portion of the Uintah Basin occured. It came a week earlier than last year, the first to fall on 1925 was in December 15th. The rjoisture was welcomeed by the farmers a'nd sheepmen. S. Y. Taylor, manager of the Uintah Basin Construction company of- Salt Lake City has 'been spending the past two weeks in Myton ' looking after business interests. At the Parent Tsachers meeting It was decided to have a community Christmas tree. The date was set for Wednesday evening, December 22. The program to be given by the older pupils of the school, and the younger children to share in the gifts. The committee selected to hare charge of it was the the Mytoin public teachers of schools. Ford Creer, principal, is chairman, Don Nyberg, Misses Laura Henderson, Helen Hanson and Mrs. I. R. Tuttle. The Annual dinner and Bazaar of the Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church was given Friday, December 3rd in the old post office building. The gross receipts from the" dinner and the sale of eandy and home-maarticles, was $135.-0- 0. At a special meeting of the organization, it was decided to set asids $120.00 for the Manse fund, - Wm. Zowe: ! Urged for Main Progress in Timber Growing. (Prepared Tuttle of Myton who for 8 held the position of Unithas years ed Ftntes Commissioner for this part of the Uintah Basin, recently received notice of his for another trm of four years. It I. R. j fine-wo- Forestry Movement I i UMYTON ITEMS de which makes raised during monthi. a total the past of $300.00 eighteen Haul and Spread Manure on Dry Days in Winter Either haul out the manure and spread thinly on the fields planted to small grain or let It stay In the stables where It Is packed down. Dont pile it out In a corner of the lot where It loses all of Its nitrogen as ammonia gas which escapes Into the air. Any time during winter, when the ground Is dry enough. Is a good time to spread manure on small grain, says E. C. Blair, extension agronomist at the North Carolina State college. This Is better than to pile the manure outside of the barn. When piled loosely and exposed to weather, the manure is always damaged by certain bacteria which change the nitrogen to ammonia gas and this escapes into the air. Much of the value of the manure Is thus lost. Leaching also plays a part in this loss of fertility. Mr. Blair states that when manure Is spread out on the field, there Is too little In one place for the destructive bacteria to become active. Rains will leach out the nitrogen but it Is carried into the soil where It Is so badly needed. I : ad-juan- e hft j I t, FARM-MOT- ES Grapes are propagated In the winter by means of cuttings. Cod liver oil will help keep the poultry fiock In good health and keep the eggs coming this winter. Prune the fruit trees after they have shed their leaves, while the weather Is good and the farm work Is slack. Winter Is the time to plan. The long months when farm work must be slackened give us a splendid opportunity to think things through. . |