Show NO DANGER OF HAY FAMINE IN DT UTAH AU THIS YEAR Slate State Will Till Be Able Ahle to Aid Neighbors If Spring Is Not Delayed There Is sufficient alfalfa hay In n Utah to supply tho state te nee needs needa lt until urn grass even en If It th the winter car carri carrl M far tt beyond Its wonted limits If It spring comes without extraordinary dela delay Utah farmers will be able ble to supply nel neighboring states where grass I IT is not usually an as early as In Utah with a a. goodly proportion of ot surplusage of or first class ha hay Dr R. R W. W Hog Hoggan an of ot the tho state live stock commission says sas We c have in Sevier county count alone I thousands of stacks of or alfalfa Un ha hay which have hA never nc been opened This county count in my estimation can supply all the requirements of or dairy horde herds Until un until until un- un til grass grows again declares the tho head of or the state live lI stock depart depart- ment The The- Prospect of nC Shortage Dr Hog Hoggan an flatly flath contradicts the statement that there exists oven even the re remotest remotest remotest re- re prospect lot of a n hay famine fa II Ho Be 0 declares that Utah never has had such sucha a n bl big excess supply of ot hl hay und he at attributes attributes at- at tributes published scare Icare statements to the mood of or persons not familiar Camillar with conditions in tho the country Wo We 0 had an abundant ha hay crop In al almost almost almost al- al most every section of ot Utah In last t year ear Dr Hoggan points out The year car be before before before be- be fore the crop was light especially especial In Inome some ome sections and In supplying those not well ell provided for other sections along toward spring suffered somewhat somewhat some some- what from shortage c. c The Tho bumper yield of ot la last t year ear was taken advantage of ot b by farmers In all sections and anti conservation conservation conserva consent tion of or hay har was wa tho the general rule every even where Th There re was little wastage wastage none none none at all in fact tact where It could po possibly possibly sl- sl bly be avoided Then we had a 2 lon long fall Calt with open warm weather past Christmas Range cattle found for themselves Instead of or b being de dependent upon stored h hay J Even Evon now there Is la lanot not nol more than t two VO to four tour inches of or snow on the ground and stock Is still able to supply Itself with abundant feed on nn the open range Unless tho the dairymen have been heen Improvident on their own account and havo hayo not provided provided pro pro- vided themselves with a natural supply supply sup sup- pI ply of ot hay or have hac been ben excessively extravagant tha they have havo no need to tear fear teara a lack of ot feed teed for their cattle attlE Tells THiB low to Choose Stock Mock Arguing various arloue phases of ot the live livestock livestock stock question and kindred problems Dr Hoggan Hos stated that a large proportion proportion proportion tion of or live ll stock growers In C Utah etah tah have havo not yet learned to choose their stock wisely winch Without considering the merits morIts mor- mor its of or th the stock from which the tha calf calr comes growers ers will save out any an and andall all ne that come to them It may maybe maybe h be that the tho heifer f will ultimately de develop do- do elop Into a good milk producer but the grower roer seldom taxes taKes pains to In Investigate Investigate In- In these chances through the pedigree of ot either olther female or malo male stock lock Dr Hoggan IJo Can C'an nV avers r lie fie adds that at this limo Utah farmers are aro harboring boarder cows COW to the ex extent ox- ox tent of ot 60 per cent of or their herds The Thc live ll stock commissioner explaining the time term hoarder boarder r says say the expression applies applies ap ap- plies to cows whoso whose milk contains in insufficient insufficient in- in n- n sufficient fats to make It a good buttor buttor buttor but- but tor producer He lie declares that many cows cOW are kept because they give give- Ive copious copious copious copi copi- ous quantities of ot milk the owner taking taking tak tak- ing this fact as a to guarantee of or value Tho The value of ot a n cow can CUll only be he as ascertained as as- through the time fats she tho produces in tho time milk she gives Ives If It she sho does not produce these o fats then sho she is not nut valuable valuable val val- ua le to her owner and lh time tha sooner she is fatted tatted anti and placed d on the butcher block the he b better belter ll r of off the farmer fanner will b be Dr Hoggan declares |