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Show On Ulah Counly Farms Willi Extension: Agents and he does not move ujound at freely as ho nn'trht. This condition can be easily remedied ly throwing throw-ing the bull down in a isoft place ami trimming tue hoofs. This should be done gradually and frequently fre-quently in order not to lame the bull by cutting too def.p at one trimming. Another reason for discarding old bulls is because ' they get mean to handle. Thin problem can be overcome by building a good yard and pen, the type prescribed pre-scribed by the Extension Service of the Utah State Agricultural college. col-lege. In reality there is very little excuse ex-cuse for any dairyman to let a good breeding bull go to the butcher. When money is bo scarce, exchanging of bulls shouUl be practiced prac-ticed more than ever before. If you have a good .old bull that must I be changed to avoid inbreeding, ti;i:n( ii sn.os" Trench silos are being used in 5(Kl fnrius in Utah this year. A lew IU-C being used in Utah county, where farmers do not have a concrete con-crete silo or machinery and labor to operate it. A trench silo can be used to a distinct advantage. You should see the one now being used bv Bishop Lundeil of Benjamin. This silo is 81 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 8 feet deep. He has more than 100 tons of succulent feed being be-ing used for his dairy herd. This has saved alfalfa, hay and grain and given good tonnage of feed on a few acres of land. Mr. A. M. Anderson of Provo R. p D. put his corn in trench silo without cutting and it came out In excellent shape. A bulletin on Trench silos is available to any one interested at the Extension office. of-fice. I TUA1HNO OF SIKKS Utah county is credited with having 116 praclc bulls still on our farms or 40 percent of all dairy sires used. Prof. George B. Caino of the U. S. A. C, says that "In many dairy sections of Utah tho breeders arc practicing a very slioit-siphtcd and faulty plan of herd development. Because money Is scarce and prices of agricultural commodities are low, breeders are following the line of least resistance resist-ance and neglecting breeding problems. prob-lems. Some breeders are just keeping a young grade bull produced from their own herds, while others are going on the market to buy bulls as cheap as possible, thinking they are getting by all right. Results of such a practice as this will not be noticed in the herd for a few years until the calves develop into cows. At that time, however, the dairy business should be coming bark to normal, and the breeders will have nothing to sell or to use for replacement in their own herds, another common practice among dairymen is to discard good old hulls for very trivial reasons. Sometimes Some-times tho feet of a bull get long get in touch with your county agent and arrange to trade bulls with some other breeder in your county or neighboring section. Recently we heard some dissatisfaction dissat-isfaction concernfjig one of the older bulls in a section of Utah. Upon investigation we proved the daughters of this ,bull had produced, pro-duced, on an average, 476 pounds of butterfat in a year, while their dams had made 410 rpoundii of fat. Such improvement as this on high record cows is most valuable, yet this bull was about to be sold to the butcher. Many other bulls, Just as good as the one cited, may be available for exchanging, the cost of which is but a very few dollars. This plan will put better bulls in the hands of the dairymen. . f JIKLl'S FOR SPUING WORK While the young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love his mother moth-er Is making plans for the spring house cleaning. While there is little lit-tle help for the youth there is help for the homemaker in the recommendations of the extension service of the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college. Here is one, a formula for mixing mix-ing whitewash that will stand up under the weather on exterior surfaces: sur-faces: Slake one bushel off quicklime quick-lime in 12 gallons of hot water; then dissolve two pounds of common com-mon salt and one pound of sulphate sul-phate of zinc in two gallons of skimmilk and mix thoroughly. When the mixture is prepared, spread over the surface with a broad brush. CLEANING PAINT BRUSHES When the paint brush was last used perhaps it was left with paint mixed in with the bristles. The brush is now hard and difficult to soften for use in painting. The extension service recommends the following process to solve the difficulty: dif-ficulty: Heat some vinegar to the boiling point and allow the brush to simmer in the liquid for a few minutes. Remove and wash well tie sil soda has been added. That simple process has been proved to , do the trick and the brush will become be-come soft and pliable. |
