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Show ;0n Utah County Farms With County Extension Agent .LuiBAM SKT OUT IN " (jl'K.NTION l'OKJM On- soni-s of community ,.s now uiulor way in Utuii will hnvc tin- opportunity tsi'uss fully tin1 Important : ..iinis ai'isl"K 1,1 connection J nwmi"K the l37 Agrtcul-' Agrtcul-' i tMnscrviition l'ronmi. Ac-, Ac-, ls to S. K. Hoswell. the fol-i fol-i '!,. questions will he inchuleil conimunity iliscus.ilons: lilwl pros1'"18 lli,s b,'on "itulo in , n,aervu(ion in the counly .r tlie ARrleulturul L'uii- .".,1km rroRn.ni? i'lUiat practices sliotikl he reeom-as reeom-as most vnUiiihlc from the i '..juitui'Bl . conservation ataml- ,1(137 slioiilil a greater portion '.jo payments he made for soil- .'iiing practices than in 1930? ",-ttuiil a maximum total conser- "n allowance he established .tsct farm or ranch? If such . allowance he established for j farm or ranch? If such an snoiini It be earned Should the crop-lneome inHul.. u-e eatures eont,u.(l in uc I're,ent proRram b(. enl,.Red ' hope that every farmer and stockman who can posslhly do "o w.ll attend the U,",. meet nKs " t.eorRe 10. Karrell. In charge of the afinemtural consx-rvatio,, proKram cen y "' n'R'""' recently. re-cently. The community mcet-u.Rh mcet-u.Rh w,ll he followed hy a county ieeti,,R at which the recommend tions for the county M'ill he drawn and lorwardod by the county committee com-mittee to the 3tale aRriciiltur", conservat ion conunitlee, which w present the ;,ta.e reconimendatio, s at rocatello. I,l10, October 14 J'scusion by farmers at-tending- the community meetings w.l. assist the count; tec in formulutinK rccommenrta-Uons rccommenrta-Uons that will meet special prpb-lems prpb-lems in the county so rr as th, se can be fitted iU) lne trame-w,rk ot a nation-wide agriculturcal conservation con-servation program." ' Following; is a schedule of meetings meet-ings being held for all farmers to attend who wish to discuss cr give suggestions for the new 1D37 Soil Conservation Program. All meetings meet-ings begin at 8 p. 'in. Monday. October 5th at P-ayson Junior high school. Tuesday, October (5th at Spanish Span-ish Fork City Hall. Wednesday, October 7lh at Pro-vo Pro-vo Agricultural Office. Thursdiiy, October Sth at American Amer-ican Fork City Hull. SAVING THK IjATK I ALL VKdlCTAtlLKS Some of the garden vegetables will keep many weeks into the winter if properly stored In a basement, a speciaj storage cellar, or a covered pit or bank, depending depend-ing on their kind. For certain vegetables, the dry atmosphere of the attic is the best storage place. The root crops, particularly car-rota, car-rota, turnips, parsnips, beets, and oyster plant or salsily, will store perfectly for use for many months. Potatoes and Bweet potatoes are among the valuable vegetables that may be stored until late in the winter. A cool well-ventilated cellar under un-der the dwelling offers good conditions con-ditions for storing many vegetables vege-tables if it does not contain a furnace. Sometimes a storage room can be partitioned off from the rest of the cellar and provided with openings for ventilation. Natural Nat-ural earth makes a better floor I than concrete or brick, as a certain amount of moisture is desirable, j Coves and cellars built separate I from the house possess most of the advantages of a storage room in I the basement and arc superior in I some respects. They are easier to fill, and a uniform temperature ; can be maintained over a longer period. They must be sufficiently insulated so that the vegetables i will not freeze. Ventilation is I necessary. Sometimes banks or ; pits in a well-drained place will 1 answer all needs. Late beets with the tops off can be stored in ventilated barrels, loose boxes, or crates in the cellar. In a pit they are put in a pile, covered with leaves, straw, hay or similar material, and then with a covering of soil 2 or 3 inches thick, which is increased as the cold becomes be-comes more severe. Carrots are stored in the same way. White potatoes must be more carefully protected from freezing than carrots, which can take a little frost without injury. It is a good plan to leave a small quantity quant-ity of carrots in the storage room in the basement and put the rest in banks or pits. . Home-grown celery can be banked bank-ed with earth in the position where it is grown, and then covered with straw or other coarse material as the weather grows colder. Another method is to excavate a special pit or trench about a foot in width, pack the celery closely, bank it with the surplus earth, and cover the top with l boards on which there is placed a layer of straw or cornstalks, and finally a light covering of earth which will prevent freezing as the .weatiier gets colder. Celery Uaken up just before freezing occurs, with considerable earth attached, can be stored on the floor in the basement storage room or in an outdoor cellar. It should be moderately moder-ately moist to keep well. Store, sweet potatoes, in .a dry, moderately warm place, such as the basement near the furnace, on a shelf near the kitchen stove, near the c"himney on the second floor, or in a warm attic. Parsnips are not Injured by freezing so they may be left in the ground, or stored like beets or carrots. The same is true of salsify. salsi-fy. Turnips must be kept in an out-door storage place on account of their penetrating odor. Or.ions need a cool, dry atmosphere and ventilation, so put them in bas-.kets, bas-.kets, crates, or large-mesh bags and keep them in the attic. It often proves economical to grow late vegetables for storage. Because of the cost of containers and the trouble of canning, it is certainly both an economy and a convenience to store anything that will keep well rather than try to can it. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has a farmers' bulletin. bulle-tin. No. 879, called "Home Storage Stor-age of Vegetables," which contains con-tains pictures and diagrams showing show-ing good types of storage cellars and pits. |