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Show On Utah County Farms With Extension Agents PROFIT'S IN SEEDS Says Agronomist A number of reliable farmers in. Utah could very profitably raise, vegetable and pasture grass seeds, according to Professor J. C.' Hogenson, agronomist of the Utah' extension service. Vegetable seed is easily grown, where the season is long enough, but is is difficult to keep it pe and of high productive value, PreM lessor Hogenson points out. Judging Judg-ing from the price paid for good seed, however, it would pay enterprising en-terprising farmers who are properly prop-erly situated, to investigate this potential . cash-crop. ' The growing of pasture grass seed is an industry which can and should be encouraged in some parts of the state. Grass seed is as easily grown and handled as alfalfa or clover seed, and prices are usually good for clean, pure, viable seed. Further information on this subject sub-ject will be' gladly furnished by a county agent or by Professor Hogenson at the state extension office at -Logan-. NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MILK There is no substitue for milk in the diet of the growing child says Miss Elna,-Miller, extension nutritionist of the Utah State Agricultural college. One quart of milk each day will insure the growing child,' the ' expectant mother, or the nursing mother with ah adequate calcium supply for building strong teeth and bones; for making steady nerves; lor supplying .normal clotting rfoyrer to the blood; for keeping muscles firm and elastic; for in suring normal heart action and for keeping the digestive fluids in a proper condition to do their" work. Milk supplies the calcium in a form which is' most completely utilized by body tissues, Miss Miller Mil-ler points out. One quart of milk suppliias . much calcium as 10 servings of cauliflower, 13 large oranges, 15 servings of strawberries straw-berries or 18 servings of spinach. These foods rank next after milk in calcium supply. Miss Miller cites the following experiment to show the value of milk in the diet of the school child: Children in the lower -"-elementary grades were selected and graded for such behavior conditions condit-ions as fatigue, attention, alertness, alert-ness, and ability to concentrate. At 9:30 a. m., the children left their class rooms for a ten-minute period. Part of them were given a half-pint of milk, while the others were kept for - controls. Some of the children ate only al scanty breakfast and others ate at a very early hour and wero ready for food at this time. As the experiment progressed, the group which received the milk showed 25 per cent improvement in behavior traits. They were less easily . fatigued . and more even tempered; less easily abstracted: more wide awake and they were more careful and less slovenly in their thinking. AGENTS ASSIST IN MANY ACTIVITIES "Extension work experienced a sharp change of objective when it joined forces with the agriculture al adjustment administration in an effort to reduce total wheat acreage and yield," reports W. W. Owens, assistant director for 1 agriculture. ag-riculture. "With all regular cpunty agents spending an average of a month and a half each, nine emergency agents spending three months each, .and four from the state office spending about three month ,each, the wheat adjustment program pro-gram was presented to all the wheat growers of- Utah. A -total of 5711 farmers, or 40 per cent of all growers, signed contracts to reduce acreage. They represent 78 per cent of the total wheat acreage in the state." Mr. Owens then shows that the county agents aided materially in helping 130u farmers secure seed loans last spring to the amount of $130,000. They also helped in the Red Cross distribution of food and clothing and a number of the. agents assisted in distributing R. F. C. funds. During the past year the 20 Utah agricultural agents held 2972 meeting with a total attend-" |