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Show - " " ? On Utah County Farms With The Extension Agent IUCET GKOWKUS SHOULD SKCUKE ' WAGE RECEIPTS ' Wherever possible, sugar-beet growers who plan to sign adjustment adjust-ment contracts should secure signed receipts from their labor-! labor-! ers covering the production of the 1934 crop, William Peterson, in charge of the sugar-beet pro-; pro-; gram in Utah says. ! Producers are urged to get these receipts now, if possible, in order that they may have all necessary evidence next spring when filing a certificate to the effect that they have paid all bona fide wage claims for the 1934 crop, as required in the contract. Each producer who signs a contract agrees to pay these claims before receiving his second 1934 adjustment payment, and the presentation of receipts will avoid disputes, Mr. Peterson says. If possible, the receipt should indicate the amounts paid for the different operations such as bunching and thinning, hoeing, pulling, topping, or any other operations. Securing of the receipts is advised ad-vised as a means of avoiding disputes dis-putes and complaints, but if there are labor complaints, it is anticipated antici-pated that steps will be taken to investigate them, Mr. Peterson says. ? . j FALSE KL'MOKS AIKEI1 IN CATTLE FKOUIiAM Ry William Peterson, Director Extension Service In the cattle purchasing program pro-gram it seems that certain areas of the "state have been' supplied with mis-information. Reports come to the state office that people have been advised to hold their cattle because the federal government is going to make a distribution of feed. Such information informa-tion is not founded on any facts known to the state office. Data gathered indicate that nearly 200 thousands tons of hay in excess of that which is available avail-able in the state, is needed to feed the cattle through a normal ; tvinter. ft is conceded that this I hay is not available and more cattle will be saved by disposing of sufficient numbers so the balance bal-ance might be fed, than if an attempt at-tempt is made to carry the entire herd through the winter. Information from the federal government is that there will be but one cattle purchasing program. pro-gram. This program will close by the end of December. There will posivitively be no gratituous distribution dis-tribution of feed. Every, cattle owner should make a careful inventory of his feed and correlate with the stock to be fed. He should dispose of his cattle under this program in sufficient numbers so the balance kept may be fed through the winter. win-ter. It is advised that the best animals be kept as a foundation herd for the future. It is hoped that this cattle purchase pur-chase will be definitely understood under-stood and that any suggestion that there is going to be any feed distribution is merely propaganda, and that there will not be another federal cattle purchasing program. All who are compelled to sell cattle cat-tle are advised to act quickly that this purchasing program may be cleared up as soon as possible. 1933 FARM CENSUS TO BEGIN' JANUARY 1 Copies of the schedule for the United States census of agriculture agricul-ture for 1935, which is to be taken beginning January 1, have been received by the extension service, announces Cruz Venstrom, extension service economist. This enumeration will have . unusual significance, not only because of the devastation and havoc wrought by the drought and depression, de-pression, but because of the changes in farms and ranches and in the utilization of land brought about by the distressing agricultural conditions of the last few years. Crop and livestock information which may never be vailable again in this generation, and invaluable data on the present movements of the people, together with full information on such matters as the spread of electrification, use of machinery and the effect of automotive transportation, will be ' , obtained through the farm census. Although the census of 1935 , will cover practically all of the ;, major items of interest to farmers, farm-ers, the schedule will ask only about one-third as many questions , as did the census taken in 1930. This schedule has been designed to provide for gathering the greatest great-est pdss'ible amount of basic information in-formation that can be assembled rapidly and tabulated in a minimum mini-mum of time. The individual farm operator's report is a confidential government govern-ment report, and the information , contained in it will be so regarded i by the census enumerators, who will visit every farm during the coming months. To the end that the census may be successful it is necessary to have the hearty cooperation of i all farmers, all agricultural ! agencies and the business inter-: inter-: ests. The widest possible dis-j dis-j semination of information is important im-portant so that every farmer will realize the extent and need for 1 full and accurate returns, i The agricultural census was taken in 1810: and the last one in 1030, reported there were 6,-288,648 6,-288,648 farms. This census will be taken every five years hereafter. Never before has a census been of greater importance than the one to be taken this year. |