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Show On Utah County Farms With The Extension Agent I is liiicvon, with short stalks and a liifjli purci'iilage of tile crop is ruined. ... The now variety ol smut resistant resist-ant wheat Was bred at the Utah Stale experiment station bv Pro-lessor Pro-lessor D. C. TiHfjey. It was produced pro-duced by hybridization in response an urgent need for some more eifective means of controlling the serious disease of wheat which oxacis a toll of approximately $250,000 a year from the Utah growers. In addition to being resistant re-sistant to the forms of covered smut most prevalent in this'area. it also appears to be equal in all I ether respects, such as yields, winter hardness and quality, to the best varieties now being grown in this region. The female parent of "Relief" is known as Hussar. . It is a pure- I line selection from Rod Hussar, the origin of which is undetermined. undeter-mined. This variety is not grown commercially because it is not a high yielder; neither is the grain of good quality, but it is resistant to most of the forms of covered smut occurring in Utah, Professor Tingey said. Turkey 26, tne male parent, is a pureline selection out of the Turkey variety made at the Nephi dry farm substation. Like all other oth-er standard wheats grown in Utah this selection is highly susceptible, to practically all forms of covered cov-ered smut. When the two varieties varie-ties were crossed the result was a wheat that is a high yielder and, resistant to smut. vier, o.v; 7 j. w.1!f.llch 5 4 olnr, 10. ; misc. coimlies, 11.4. Clink mortality in the state for tins same period averaged 7.9 per eent in W32; u.7 per cent in 1933-bo 1933-bo per cent in 1931. and 7.4 per cent in 1935. XKW liKI.IKK WHKAT WITHSTANDS WITH-STANDS ATTACK OF SHOUT SMUT A clear contrast is shown in the plantings of common varieties of wheat in northern Utah and the new variety, known as "Relief," which is practically free from the short smut, an infestation that is prevalent in parts of Utah and southern Idaho, according to officials offi-cials of the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college. In fields where "relief" is growing grow-ing side by side with non-resistant varieties the contrast is noticeable. In one hand the grain is high, well-filled and clean while that which has bee infested with smut 1TAII IIKNS I.AV AVKKAtih OK !ft. K.iiS IN .II NK Laying hens in Utah produced ,m an average of lft.il eggs per bird for the month of June, according ac-cording to Carl Krisehkneeht', extension ex-tension poultryman for the Utah Slate Agricultural college. This was 1.0 eggs per bird less than during May hut 0.S eggs per bird higher than in June 1934. The high-producing flock of 2S9 hens averaged 19. (i eggs per bird, representing a Go. 22 per cent flock puHiuction, while the lowest average aver-age production was an even dozen regs each from a flock of 603 birds, or a 40 per cent flock production. pro-duction. Chick mortality for the first six weeks of the brooking season varied var-ied from 4.2 per cent in Salt Lake and Sanpete counties to 19.6 per rent in Davis county, Mr. Friseh-liiiecht Friseh-liiiecht said. Following are the percentages of chick mortality in leading poultry poul-try counties of the state for the six-week period: Box Elder, 5.1; Cache, 6.5; Davis, 19.6: Juab, 8.6: Salt Lake, 4.2; Sanpete, 4.2; So- |