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Show t . i On Utah County Farms j With Extension Agents short lime. ' The cut should be mtult' from the south or west end , of Uu stuck, if possible, and should extend to the bottom of the stuck before sturtiiif,' 11 new cut. This will h'uve the built of the hay i" the stuck unexposed to the elements ele-ments for the longest possible lime. if this curry-over hny is sold nt present low prices it may have to be replaced later by hny costing cost-ing much more, Professor Hogen-son Hogen-son warns. V - 1) !KV rHODl C TlON COXTUOl. XKXT AAA l'liO.ll'XT Dairy farmers of Utah will soon huve an opportunity of hearing' the proposed plan of the agricultural agricul-tural adjustment administration for the control of dairy production, according' to Director William Peterson, Pet-erson, of the state extension service. serv-ice. Officials of the AAA plan to hold a state conference at Salt Lake City April ti and 7, at which the details of the plan will be explained to representatives of dairy interests from Utah, southern south-ern Idaho, western Wyoming and Montana. Director Peterson has been requested to make arrangements arrange-ments for the meeting and act as chairman. "The production adjustment foa- Hires of the program would aim at holding" production to approxi- : mate levels of recenV mouths," Di- ! rector Peterson said. "Individual , cooperating" producer would reduce j sales below his 1932 and 1933 sales quota by from 10 to 20 per cent. The method of production reduction reduc-tion would be left to the individual producer. "Additional features include relief re-lief distribution of surplus milk to underfed children; the -transfer of cows from surplus areas to needy farm families and provision for disease eradication measures." Benefit payments to producers who sign contracts to reduce production pro-duction will be made at the rate of about 40 cents for each pound of butterfat or about 51.50 for each surplus 100-pounds of fluid milk they reduce. The program would be financed by a processing tax starting at one cent per pound on butterfat and advancing to five ! cents per pound as the supply i comes under control. 1 The new project will not be 1 compulsory but the plan will be presented to the dairy farmers for their acceptance or rejection. In Utah there are approximately 113,000 dairy cows or an average of 5 to the farm, records show. EXCESS HAY STACKS MAY SAVE STATE FKOM SHORTAGE Because of the mildness of the past winter, much of the hay which was -stacked last year for " use during the winter months is still in the stack, reports J. C. Hogenson, extension agronomist of the Utah State Agricultural college. col-lege. There is a great shortage of water at present all over the state. If this dry spell continues, the crops of hay this year are likely to be extremely short; therefore, it seems -good judgment to take the best possible care of the leftover left-over stacks of hay, to balance, in a measure, the shortage which is likely to occur this year, advises Professor Hogenson. To prevent the hay in the stacks from deteriorating during the summer it is suggested that they be topped off as soon as possible either with straw or grass hay, so that neither the water from the rains nor the bleaching effects ttf the hot sunshine will reach to any depth into the good hay. In opening up a stack, the entire en-tire top should not be removed, as it will leave a lot of hay exposed. The cut should be made only suf-i suf-i ficiently wide so that all of the I hay exposed will be used within a |