Show I IThe Around the County with The County Counter Agent I II I 4 11 Club Progress This week LeRoy LeRAY E Carroll the Duroc Jersey leader of the H 4 Pig club of Maeser visited each member and weighed his breeding gilt and found the gUts gaining gaming at ator atto rapid rate and conditions or orthe the boy boys s project In tine shape Results of exhibits on Exhibit Day of Uintah county show that Miss Mary Helen Hacking Hackings s group In the first place of Maeser won Foods exhibit Mrs Clara s group of Ashley second place Mrs Martin Curtis group of the CHine district third place and d Mrs Mary Chivers group of Da- Da Da Davis vis Da-vis club vis 15 fourth In the Clothing exhibit the Scrap bag of Vernal with Mrs Audrey Ly- Ly Lyman Lyman man Ly-man I man as leader won on f first st st place Virginia Noel Noels s group of ernal second place Virginia Goodrich s 5 group of Tridell third place and Mrs Fern Fem Houston s group of Whiterocks fourth place The demonstration team to rep rep- represent represent rep represent resent Uintah county at tre tie State Fair comes conies from the Maeser club of which Miss Mary Helen Hac la rs b the leader The tv two 0 girls in the thet t team am are LuDean Hall ana a o Geneva Genea I hb Ashby I P PI I Economic Briefs I Cash receipts b by farmers bv by b sale of their principal products pro pro- products products pro products II ducts Increased 42 million iol- iol dollars dol dollars lars during the first half halt of 1936 over o the same period last sear ear according to very cry recent report issued bv b the Bureau of Agricultural tur turf tural l Economics In addition farmers received ed payments from the gO government during the first six m months of 1936 amounting to millon billion dollars which Is about 40 per cent less les than for the first half halt of 1935 I I Agricultural Conservation W ork on This week the supervisors of the association association association tion of county met with I the committee to draw up a ten ten- tentative tentative ten tentative Ithe budget for the administrative administrative tive ve expenses of the organization and to receive Instruction to start immediately to check cJ the or more farms which h are now signed up on the program The stipends stipends- supervisors supervisors ors who will wUl do the work worb for Uin- Uin Uintah Uintah tah county are Erland Clarence W Palmer and Arthur These men are now In Inthe inthe Inthe the field checking the details of the program Livestock Lh estock reeding Feeding Situation The corn crop Is now estimated to be 5 per cent greater than in 1934 The consuming ain gi gl ani- ani animals animals ani animals mals number 3 per cent less than thanin thanin thanin in 1934 The supply of roughage is not as short this year sear as in 1934 Available A hay supplies ap- ap appear appear ap appear pear to be 20 p FT per r cent greater than thanin thanin thanin in 1934 l while le the number of hay hay- hay consuming consuming animals is about 9 per percent percent percent cent less than In 1934 I I I I II Conditions In addition to the favorable I price situation caused by a short short- shortage shortage shortage age In farm products a faVorable business outlook bids bide fair to strengthen the demand for farm I I preliminary products On August 1 a prelim prelim- preliminary inary estimate of business activity by the New lew York Von Times TimE's was placed placed placed ed 1026 6 per cent the highest since the recovery Business ac- ac i acI ac I ty has continued very active I in the heavy Industries such as steel and textile Industries Earn Earn- Earning Earning Earning ing statements of the employees s of these large mills Indicate the earnings of Individual work cor- cor corporations corporations cor corporations to be per cent for the second quarter of this year than In the same period last year |