Show Young farmer couples attend state tour The annual State Young Farmer tour was held in Box BoxElder Elder County July 16 and 17 It featured visits to farms and homes of a number of the Young Farmers in that area to acquaint those who attended with some of the newer ideas employed in agriculture to tomake tomake tomake make the industry more effective ef ef- and productive It also included visits to some of the businesses businesses' and points of interest interest interest in in- terest there TilE THE FOLLOWING trends and practices in a agriculture were observed 1 A rapid Increase increase increase in In- crease in the number of horses kept on Utah farms the employment employment employment em em- of a time full trainer in ina a community whose services are available available to individual owners 2 Maintaining of ord dairy iry cows in confined quarters quarters for for improving improving im improving im- im proving year-round year comfort and increased milk production through the limiting of corn silage and nd substitution of hay leaves for added protein in the ration The 3 group visited group visited a mint field which shows a possibility of becoming an additional cash crop for some Utah farms It was observed that one of the better practices in making the beef cattle industry competitive competitive competitive com com- with a cow and calf operation is the analysis of records by personnel with witha a computer technique to determine which animals are profitable to keep and which should be culled OTHER OThIER POINTS of interest visited were the Golden Spike National Monument at Promontory Summit a trip through the Mill and Mix Company producers of wheat mills and food dryers for the home and the state Fish Hatchery at Mantua The group was entertained Friday night with a banquet followed by a stage production of South Pacific by the summer theatre group in Brigham City The 14 local couples couple's attending were the Jack Ruppes Leo Snows Fran Petersons Peterson Kelley Powells Lyn Morrills Merrills Jay Wade Owen Powells Mickey Brent Jacksons Jackson John Curfews Leon Moons Leland Williams and their advisor Doyle Landon London |