Show what the county agents are doing the annual of the county agent work nork in ta tie e state of utah went to the go governor arnor this week neek durn g the year cows have been tested by the county aunte and tested thru the high sch under the direct nn im of county agents tins tills determines for the which con q are m biking aking him a profit and on which he is losing in utah county an up to date system of niter nater dividing and arid meas jiing weirs have been installed un der the direction of the county agent and in the state fifteen irn aaion have been olani ed for the farmers coveris g 29 acres of land sevier county has begun n with all 4 the county agents aid the orginia aaion of a drainage district which will coer coner 35 acres of land which when drained will be worth 63 3 50 0 in its present laate two thirds of it is worthless thirty one other drainage busterno by covering 19 acres have already been planned in millard county 30 acres on farms were planted to tur fley key red wheat the average yield V of the 1915 croo was 30 bushels per acre turkey red was practically the only variety that made good last year vear A oi of seed potatoes haa has been shipped into sevier counte from colorado in order to get disease free potatoes the results were highly satisfactory the bait salt lake county agent ob tamed excellent results from definite seed selection of potatoes for the elimination of potato diseases there are 68 farmers in the state practicing either corn or potato se lection farmers treated seed potatoes under the direction of county agents last year the state has been practically clear of hog cholera by the tir timely riely ano efficient nork of the county agent the state hogs hags were ivere last year A faun farm survey of farms were nere made last yeam orThe ye rv the farmers abo elwe e 1 0 farm 0 operation Ape ration 1 s il were recorded are urgent in their request that the work be continued con tiu aed bract cal rec old ord books were placed in the hands bands ol 01 all these farmers the county agents cooperated with the people of the grasshopper infected districts of the state ind and helped them exterminate with poisonous bran in and other means this pest one oat field shon showed ed by hy cotin count t over 3 grass hoppers killed per acre the needs for silage in utah is s being definitely worked on in salt lake and utah counties by trying to develop varieties of silage corn especially adapted to this section the silo business is being rapidly developed in the state five new counties seeing the benefits derived flom from the efforts of the county agent in other counties have petitioned for county agents to be provided for them as quickly as po possible sible |