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Show AGRICUTWRE UTAH BTATE EXTENSION SERVICE - HOME ECONOMICS FARMandHOMEte U? S. Dept. of Airl., Utah SUt. Agri. CU. and Cunt Communion toi.tin Hardwood trees for windbreak planting will be available to farmers in Beaver and Iron Counties this fall through the Clark-McNary Nursery at the Utah State Agricultural College at Logan. Ordinarily all trees are distributed in the spring, however, it is thought that fall planting will prove successful in these two counties. Evergreens will not be available this fall but will be available next spring. Anyone interested in obtaining obtain-ing trees for fall planting can get order blanks from the Co"unty Agent. Windbreaks will prove to be a good investment by increasing crop yields, cutting down wind erosion and by making the farm on which they are planted a nicer place to live. Lyman Rich, Extension Dairyman Dairy-man from the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural College, will be in Beaver Bea-ver County next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 12 and 13. A county Dairy tour will be held on the 12th and a meeting will be held on the night of the 12th either at Beaver or Minersville. Dairymen will be notified by letter of the details of the meeting meet-ing and where it will be held. Cattle lice cause a great deal of loss to cattle owners in Be-ver Be-ver County each year. These lice are quite prevalent in both dairy and beef herds throughout Beaver Bea-ver County. These lice are para sites, and they obtain all their nourishment by sucking their host. Cattle infested with lice naturally will not make as much gain in weight or produce as much milk as they would if they were not infected. Cattle lice can be controlled by thoroughly spraying the cattle with DDT or Benzene Hexa-chloride. Hexa-chloride. Fifty per cent wettable DDT is used and mixed with water at the rate of 6 to 8 pounds per 100 gallons of water. The rate of mixing Benzene Hexa-chloride Hexa-chloride depends on the strength of B H C being used. It is proposed that the county sprayer will be available for cattle spraying this fall. Cattle owners who want this cattle sprayer should get in touch with County Agent, Grant Esplin. Spraying will be done in centrally located corrals throughout through-out the county. A per head charge will be made to cover cost of material and time of the operator. oper-ator. Approximately 300 head 'of cattle were sprayed in Beaver and Milford Valley last spring with the county sprayer. Cattle owners reported good results from this spraying In addition to the county sprayer, there are two privately owned sprayers in the county which sprayed nearly 2,000 head of cattle last winter and spring for lice and grubs. If every cattle owner would spray these two pests could be almost eliminated. |