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Show ACTICUTTtTRF UTAH STATE EXTENSION SFRVTCE - ITOMr FrON'0"ICS FARMandHOMEte Association in too large numbers. The program is being carried jointly in conjunction with the G. I. training and the farmers share of this is at a low point at present. It is important that more cows be brought in test if the DHIA wishes to continue. Herd Improvement testing is a guide to good feeding practices. It gives a complete individual cow and herd production record re-cord and aids in proving the sire, which is a valuable asset. DHIA makes a business of dairying on the farm. Ik'Ke and Couiity Comunsfiuii Luuyciau.ig "Don't be a sucker. Save your money. If you need a phosphate fertilizer, buy super-phosphate. Money spent for raw rock phosphate phos-phate in Utah is money wasted." Myers at the Slate Fair in Sep- The Beavcr-Minersville Dairy Tour held October 12 was attended at-tended by at least 20 dairymen of the county. The herds of Mark Woolsey, M. J. Warr, Roy Harris, Har-ris, George Murdock and the Cooperative Dairy Barn were visited in Beaver. At Adamsville the Mackintosh Bros, herd was visited. The herds of Ralph Pearson, Clinton Thompson, Sheral Carter and the Cooperative Coopera-tive milking barn where 380 cows are milked at present were visited at Minersville. The herds in the Dairy Herd Improvement Association are making good records to date. Thp AQQnrintinn hpffan nnpratinn U. S. Dent, sf Airl., UUh State AgrL Co Utah 4 Hers will be interested.;, in a new "4-H Life" magazine, the first issue of which has recently rec-ently been published, according to David Sharp, Jr., supervisor of youth programs, Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service. A monthly, the magazine is devoted exclusively to activities and (problems of the country's two million 4-H club members and leaders, who can receive it free of charge by sending their names and addresses to the publisher pub-lisher of 4-H Life, 12 North Maine, Dayton, Ohio. Farmers of Utah should beware be-ware of anyone attempting to sell them raw rock phosphate as fertilizer, warns Glen T, Baird, Utah State Agricultural College Extension agronomist. According to Dr. D. W. Thorne, head of the U S A C agronomy department, raw rock phosphate is worthless in Utah soils, Prof. Baird reported. "The phosphate is combined in rock form, which only changes to soluble form under the action of acid. Utah soils are neutral or alkaline, and rock phosphate remains rock in our soils," Dr. Thorne explained. "Plants cannot feed on the fertilizer fer-tilizer locked in rock phosphate." phos-phate." Experiments conducted by U SAC, the University of Idaho and the University of Arizona have all shown that ground rock phosphate will not increase crop yields on our soils, he reported. On the other hand, super-phosphate doubled the yield on the same soils. "In one test in Cache valley a moderate application of superphosphate super-phosphate increased alfalfa yields two tons per acre. But a treatment with five tons of i ground rock phosphate per acre, less than 10 feet away, gave no increased yield," Dr. Thorne declared. again January 1, 1948 and many cows are already over the 300 pound production mark in 8 months time, and a few are over 400 pounds. As a whole, the herds in DHIA are averaging above 28 pounds fat per month, which is good compared with other counties in Utah. Ralph Fordham, DHIA Supervisor; Super-visor; Grant Esplin, County Agent; and Extension Dairyman, Lyman Rich attended the tour. The Tester gave production records re-cords at each visit and the Extension Ex-tension Dairyman made comments com-ments on the fine practical things i the Dairymen are doing in the county. The tour was concluded with a meeting in Minersville where educational pictures were shown on Dairy Herd Improvement and on artificial breeding. The Extenson Dairyman pointed point-ed out that Mr. Fordham is a very capable tester and his records re-cords are well up to date. However, How-ever, Mr. Rich stated that Dairymen Dairy-men have dropped out of the |
