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Show THE PAGE TVVO mi THE TTKA IMPROVEMENT OF THE DAIRY HERD TIMES-NEW- :r Floods in Georgia Cause Big Damage DafldViEvejiing fairv lal Graham; mm Shzty nonner . r ttr jrm J vaLfe THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929 NEPIII. UTAH S. vv a 7 -- -i ' . .r"--1 . a4 Tr, m MR. ROOSTER Create Friendly Competitive Spirit. Records Numerous "Why Is there ao mu.b excitement?" asked Mr. and Mrs. Peacock as they walked by. "Ion't you kuowT" asked Miss advantages of association work Ilaru. Mr. and Mrs. Peacock didn't pay are listed to a summary of the results of the association's activities for much attention as they were too proud tlie year euded July 1. 1013. whlca to care to see much of the pig family and they wished some one else In the has Just been published by the Colo rado Agricultural college. barnyard bad answered their quesrecords kept by tha tion. But still they repeated their quesassociation enable dairymen to cull unprofitable cows, select helfera for tion. "What Is going on, and why Is there the young herd, determine the worth of the bull and Intelligently conduct so much excitement?" "We are going to have a parade," feeding operations, the report states. C A. Smith, fleldman for the state aid Mr. Booster. "Will you JoinT Thank you," said Mr. Peacock, "w dairy commissioner, prepared the summary, which states that the asso- would be glad to Join the parade.1 "But yon must give us plenty of ciation records "create a friendly competitive spirit between dairymen, room," said Mrs. Peacock. "We have which tends to raise the production of to spread our handsome trains and the herd and makes for more efficient they take up quite a bit ot space. "They are so big and handsome. management." Bat we'd love to Join the parade for He adds: association records are becoming more we like to march and strut" An the other animals agreed to and more necessary to the successful ale of surplus females. The man who give the peacocks plenty of room, la going Into the dairy business today and the parade started. The farmer couldn't Imagine what wants animals with authentic production records behind them. The dairy- It all meant The animals were man who has such records on his cows marching around, all making as much can command a premium price on hit noise ts they could. And that Is a good dead of noise, ale stock." The association work also presents I can assure yout Mr. Rooster led the parade and be an opportunity for a community to make a name for Itself as a centet looked very grand with his fine red top or hat for Mgh-classtock of a particular He crowed and crowed, ne felt be breed. The cow testers' records show that was not only leader of the parade but of the band. the man who fed a balanced ration leader see You they all said that they did sucaccording to production had a outside band for the not need any culent winter feed, took the chill ofl parade. the water In winter time, supplementThey felt that the noise they would ed pasture with grain had the largwould be quite enough. And of er return above feed cost. Copies make course It was. of the report may be obtained from The only difference was that their the extension aervlce of the stat noise was not like music! But the agricultural college. ,1 4 v Cow-tentin- g Tt; U-r.i- s -- I fttY AMi, A- -, r.. ' ... Z. M "... 3 X It' m PrioiUgm to Liv in Utah UTAH Considering six major farm producls, estimated prices to Utah growers ia February were 6.8 per tent higher than for February, 1928. RICHFIEtO Dirt is beginning to fly on the installation of the new municipal water system, to cost $25,000, tor which bonds were voted last fall. Garfield Pattenghe and EPHRIAM T. Cook, representatives of Frank. Bond and Sens of Albuquerque, N. were in Ephraim the first of tl.e week and again contracted for 13C0 rams from the Ephraic. Rambouiilet Weber county farmers will new crops this year, it wa announced by County Agent A. L, OGDEN try out two f r, 4 This air view of West Point, Georgia, shows the terrible destruction caused by the rising waters of the Cbattahoachee river. Only the upper floors of the houses remain nnflooded, while many of the smaller houses are completely Inundated. Many have lost their Uvea and thousands are homeless. Lighthouse Keepers Relieved by Airplane Chrlstinansen. One hundred and fifty acres of dry beans will be planted in an effort to establish the bean industry and five acres of red clover seed will be planted in a similar purpose. RICHFIELD To stimulate production of sugar beets la Sevier county la 1129, the Gunnison Sugar company Is cooperating with the Sugar Beet as oclation ia this territory, and the Utah, Agricultural college is a sugar beet production contest to be knowa as The Farmers' Twenty-ToSugar Beet club. LOGAN Testing of dairy cattle for tuberculosis began in Cache county recently, according to County Agricultural Agent Robert L. Wriley. The work of testing Cache county's 22,500 dairy cattle was in charge of three state and federal government veterinarians. Cattle in Cornish and Lewiston districts was tested. MANTI Forest Ranger S. Illertor, made a trip to the Mammoth ranger station for the purpose of measuring the snow. Ee reports 63 inches of snow, with a water content of 18 inches which is approximately 3 inches greater than the average water content at this time of the year at that station. Ranger Anderson reports two feet of snow in Lower Joe's valley. HYRUM Lions club and farm bureau are making efforts to raise the bean acreage from 90 to at least 125 acres before the planting season begins. It is feared that, if the necessary acreage is not subscribed, the local bean cannery will not operate this year, which would mean the loss of a payroll to farmers and employees of about $50,000. FILLMORE Forest Supervisor A. Mattson and Assistant Supervisor C. J. Olson of the Fish Lake forest reserve returned recently from a trip, lasting a week, to Fillmore and Holden. While at Fillmore they held a conference with Rangers L. A. Robins and E. L. Jensen regarding forest districts plans for Scipio, Eanosh and Elsinore ranger districts. The plans outlined in detail all recurrent work to be done each year and the amount of nonrecurrent work that should be completed In the next five-yeperoid. OGDEN Acreage of tomatoes in Utah will be increased about 800 acres this year, it was announced recently by George Shorten, assistant secretary of the Utah Canners association. The increase will be general over the state, with about 100 acres increase in Weber county. Estimated planting for the whole state will run about 6000 acres. Weber county will have about 2500 acres. DRAPER The Draper Construction eompany has been awarded the general contract for the building of the growers' market, according to the architects, Ashton & Evans. The first unit will consist of a market for ar trading and also two new administration buildings, which will cost about $66,500. The balance of $210,-00- 0 will be spent for a warehouse a block long with two stories and a basen ' ' AA H A-- . n I i-- A . v r Ml 1 1 rWB - - jsT Let Dairy Cow Market Home-Grow- n Grain Feed The dairy cow furnishes a bettei market today for feed than ever before, says n. R. Searles, dairy specialist with the agricultural extensloa division. University of Minnesota. Mr. Searles has been compartni prices and finds that while the prices of dairy feeds have Increased 24 pel cent since 1914, buttorfat prices have mounted about 70 per cent In the sam period. "In 1914, with butterfat selling at SO cents a pound, the cow returned $90 at a feed cost of $45, ot a return over feed cost of $45," says Mr. Rooster Led. Mr. Searles. "In 1027, with butterfnl d at 51 rents a pound, the animals didn't know good music from eow returned $153 at a feed cost ol bad music and their Idea of a band about leaving a return over feed was a great deal of noise. cost of $97. This cow, then. In 1927 They marched around the barnyard returned $52 more over feed cost than and Mr. Rooster kept crowing the she did In 1914. Translated Into directions. terms of return over feed costs, the this way, this Increase in favor of 1927 bas been way," he would call. around 115 per cent. And all the animals followed along. "It pays to feed grain to good cows Some of them did not walk In a very For the man who has the cows they straight line, but that didn't make are a better market for his feed grain much difference. than the elevator. If he Is short ot The crows cawed from above and grain he can afford to buy it at pres- even the sparrows joined in the noise ent prices. The proper grain ration fed all they could. with roughage will greatly increase his "This suits us," they said to themIncome for the roughage he Is selling selves. "These creatures don't mind our voices at all. through the cow. "Cow testing association reports "They just like noise. So we can show that as the production of but- Join In a very large chorus like this. terfat Increases from 100 pounds per "Other birds are so fond of their cow to 300 pounds, the price received own special songs. And they have for the roughage the cow eats Insuch a funny way of caring about creases from $5.50 per ton to $39 per tunes." ton." As a matter of fact, the sparrows were hardly noticed because of the noise the other creatures were makOutdoor Exposure Quite ing. Harmful to Dairy Cowa Pretty soon the farmer came out to Tests at state experiment stations look at them again. "This must be some one's birthshow that a dairy cow drinks about four gallons of water for each gallon day," he said. "Anyway, I think I will give, them of milk she produces. This means that a cow giving five gallons of milk a birthday party. I won't bother a day must have approximately 20 about a cake and candles, for they wouldn't care so much for such gallons of water. will give them some Dairymen have observed that cows things, but I seed, and perhaps a few cake compelled to drink at an unheated out- good door tank In cold weather do not take crumbs." So the farmer gathered together as much water as they need. They also consider outdoor exposure harm- some special goodies and the animals ful to the cows when the winds are Immediately rushed from the parade line and grabbed what they could. cold and the weather stormy. Mem"Dear me," said Mr. Rooster as this bers of dairy herd Improvement assohappened, "the parade Is all over." ciations often find that the Installa"Well," said Miss Ham, "I should tion of automatic drinking cups In their barns Increases the production think anything would come to an end of their cows 0 or 10 per cent A when there was extra food to be had." All the animals laughed In their Minnesota dairyman says that keeping a constant supply of fresh water queer ways, but every one had to before his cows In drinking cups saved agree that they certainly had endsd him an hoar's labor a day. He con- the parade In a great hurry when siders his investment In drinking cups the farmer had given them an extra one of the most profitable be ever meal. But that day In the barnyard was made. one of the happiest ever had by all the animals, and certainly Mr. RoostIdeal Dairy Barn er deserved the credit, for he had Two requirements of a dairy barn of the Idea of the parade wall must be met In order to provide thought and it was because of that, and so warmth. The wall must be airtight because of him, that they bad all had to prevent drafts and it must be built the special, extra treat of materials and after a plan which reduces heat loss by radiation to a In Training minimum. Incidentally, when both A boy of twelve, dining at his are for warmth these requirements met the problem of successful and ef- uncle's made such : a good dinner that fective ventilation Is greatly simpli- his aunt observed "Johnny, yon appear to eat well." fied. Walls constructed for warmth "Yes, aunty," replied the boy, "I've an ventilation combined with approved been all my life." Stray practicing on waJla. system eliminate frost , Stories. News Notes sociitioa. li - , 1 - ' I, -- - m AiAvi 'A At: . ' ft l: f( - - A :: X.teX&M&A- Airplane sent by the German government arriving at Warnemunde lighthouse with succor for the keepers who In desperate plight due to the Arctic conditions which have affected nearly ail Europe, bad been ill Heads Croix de Guerre Body 300-pou- ! ii tJ i 'a a x 1 ii ii .in - 300-poun- " " Ax4 1'?) 4 "Cock-a-doodle-d- ji A-A- Am& V- - " :?ff-- V niin.j pi PRINCE IS BOXER n BiM..Wv;:::f'gW.jgMILI.,LilWP A ar l;lt;:! it i vfr in " tK T pi - jV- all-ye- ment. av.A. m..,,-.- r.ffl.1frrir.....i.ir.i-1f- o ali1fhl tiiWi IJMIIlTtltf 'TfMT i fill J B Admiral Guepratte and his wife as they arrived at New York for a tour with the Croix de Guerre delegation, which he heads. The association Is a friendly order which includes Americans cited In France. Mt. Lassen Breaks Loose Prince SuknsvastI, heir to the throne of Slam, who Is a keen student of boxing at Germantown academy which he attends. The prince represented his school In an interacademlc boxing tourney held at the University of Pennsylvania. NAVY AIR CHIEF TOOELE Poultrymen of Tooele county, led by Hugh Hurst, Tooele county agricultural agent, inspected three bij hatcheries of Salt Lake county recently, according to V. L. Martin-ea- u, Salt Lake county agricultural agent. Most of their time was spent at the Community hatchery, Draper, where about 150,000 chickens are being hatched. This is by far the largest hatcher in Utah and ranks in size with any hatchery of the United States. SALT LAKE Present poultry prospects in Utah indicate a baby chick AA:: ;a, . V . A .f- - ' '"Vf4" , I production of nearly 3,000,000 for 1929, double the 1928 figure, C. C. Edmunds, manager of the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative association, de- dared in a report recently. The expectation is borne out by the fact that already commercial egg production for 1929 has increased about 15 per cent over the same period in 1928 and may be expected to increase more as hens mature. BINGHAM Net income of J1G9,. 258.56 for 1928, as compared to $309,-460.in 1927, is shown by the annual 26 7 report of the Bingham Mines company, operating in the Bingham and Tintic districts. Despite the fact that Mt Lassen, In California, for many years Inactive Is again belching black smoke. Early one morning a white steam was seen rising from the cnitt-- r and later this steam changed to a heavy black smoke which Is banging like a pall over the vicinity. Davis S. Ingalls of Cleveland, Ohio, .has been nppolnted assistant secretary of the navy for aeronautics by President Hoover. lie succeeds Edward P. Warner of Massaoiiusetts. lower earnings were reported, James P. Graves, president, declares that the net fijrure quoted is after a deduction of $135,080 was made for prospecting and development work, and that, 'Both the Victoria mine, located in the Tintic district, and the Dalton and Lark mine, in the Binfjham district, showed improvements during the lat. ter part of the year. ' |