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Show Thursday, December Beet Seed Reduced a machine to split sugar beetn single-gerpor-Zd balls into developed in a cooperative Sect of the United States Bur-L- u yeeessary ' m of Agricultural chemistry and Engineering, reduced the amount acre from of seed required per and to two 20 pounds rounds, and gave a good stand or no thinnthat required little one-ha- lf ing' 56 Per farms Comprise Cent of U. S. Land Area Farms the United of States comprise more than 1,061,000,000 acres or about 56 per cent of the total land area, according to the and 1940 census of agriculture; aproximately 600,000,000 or more than half the total farm .acres, woodlsupply plain, prairie, or and pasturage for livestock. acres grew hay other forage crops in 1940, and approximately 135,000,000 acres grew grains extensively fed Also, 85,000,000 snd to livestock. mm Be with 1 1 THE MURRAY EAGLE State Department Farmers Urged To Advertise Scenic Utah In Travel Folder To Repair Farm Scenic Utah will be depicted as a "new line of travel mer- chandise" for the American tourist in 1942, according to H. J. Plumhof, member of the State Department of Publicity and Industrial Development. The department ' is assembling material for a travel folder to be circulated throughout the nation by railroads and airlines, automobile clubs and tourist bureaus. It will feature a large number of photographs in full natural color in addition to black and white illustrations, Mr. Plumhof said. Besides the several scenic attractions Vhich are known the' world over as typically Utah, the publication will contain many new photographs of less widely known spots of historic, scenic and recreational interest in the state, which it is hoped will cause tourists to extend their visit in Utah. Civic fpS3 Happy II, 94 f flif Crisp Curtains Drapes and groups and citizens in the state are invited to submit ideas and photographs for possible inclusion in the booklet. The Department of Publicity and Industrial Development is located in the Dooly Building, Salt Lake City. Blankets for the HOLIDAYS! Our Charges Are Moderate and Our Service WU1 Please You PHONE 213 TODAY! Let's Go to WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK . . . Deluxe Bowling Murray Laundry Alleys 4770 South State Joe Ruby's TAV Brightest and Cleanest Spot In Town BEER CIGARS SOFT DRINKS Meet New Friends . . . Greet Old Friends at . . Machinery Now continues. The Civil Service Commission has just reannounced, with modified requirements, the three examinations listed immediately below, applications for which may be filed until further notice. The maximum age for these three examinations has been raised to 60 years. Explosives Chemist, $2,600 to $5,600 a year. Chemical engineer, $2,600 to $5,600 a year. There is a shortage of eligibles qualified in the following branches: Plant layout, equipment design, market analysis, chemical economics, heavy chemicals, plastics, rubber, agricultural and strategic minerals. Physicist, $2,600 t $5,600 a year for employment in the War, Navy and Commerce departments, the Feedal Security Agency, and the office for Emergency Management. Physicists well qualified in stress analysis, ballistics, elasticity, vibration studies, vacuum-tub- e circuits, short radio waves, and similar specialties are particularly in demand. Other examinations announced by the Commission include the following: Airport Traffic Control Examiner, $3,500 a year, and Airport 0 Traffic Controller, $2,000 to a year. Employment is in the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Appropriate experience in the field of air traffic control is necessary. Applications may be filed until further notice. Radio Monitoring Officer, and $3,200 a year, for employment in the Federal Communications Commission. Applicants must have had appropriate experience in installation, inspection, laboratory development, or maintenance, of commercial or Government radio transmitters. Certain education may be substituted for a part of the presribed experience. Applications may be filed until June 30, 1942. Senior Floriculturist, Senior and Senior Plant Pathologist, for employment in the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture. The salary for each of these positions is $4,600 a year. Full information as to the requirements for these tions, and application forms, may be obtained from II. A. Goodfel-loSecretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners at the post office. Every usable farm machine must be put in shape or kept in top condition if agriculture is to do its part in the 1942 farm defense program, James H. Jensen, chairman of the Salt Lake County USDA Defense Board, warns. The 1942 farm defense goals call for the highest total production of farm crops, milk, eggs, and meat products on record. With the manufacture of new machinery and equipment in 1942 sharply curtailed because of defense demands on supplies of steel, copper and other metals, farmers will have to depend more upon existing machinery, Mr. Jensen explained. In addition to the scarcity of new equipment, farmers may find the available farm labor limited in 1942. Pointing out that the machinery now on farms was used this year to produce one of the largest on record, he said that the bulk of this same machinery can be put in shape to make the 1942 crops asked for in the Food for Freedom program. In order to do this, farmers should check now all farm machinery and order any needed parts immediately. Early orders offer the best assurance that farmers will obtain needed parts. Enough steel and other metals will be made available to manufacturers to meet the indicated needs for replacements of parts. If machinery is not put in shape now, serious delays in replacements may lose time and money to the individual farmers and may seriously handicap the program. "Only by everyone doing all he can, will be be able to meet the defense needs of the nation," Mr. Jensen declared. Midvale operators and farmers are unable to obtain necessary rams for the breeding season, Alma C. Esplin, extension animal husbandman at the Utah State Agricultural college, reports. More than 2,000 Utah rams which should range in this state to keep the number and quality of sheep up to standard are annually sold to sheepmen in Texas, a 1 BRANDYt Code No. ElLENA BROTHERS ' Fifrh-40- 2 Cmop biwUi IE" OKI - KiinA. GAI 403 Larger litters of pigs will be produced if sows are in good condition and gaining weight during breeding season, Dr. R. A. assistant professor of animal husbandry at the Utah State Agricultural college, states. Extra feed containing larger amounts of skimmilk or tankage to provide nec s.sary amounts of protein should be fed to sows for about three weeks before and three weeks after breeding. During gestation, extra feeding is necessary to provide sufficient fond for the sow so she will not starve her own body to nourish her unborn pins. Balanced rations, however, are just as important as the quantity of feed. Dr. Rasmussrn Mates, as animals often receive insuflicu nt amounts of one nutrient even though an abundance of f d is provided. Water should be kept available at all times. Sows will not drink mough to supply their needs if the water is too cold, Dr. Rasmus-seconcludes. n MM AY GREETING CARDS IIMIIMIIIMMttHMIIMttlllltllMMIttMIIIIM I I FOR RENT-Furni- shed home. 3 rooms and sleeping porch. Will rent during winter only to reliable party. 255 East 46th South. FOR RENT 2 bedrooms, furnished. One room large enough to accommodate two people. Mrs. Bud D. Evans, 211 Elm Ave. WOliK WANTED By the hour or day, Monday or Thursday preferred. Housework, cleaning, etc., 35c per hour. 296 East 5!Hh South. r I wm ... in Clothes Properly Cleaned! j If you're looking forward to an especially joyous season, don't let it be ruined by improperly cleaned clothes. Play safe, send them to us. We guarantee a better, quicker job. j j BUDWEISER NOW ON TAP at I Heidelberg j 1 ! 4904 SO. STATE I A -- ONE Cleaning & Dyeing Co. MURRAY j E. C. Dittman, Proprietor Phone Murray 31 I For Draper Feeds see or call W. E. CAIN & SON 429 East 39th South Phone Mur. 750-W Three Million Farms Now In Soil Conservation Program More than 3.000,000 farms are now included in the national soil conservation program, officials of the Department of Agriculture announce. Farmers are organized into 619 districts cove ring mere than 3G5.0OO.OU0 acres of farmland in 38 states. Utah has 19 districts composed of 87S.782 acres of land. Gtnham S. Quato, stole coordinator of Soil Conservation Service, states. This movement began four years ago. when the first district was established in North Carolina in August. 1937. Since then, local meetings of farmers and ranchers have voted to organize of the namore than consersoil into land tion's farm vation districts. Immediate Claims Settlement No waiting . . . Collision bills paid with sight draft from district office nearest you J. REX HAMILTON niONE MURRAY 4963 SOUTH STATE I I I I 3 1 1 W 1!JM...CMMhI ' J'rrStWfK "Flowers For All Occasions" NITE 62 12 4 StjhnyBrook, DRAW V, , KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON Nilional DUtilkri TroJiKti Corp, nitsm 3 FLORAL SINCE 1912 1C3 BE OF GOOD CHEER t'M d PHONE MURRAY 44 Coats Suits Dresses j Tavern Livestockmen are annually losing from two to five per cent of their sheep and cattle from poisonous plants in Utah grazing fields, Milton A. Madsen, instructor of animal husbandry at the Utah State Agricultural college, states. Poisonous range plants are common throughout the state, since all areas have one or more poisonous species. This loss could be avoided, Mr. Madsen contends, if stockmen would take more precautions. Most poisonous plants are not palatable to livestock and if sufficient feed is available, the plants are seldom eaten in large enough amounts to cause damage. Extremely hungry animals should not be grazed in areas containing large numbers of poisonous plants but sections having only a few plants can be grazed if the livestock are removed from the pastures before the feed is eaten close to the ground. Livestock trailed long distances should be driven around poisonous plant areas and never bedded in these fields. one-thir- Dining room set, 4 chairs. 1 round table and buffet. Good condition. 333 Martin Lane, between 47th and 48th South, from 2nd West St. ORDER YOUR TURKEYS NOW Order your turkeys early. Choice birds. Roy Christensen, 23!) East 5(Hh South. FOR SALE fT) For Friendly Atmosphere Drink I 7 Want Ads ! POISONOUS PLANTS Ras-musse- n. V"" IIHMIHIMI CAUSE LIVESTOCK LOSSES IN UTAH KEEP SOWS THRIFTY THROUGH BREEDING TIME ADVISES HUSBANDMAN .f d $2,-6- Market Found For Sheep Breeding Stock .Z NATIONAL INVENTORY Each truck owner in Utah has a direct personal interest in the success of the national defense truck and bus inventory now under way, E. G. Foxley, state director of motor vehicle, empha-zierecently in a statement to vehicle owners who have not yet responded to the inventory. Inventory returns have been received so far, he said, from 60 per cent of all truck and bus owners in the state. The Office of Production Management has already issued a priority rating for production of medium and heavy trucks and replacement parts. It is not the highest rating under the Government priority system, but it is the same as that assigned for the production of rail freight cars. In issuing this rating, the OPM was guided by the best available information on highway transportation and its replacement requirements. The original order may be modified when a more accurate picture of the trucking industry is obtained from the inventory. This is the reason each truck owner should fill out and return immediately the questionnaire card he has received in the Foxley emphazised. It is important that his truck be a part of the total picture of the trucking industry which the OPM will take into account in issuing any future priority order. $3,-20- Buyers have been waiting until the breeding season to buy rams because they have been available in rather large numbers at this time in the past, but this year late buyers are left without selections due to early sales. Sheep prices for registered ewes and rams are 40 to 50 per cent higher than last year, but Professor Esplin urges sheepmen to build up their herds with young ewes in place of old ewes and pay ofT debts rather than buy new equipment and expand their herds. More ewe Iambs will be retained in the flocks this year than in past years, tlr. Esplin believes, due to greater demands and excellent feed conditions. WINES 11 The Federal Government's need for specialists in various fields New Mexico, and Wyoming, Professor Esplin says. All sheepmen with surplus rams and ewes have found ready sales for their sheep, wtih Corrie-dal- e and Suffolk sheep being most in demand. "The Place to Meet" 179 North Main Street Commission Sets Civil Service Examinations With sheep prices higher, range Murray Page GIFT SHOP rITi r mi XI t HisklY i, i pit t |