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Show . - v , II 11-,- a t"- , a., 11,- . - - t - . NEWS : - - ' FARM., HOME AND GARDEN , - Januaq 9, 1949 Sunday, . , 466,.. - ..,, -..-..... I I . 1 ,, - , e. ' 1 "L.,1;.----.....7,7- - k -- , ' , !. 4 ' .. I 2 - . ' ' ' ,1 , '..' . ó , ' . , , g , for : , - . ) i 1 haul Y - ' who used to live in the moun- !aim table where I grew up. Their contentment a n d well-bei- . -was admired and discussed in our neighborhood. . -Nobody saw much of them, ,,,,,,.. !, , , except on Saturday afternoons : , , 1 when they passed by toward ,r ' . . ,. ll 41..4 Tt , ''. ' , ,. 4. Hollidaysburg, making music .' as they went. The old spring ,... 1 . wagon had three seats, all filled i , with this family, from grand- , niotber doirws to ths'yqungest. : Sometimes they had a 'Violin more i Often an accompadment, , e . accor dion or a mouth harp. But ' always their voices joined in harmordous song that echoed , va and reverberated. v. . 'Thesitfuated they Cante front , far back at the : confluence of two mountain The demand continued strong , By Patrick Joyce ranges. I found. it one day, International News Service '. until Isie in September when after a son g expioratton agony 'a new record was made Staff Correspondent the ridge, and it seemed wet,. , 241.150. Late in the steers come indeed to come out of at for CHICAGO (INS) s Chicago and year, strong consumer resist- - the forested mountain stoc kyard officials reported loo down upon such a peace. sac forced steers $3 to $8 per that livestock prices during little cove Jul . ' h undred lower with blue s tn a k e curling 1948 soared to &record high in The average cost of beef up from the chimney, a roost., t all departments. ' steers was 830, compared with er crowing, horses whinner. I Factors in the tremendous 228.25 in 1947. ing near the barn. AU the an- boom were the smallest aggre-k- , imats seemed well aware of t department, ,re- - She ----. In the swill gate receipts In over coming of a strangers long I . go years ce ipts amounting to 8 330 000 ' . before I had arrived . ! and the sharpest and broadest were recordedthe smallest The land was deep and red 1 demand on record, 1938 since 1872, except In when' upon a limestone base. rels and , Relatively high wages and arrivals were 2,883,000. A new trout played in the Mowing the greater amount of money in record' top of 831.83 was made limestone springs every develoind strdag in August but the year's aver- - mar d&y. High crags hemmed at 22313 was 21.40 age in the valley on two sides, and competition from consumers. ,.. underprice last year. ' In apringtime the mountains I spite of extravagant prices ever were white with laurel and i ' the retail counter, supply never 4 rhbdodendmn. Yellow spice the was equal to trade require- atmos- - I, flowers the scented w a $ exceptionally supply Birds and bees were a t 'pent& totaling only 89000 for phere. ' natural Two situation was ' agvtavat- part of this paradise t stare the smallest ter, that seemed to bring outstand- ed considerably by the shill- 1884. Lambs hit a new record ment of meat to foreign coun- -. top in July of $32.30, with the 11112 Pelee and happiness to i tries under the Marshall Plan. year's average cost at 827, corn- - bless this "rill homIL As livestock men counted They bought no entertain- - ,F pared with $23.15 in 1947. .their profits, the Chicago Mer- The year eloped with the sup- ment. They made their own tar ' oft from neighbors. canttle rxchange recorded the ply of livestock on feed under ! second largest volume of Su- the normal total and all the When gnaw was deep and bobsled riding was at Its best, ar tures business in Its markets under strong pressure from packers who are working sometimes a crowd would history. take along their own refresh-, ,values toward a lower level. - , and head for this dis- - ! The government reports thi ments, tent ' home. Here we would highlight of the rachange's fall pig crop slightly larger 1242 report a year ago with an indi- - dwells find a warm welcome 't and a chance to share in l break in tion that the total number musical enjoymenta neigh- - ! futures. of hogs available for market Trade In future contracts during the winter months horlY ."sing" followed by 1 amounted 'to 141,300 carlots, ' great ir than a year ago. hearty food, and then the which was under long ride home over picturTbe Chicago Mercantile bat year's record business. , lattla 'Winding back roads .: change cited the unparalleled On the livestock front, the slump in the November butter Looking backward, 1 istmemmoat spectacular advance was future the highlight of the set- - ' bee no discordant note in this -, scored scheme of living. The mounin the cattle department back of produce futures. where the years' receipts, total- The contra-season- al decline tains, the springs, the Country in mid-Jun-e, when from sights, and odors must have en int 1,693,000, were the smallest since 1982 a high of 79 cents butter, tered into the lives of all of us who grew up among such Prices at the year's start cents in late dropped to 57 were exceptionstly--- - high, with October. . , surroundings. best steers selling up Egg and onion values dropped , For my part, 1 should like to in January, the highest in the latter part of the t say that there is still content-pai- d In the up to that time. year The egg market fell ILI 0 ment and well-beiThere was a downward trend in seven weeks beginning Nov. of those very recollection in February which continued 11, while onion contracts skidded backwoods folks singing their for several months. But by July as much, as .97 e per way into townand , home - sack during the same period. prices were back to 640. . ,lbzi- 1 if At'' 't I : - . 1 t ,' -- 7- - 1 s ng , w ,.. ,-- - .. . -- 1, 29-ye- 1 - A caas nly-slightly ti , C, - 9What the and , a ;let A FARM LIFE. Dr. M. T. Miner; USAC good eggs. conservationist lists 1948 work in Duchesne 1949. - ' I often remember department 3SAVI ,Page Utah. Page a , ,.4.,,,,,..1.: on Page County. Dr. T. L. Martin, BY1.1 agronomist, discusses another commandment of farming. Page 5Preston dairyman his Page 8Dr. Wayne Binns, VSAC veterinarian, gives treat-ment for mastitis. Idaho spud farmer air conditions cellar. Page 7Dr. George F. Knowlton outlines insect program , N; r THEY MADE MUSIC By Csivin A. Byers t. . tells how to produce poultry veterinarian 11 4So 4' ....),...'....-- r, . --; WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT Page '' ''7,4,:4-I- ; well-water- ed . . 69,4f1V1 - ., .. 9 i i 1 , 2. 30-da- y t . - all-ti- y ' , 7j I, ' g DO rr NOW Cattlemen and dairymen of the intermountain area who fall to treat for cattle grubs 011 winter will be contributing toward the more than $100,000U annual loss in beef, bides and milk, which occurs annually in thin country, warns Dr. 0. F. Knowlton, Utah State Agricultural, College Extension entomologist. animals High pressure spraying of all beef and young which were in pastures last summer- - end use of the s, same rotenone insecticide but applied as a powder on dairy-cowbomb-fl- y and heel-flwill do much to prevent cattle-gruIn the con will area an in owners cooperate tosses, if all cattle trot progrant. it the spray program Is adopted, spray pressure. should always be at least 400 pounds atthe nozzle to achieve most effective cattle grub control, Dr. Knowlton points out. Three intervals are recommended under most applications at field conditions. ' , ' ' ': , - 1 1 one-hors- e , :- ! . ..v:-4- Farm nces ',It' i f Reached a'11Tew nign It Lm't all work on the form. We've heard several stories farm tractors being used to furnish the power for sleigh rkling partieshence the cover shot this week. The tractoron the cover belongs to Harold Nelson of Woods Cross ondseeently Mr. Nelson's two sons, Clyde and Ford, took members party and then of the South Bountiful Ward on a to their home for a chili supper. Two days later they took their sister Ruth Ann and some of her Davis High Schoot party. friends for a So the song can now be changed from 'Dashing through open sleigh," tó "Motoring ' through the snow, in a the snow, with the tractor and our sleighs." sleigh-ridin- , 1948 Of sleigh-ridin- , . - , , -- -- s WINTER TRACTOR USE ' 1. -4 .,, , ' 4 duction. a I:ijj , '' - ' ..,. :, est now and harvest will tell the true story, and with recent snow storms, itshould be a better one 1 cArrix AND SHEEP I Cattle and sheep continue in good I condition generally, but sheep on the desert ranges look rather poor. Deep I, , snows and cold weather have result- Lys Lanes ed in very heavy feeding of concentrates and stock water has been reported short in some localities and it has been necessary for some ranchers to haul water, particularly to sheep on winter desert range. The heavy snows will take care of the water conditions but concentrates are it'll being fed 'quite ex tensively. - 4 - , aeo, i . i ' ' ' fa-baW- ' - . Woods Cross, Don't moan too much about all this snow that has been frolic in the falling over the intermountain area because without this to worryabout moisture conditions come Snow, with the '; blanket we'd have I - , Dext summer. tractor , in 1949. got off to a Utah's wintnr wheat crop furnishing -- bad start this faa7Arbund the first of December the condi- - 7 the power. lion was the lowest for that date since 1936. The severe if your tractor !tt ,01. drouth which gripped Utah during the late summer. and-fa- ilis sitting idle, . ti.:,, .resulted in an extremely dry.conditi9n.of the soil at planting this might In winter 'snowfall of the most time. However, fairly heavy be a good wheat. areasahould improve the soil moisture conditions if t101. idea for , . runoff is favorable. winter The largest planted acreage in the history of, the state is recreation Indicated for harvest in 1949, accord- - for the the Bureau of Agricultural invto children. USDA. Estimated acreage Economics, Photo by Is around 284,000. If the yield on these ,, Donald acres are 16 bushels it would mean a C , Gobbot production of 4,544,000 bushels in 1949; 12 per cent less than. in 1948, 19 per cent less than In 1947, but 15 per ul cent above the 1937-4- 8 average pro- - . . .,' 1 -- - ' , Neighborhood friends of 'Clyde Nelson, tractor driver, : ' from . . 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