Show r ‘ i MORNING APHIL 6 1930 THE OGDEN STANDARD - EXAMINER f PF EA E RTJIL I Z IS AIM FOREST! TREES £H raises BENEFITS SEEN under Eg New Muscle Shoals Plan Considered OOF OF PLANT IN FARM TREES OFFERED FOR - NEW FLOOR FOR Lr -- V FARM Hardwoods For Posts And For Construction Work Easily Grown Stocks May Be Secured At By CHARLES M GRENACX Utah State AgriculExtension Forester U S A C tural College Alexander Legge chairman of the federal farm board recently said that If every American farmer By C St GENAUX would devote five cent 'of his A C Steel Rods Effect Saving At Cannery Jacks — zrS more room In your nent stoply raise the roof c D3gett secretary and cfeUUhCahners-- tid cancer of the Royal -i- Extension Forester U S a result of the agreement recently entered into by the staU of Utah and the United States department of agriculture secaccording to the provisions of of law the4 tion of June 1 1924 trees are offered for sale by the Utah state Agricultural college Logan for farm plantingunIt should be understood that der the terms of the law the federal government bears a portion of the cost of production and' distribution of this planting stock and the state is not permitted to recover from farmers any more than its share of the cost of its catsup Mr Drcctt considerable fs ti loatoes and wTfpace to canning company found lo enlarge the opacity It was decided to raise 1 oze-stoa portion of 3 Wf c' building which was 56x to build a second Coot Sesur portion of the 35?7pace thus gained was used room 18x18 feet a feet and the balance to storage- - The large S used for can storage fZgrt&xA and will be used equipment i'ga:grades now able to store all of Dag-- S Jcbff eases" reports Mr room e are also building a L anting machine" y jfsS cat-13x- 60 NOYIL FEATURE navel T th feature embraced in canning roof was the Jacks which are grain elevator con-Isparticular Jack SSThls SStravel continuously on a l-- 5? ael rod and when used to the SrSioa of grain elevators Is the ty which the concrete forms T lob bole centers in both direction foot U steel rods were ch (ce-in- insert-the- se boles which extended a the fust floor to a point which for the final elevation sued roof is raised JACKS ASSEMBLED on these vH were assembled being about SO of them ci ater the roof was cut looee nfj-th- ere the first story walls' the Jacks a rarged up simultaneously fft -- -- were required to work Jacks and in a period of six tea 12 it the roof was forced w ttee feet after which new posts up-i- Ei 13 the first trs placed directly over 2xr poea and the exterior walls vra built up to the new roof line operation Is claimed to have as cem-x-si caxderable rd vuh the costsmoney' of tearing —the it zd Cm and tether saving waseffected by i ns n cf leavirg the equipment on tt test floor much of which wax teced to the old posts and gdr ax cctouched so that no re-s-ea t-cecessaiy 2Vmiuoperation was conducted by eon-z- xr C f Duumore & company crs who devised the method Hi ing -- i - to-w- it: -- - ! : 1 4 Rotation Found Cure FACTS sq A 1928 Pea-Tre- ’Approximately-Ninet- this year caused cury-ov- er is Zziui States department of to issue a warning to cotta powers to carefully plan their ag-te-- tes accs pian’dng and to raise enough bds ter the family and farm ani-h- xs i: It is the surest way economically the home Per Cent of Tomato Seeds y Planted in Weber County Hot Beds Treated as Recommended by Utah Experiment Station : 'According to Inspector Marsh County Agent T0 control bacterial canker of toil matoes rotation is essential according to Dr B Ll Richards plant pathologist of the Utah experiment last station The Iocs to the12state cent year was estimated to be per of the tomato crop Various surveys made of the experiment station under direction of Dr Richards show that in 1827 bacterial canker had attacked 55 per cent of the plants in 45 per cent of the fields in nine counties fields in Eighteen per cent of the of the five main tomato counties 1928 in and in affected were Utah of the fifty-si- x fields 1829 fifty-nithat th!s disease is widespread throughout the tomato growing districts of the en by-worke- rs a pov cctton sajs 5d com has been badly dam- terng the past season ac-t- o the United States cf agriculture For that K advises all com growers to ne K seed com before they it this year and avoid serious to their crop Ctrpeis make a valuable crop agriculturists say they gw zzder a wide range of condl-sa- d can be used to good ad-i- n almost any system of cutworm warning Is h- - plahcn The a" They are especially as a catch crop and for now in season ne This pest is very c: seed production easily controlled with bran mash de-sctn- ect de-ste- eut VDrtRdsas livestock tales ve Cop-nti- bait agen-accept- ed the plan for the Livestock Marketing asso- iTTr” tr3 subsidiaries to work with the federal r:?era:on ard The national assoda- rr -- be capitalized at 11000000 '4 tec ductsorting an and grading apparatus has the U 8 bureau of fcy to sort and ccttomics by ccc- - f?bts of woodsburn-o- f timber lands a new government "Friends of Man" -- st released by the y:’ department of agrl-- -- - " c near JVilming- "--d - bsv jf " than r-c- $300000-- n- direct taxes accord- “:T Coombs agricultural :r-- - United States de- sericulture Approxl- 1"9 'er--t of this is paid In X--- 7r' b ii 7- - A S' -- - ’iZ r lsrd in the 150 cf the United SUtes domestic de- States c More agnculture emt of the 138J000003 able for this purpose iLVERa FATE Ireland — Frederick - has found a - - 5-- - na--t- v5 pasture of 'r the United - K- tVrrsareF- 1C V believed to be Diteman who Newfoundland X1 ?? ocean flight andagain The mesh'f Fillmg into the sea Grace- - t:-- bot- - crr the shore which 0--- 111 t- COSTS TJORRY should be realized by all who pur- chase tomato seed The germs which cause the canker are located chiefly on the out-- 1 side of the tomato seed These germs are readily killed by a good disinfectant LeRoy Marsh district agricultural writer' that inspector informed the approximately 90 per cent of the tomato seed planted in Weber county hot beds had been treated as recommended by the Utah experiment t station Canker germs also live jpver winter In the soil and therefore rotation must be practiced in order to j control the disease ' not be should Tomatoes planted on land where diseased plants grew until at least three other crops have been produced on this Infected land DRY-FARME- - - MnIMimG RS Wider Use o£ Power Often On Custom Basis Osehred ‘ 1 Continued pressure for cost reduction to dry farming to Utah Is resulting not only to the adoption of more economical uses of labor and equipment but also to a notable tenmuch dency toward power farming custom on a of which is being done basis This briefly summarizes the findings of a study made recently by P V Cardon and published to bulletin 21$ of the Utah Agricultural experiment station which is just' off the press After tracing the effects of Utah dry farmers during the last quarter of a century to reduce costs the author presents a summary of cost records kept during 1926 and 1927 by 40 dry farmers to Cache Box Elder Tooele and Juab counties A total of 11054 acres of land Is represented to the study the farms averaging In size 3132 acres These records reveal many interesting facts pertaining to dry farming practices to Utah It is shown for example of that a little over three-fourtthe dry farmer’s investment is in land 1609 to equipment and only 774 to buildings His average investment to land totals $1328522 to equipment $272828 and in buildings $319 This total Investment represents an average acre investment of $4242 to land $717 to equipment and $444 to buildings The labor cost exclusive of hauling is shown to have1 been $585 an acre where- horse outfits were used acre for tractor against $3X3 - an outfits ' Hauling cost one cent a i ± of treatment is very much worth the effort He uses the cleanest seed he can purchase but takes no chances on scab and rhlzoctonla i The 1929 poultry crop of the United SUtes was worth about one billion dollars The farmers of Weber county are Increasing their flocks of white hens greatly this year A large number of new houses am noticeable in all parts of the county This movement seems to be sUte wide hs Three billion dollars woith of dairy products were produced by the cows of the United SUtes last year The present slump in the price of dairy products has caused a cloud of gloom to settle over the dairy inseem that as our dustry It would conditions improve fu-as employment near will the in no doubt they of butter will ture the consumption Increase - GAINS TUBERCULOSIS Poultry tuberculosis is increasing' in some sections of the country The for each mile hauled United SUtes department of agri- - The total acre cost including laculture finds that In some of the bor hauling interest on investment disease Is north central states the or less extent depreciation on buildlncrs and equip present to a greater in about 70 per cent of the flocks i- Fee per acreage to woodland we would have gone a long way toward curtailment of excess production of agricultural crops Trees will usually grow on almost any waste land about the farm that cannot be profitably used for cultivating crops For this reason and because Utah farmers need good hardwoods for posts and for repair and construction of farm implements and buildings whereas most of the native trees are softwoods it is especially desirable that hardwood trees be grown on marginal farm lands a Fanners in the state who have grown trees on good farm land for a number of years are unanimous In the opinion that tree planting for wood production pays There are so few farm woodlots in the state that the value of extensive new plantations cannot be questioned DAMAGE OF WINDS Almost all the fanning communities in the state are subject to heavy winds at some season of the year The damage caused by them is variable Only occasionally are they violent enough to destroy buildings On the other hand they often cause serious losses In orchards if ccompanled by hall or if they occur when fruit is ripening They often do considerable' damage to apiaries and they always Increase evaporation from cropped sod Where prolonged winter winds occur exposed buildings are difficult and expensive to heat Windbreaks of living trees planted around farm buildings orchards gardens Apiaries and fields will reduce the harmful effects of winds to a minimum They may not entirely prevent wind damage but they will always reduce it Frbm time to time people tell us that they have been obliged to cut out windbreaks because the trees sappfd and shaded adjoining fields causing considerable crop losses Where windbreaks consist of cottonwoods and poplars this objection is often justified However the fault lies In not selecting the proper spe cies Russian olive and honey locust are two trees which can be used In windbreaks without causing particular damage to crops grown adjacent WHERE TO PLAN Farm buildings and feed lots for animals should always be protected These are simply by shelterbelts wide belts of trees consisting usually of from eight to twrenty rows of one or mare species In the summer shelterbelts ‘help to cool the home and In winter they make it warmer Trees should be planted in all unused fence comers on steep rocky swampy or otherwise untlllable soil along fence rows and In fact wherever space Is going to waste They should be planted in pastures to provide shade for stock on water sheds to prevent erosion and retard rapid run-o- ff and evaporation and around unprotected buildings fields and orchards to reduce wind damage ment taxes insurance supplies etc was $1667 With a gross income of $2509 an acre based on an average yield of 2201 bushels selling at $114 a bushel the net return from each crop grown averaged $421 an acre This is equivalent says the bulletin' to 72 per cent return on an average total acre investment of $5403 “This study” the author states "takes no account of the Utah dry farmer’s expense to maintaining his town home” From his findings Director Cardon concludes that at the present time there is a tendency to ward larger dry farms and towarc the operation of small units on i custom basis Copies of this publication (bulle tin No 215) may be secured without cost by writing to the division of publications Utah experiment eta tion Logan -- 5® j m f -- i - i j 1 - I j of Western Por Wise farmers will give serious consideration to and these itaportant facts affecting the Utah Idaho : Wyoming production andsale of pork: ij J $3500000000 worth of live and tlressedj pork is region west annually shipped from the east to the ! j h of the Rocky Mountains From our intermountain section $500000000 is sent away yearly to' the east for live and dressed i j J pork consumed5 here Only 15 per cent of the 'pork: consumed in the intermountain region is produced here :lr Pork produced in the intermoilntaln states — fed on hard grain— is of the meaty’: typo instead of the lard type—fine lean rich meat (without an exwj cess of fat j Int ermountam raised pork is in great demand and brings prices equal to Omaha top prices r on hard It costs about the same to feecl porkers grain in the intermountain region asjto feed them in the east on corn including proper supplements section is Pork produced in the intermountain world-fame- d Scanof the same high quality as the and dinavian Wilshire product fine grained 1 sweet 8 rich in protein content v f another hopper should be added 44 With fewer but better cows North Carolina Is producing more milk than 10 yeans ago Then the average yearly milk production of a cow was 2666 pounds Today it Is 3600 1000 pounds an increase of nearly pounds per animate ’ ' t’ T -- jt 1 tfiis' year faiid IJtali Idaho anS Wyoming farmers have to secure a large proportion o£ this $35000000 by every successive year ' -- - f raising pork ' - -- 1 For Further Details Wire A conscientiously teach all branches in aviation Students taught on new Hornet Wasp Wright Whirlwind and Le Blond Motors America’s fastest grow grow Get ing Industry arein at the beginning and with It Wages good and prospects for ad for vancement unlimited Oldest and largest school Write 3 1116 Aeronautics of Dept Free Booklet Warren School We ute - J JOL $S PROVISION r 4 1 OGDEN UTAH E-- ' W Washington SL Los Angeles Calif cf a storm i ! r i :( : I r fol-ow- ed' Baby chicks do a lot of growing to the first four weeks of their lives H L Shrader extension poultryman to the United States department of agriculture says they double to size to the first two weeks Not satisfied with such a record they double to size again to the next two weeks if they get the right kind of attention Two essentials for success to rearing baby chicks Mr Shrader explains are plenty of heat and feed A good rule to follow to feeding chicks he says is to provide a hopper four feet long for each 100 chicks At the end of three weeks Los Angeles is a new enterprise located at 145 24th St in old Utah & Oregon Lumber Co building and across the way from the Asael Farr Coal Co We have a most wonderful and mill and feed store To all farmers we invite you to our mill to have your grain cleaned for seed We also chop And grind your feed - We carry in stock many brands of flour and feeds what we have We Bring your wheat in 'exchange for also pay the highest cash price for wheat and other grains COMMUNITY MILLING & FEED CO W H Wilde Mgr trKfissKfe Baby Clucks Grow Fast In Four Weeks Aviation Mechanics Demand Iri Big Learn in s OTug (Sensnnimimimntj: - - v- - -b a- - Buck Anderson told the county were agent that ground squirrels very scarce in the valley this springof He thinks that a large percentage these rodent pests died during the winter Buck says that the rolled but oat bait is good for squirrels fhfc salt rir! flour bait if set out properly is the best bait known Clarence Kingston of Taylor concom ducted a field test on silage Boon initt season He found that County White was somewhat better than Improved Learning Mr Kingston furnished a display of this county white variety far the Webrlastfall-Ile exhibit in the state fair has selected Boon CountyHeWhite win seed for his entire crop sumthis seed isolated an plat plant mer and produce a surplus for sale to fanners In Weber county A visit to C E Suker’s farm found him treating his seed potatoes with corrosive sublimate He savs that a little Insurance by way ’ -- J — return on the cost dtrr 13 r3? rtl--t- r t"r5 ?£? bng realized Frio county Texas ' ?:r 35 000 acres of this J were able to get trsd ’i te: -'their land and -- ms from 1300 head f Ut- ?r- 1 -- I tire United States and this fact By A U CHRISTIANSEN e American Elm Ulmnus Pumlla berian Elm Honey Locust Golden Willow Russian Olive Black Locust Hardy Catalpa Black WalnutL For further details call A Christiansen county agricultural agent 220 Federal building A - threatened ss I - -- c! - - -- CXCinOH cf atthe cotton resempresent is shat i o FEDERAL FARM ry the -work TREES DISTRIBUTED Utah The trees distributed by thesUnd-ard SUte Agricultural college are species which have been found In various parts by trial to succeed of the state - The size of the stock distributed Is limited to 36 Inches In height Most of it will be of smaller sizes than that ' No applicant for planting stock will be permitted to receive less than 25 trees of one kind and every applicant will be required to meet the conditions: Is fertilizer the aim of a plan for Muscle Shoals power following Cheap 1 secured from the Utah trees All Senator Black to to be added the State Agricultural proposed by left) plant (upper college must be bill sponsoredby Senator Norris (lower right) Wilson dam at planted ononefarms in the state of Muscle Shoals is shown center of the purposes speciUtah for law the fied FRANK by WELLER com 3 No I dam the of and pletion 'By (a) Woodiot Associated Press Farm Editor merdal manufacture of fertilizer at b Windbreak re1 Promised 2 No No (AP)— nitrate and plants WASHINGTON— J Shelterbelt (c) verse the order by Senator 2 When requested the applicant Black of Alabama- providing for He proposes that the plants be must furnish a report to the extencommercial manufacture of fertilizer leased at (1 a year-tinterprivate forester sion showing the condition the reintroduced Norris resolution ests on the stipulation that they buy the trees obUined and planted for government operation of Muscle operating power from' the govern- of him — Shoals is expected to- get early con- ment and sell fertilizer to farmers by 3 All r plantations shall be held from the senate sideration at a price guaranteed not to return open to inspection by representatives excess Senator Black says it his been the manufacturer a profit in or of the U s deof the college cent 8 Watson Senator of agreed by per Republicpartment of agriculturebeat all times an floor leader that Muse Lie FLOOD CONTROL Shoals 4 trees shall protected legislation be the first on the calAmple provision is made for from All and fire trespass grazing event of other'destructive agents endar'"'safter disposition of the tariff requisition of all facilities in t blU war and for their use In the1 aid of 5 All trees shall if necessary to flood control and navigation OPERATIONS DEBATE them "growing' ' be cultivatHeretofore production of hydroSenator Black says the capacity keep ed' and Irrigated for at leasts two electric power has been given chief of nitrate plant No 2 with modem years after planting consideration in ' Muscle Shoals leg- methods is 50000 tons of fixed nitroresold for 6 No trees may be orditons or of 1667000 about islation with debate centering gen than other person any by planting around the question of public or nary fertilizer a year Continued op- the original purchaser operation Senator Black’s eration of the plant he says would private OF SPECIES amendments to the bill by Senator reduce the cost of fertilizer to the The NUMBER of number species available : Norris of Nebraska calling for com farmer $7000000 annually t Will be increased as the nursery facilities' at the Utah State Agricultural college are increased stock All trees listed are first-claand will - be shipped under an inspection certificate i Xist of trees available for farm planting in Utah spring 1930 are! Colorado Blue Spruce Douglas Fir Balm of QUead Siberian Si- Stored in the roof approximate-- 5 Clark-McNa- ry Clark-McNa- ry cne-stor- ive - cat- - stringless iSrEt As ! company The plant has up jts bean equipmentroom 53 PLANTING o: set by the present prices) a and Arizona early lamb Calif have been fortunate in produ recent ears to getting the bulk of their 1 bs to market before the Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia crop wele ready to move This year however the far westerri lambs are late — nd the eastern lambs promLOS ANGELES April 5—While stock We have failed to make a ise to bf fat early he present predicament of the lamb good sound home market as an out I1 feeders Is a sorry one yet it Is very let for our grain and forage but it so A why reader of this column writes to likely that 1930 will prove a good is never too late to do good start now? to not out to lambs feed which year asking the value of whey as a feed There will be fewer feeder lambs for pigis with the statement that available to most parts of the councan1 buy whey at $200 a cwt conditions feed and pasture he Range try than usual because of good feed in practically all parts of California conditions In other words grow- are exceptionally favorable this Whey s a splendid hog feed but ers will market a larger percentage despite the fact that rainfall with yquhg pigs should be fed with! of their lambs as fat stock and this spring to practically all sections is below alfalfa By ali meang I would ad- -j is particularly true on the Pacific normal The reason for this is that vise dairymen and others who feed coast Undoubtedly heavy losses are rains came at very opportune times whey to who fed and temperatures being sustained by feeders pasteurize it before feeding? have been higher out lambs during the winter and than normally permitting to to a prevent any possible! pigs probable slimmer price levels may growing season Stockmen maygood bo of disease Under present offer an opportunity to recoup The faced with the rather unwelcome spread business Itj losses that were sustained will to situation of burdensome conditions in the dairy a having cases many discourage the feeders number of fat cattle and lambs would seem like mighty good busi-- lj to try It again but of course to and ready devote more whey to pig! to move at one time If the ness to because outers never did get anywhere Lamb the outlook on thej feeding as out stock fat practice of toppingfollowed to be very firml production is a business and if market appears hog we may they are ready is Is a good addi-milk Powdered also continuously has a good to that a prices depression to1 chance of profit but It must be con- escape tlon the and pig hog ration and intellinow likely unless can sidered as a long time operation gent appears be purchased instances in many is practiced marketing Those that get to high and get out at prices which make it an economic low never cal There is no political or theoretics us to get scheme which will It always seemed as though Financial institutions have been away from the lawspermit of and western supply have been onf marbarley lamb watching the trend of the demand If large? numbers of fat the wijmg trackraisers in attempting to ket for some time and have fully stock are forced on the market than build an export market for bar-- f recognized that the industry was can be readily absorbed there is no Lley tp every country ini practically over the top and headed down the doubt but that prices will be affectthe wcfrld can grow barley and to incline so far as prices are concern- ed This is true whether it be live- most instances with cheaper labor! ed but it is absurd to assume that stock grain or any other product undersell the American farmer the business is going all to pieces agricultural or otherwise If we can cap foreign markets We should givd that it has It is better to remember our market supplies to tune on more Study to building up hom taken the good part of eight years gauge can to with what the public readily markets for the products we proto reach the apex and during all of consume we should a fair have must gradually lose mucl duce frVe were spring and summer cattle market that time sheep conditions of trade for farm prod made ourfexport of by money good and plenty cattle supplies are not ucts for our costs ti are too the owners that handled the busi- Certainly can be burdensome If spread permit! us to compete ' withhigh other ness right It would seem that if out through thethey season Intelligent because they do not have thin lambs can be bought this sum- marketing coupled with supple- countries of living mer and next fall at reasonable mental feeding to keep off the mar- our standard feedj a is splendid values Barley -stock stock will We should be able livestock prices to line with fat well half fat and ket thin to develop a afford solve the problem for the cowman western people could that home inarkefc for a very large perto- - give thought to buying feeder centage of our barley crop To lambs Feed prices are the lowest 5 — With do this! we must encourage ANGELES LOS April are hog prochances in several years and the very favorable weather and feed duction cattle and lamb feeding IB that livestock feeding will offer venditions the early lamb may be that somejstudy will be neef grain and hay growers a better producing throughout both in California ess ary to properly cure barley to regions means of selling their products in and Arizona as well as to Tennessee make It more valuable as a livestock the form of lamb beef and pork and Kentucky It begins to look as feed When we do develop a home than to sell to any other way bur- market for barley via the livestock will have markets the though densome supplies' by the middle of route ithe bothersome price flucHog values have been well main- May - There Is a larger lamb crop tuations of recent years may be tained so far this year and those reported to virtually every lamb eliminated to a large extent through who have stayed with hofe feeding growing section of the United States a more stabilized outlet As it is and hog raising are making good and to every locality reports Indi- how tbe barley grower doesn’t know cate that "a larger percentage jof within $10 to $20 a ton of what his money There Is no reason why this condition should not continue es- lambs will be fat than last year crop will be worth when market country The best advice that could be time comes around pecially in the western where pork production falls so far given tp the California and Arizona short of pork consumption With early lamb producer would be to It very doubtful whether Cheap very little export demand grain sell lambs when they are ready to monej or loans at very low interest 11 growers are going to be forced to go to market If only a few can be rates actually prove to taring sell their grain at home Their op- sorted out it would seem the best 'about the much discussed "farm rea matter of fact low to- portunities for profitable marketing policy to get these lambs moving lief" would seem much better If the grow- to market ahead of the general run teresti rates often encourage overers themselevs made arrangements of lambs from other sections) Mar- production the very thing that has to market at least a part of their ket observers generally believe Ipat brougft about an apparent need for f crops through the medium of live- - the smaller weight would be more government help than 'V' I l 4r " I N5 H V ' |