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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER a give you satisfaction. A windbreak of Carolina poplars will do wonders in protecting your orchard from the strong west winds. You can raise the trees from cutSet out in good tings yourself. rich ground and well watered, they will often times make a growth from four to six feet the first year. When Miller and Thomas, licensed real they can be transplanted to the deestate brokers, have offered $30.00 sired location. A double row, stagin the corn club project to be des- gered, is best. ignated just how to be awarded. Newton Brothers have given a SEND IN REPORTS $10.00 bridle. OF FARM BUREAU AND The J. G. Peppard Seed company CLUB WORK ACTIVITY are offering a gold medal and loving cup in the alfalfa seed project. We urge every secretary of every The Ashley Coop are offering lib- farm bureau local in Duchesne and eral prizes in all boys and girls Uintah to send in reports of county clubs. They will announce thqir their activities, minutes of their list later. meetings and other items of news. The Vernal Market is giving $10 Also club leaders of their club acto be used where needed. tivities. Have all proper names Other firms and clubs and indispelled correctly. viduals who are not yet ready to Also we would urge that articles anonunce their gifts will be publish- on any phase of farming in the Based later. in he sent in. Do not worry about the proper English and whether you CLURS ENTERTAIN AT can spell every word corectly. You MOCK CLUB PLAY have the experience and that is the BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS CLUB WORK PRIZES FOR UINTAH COUNTY TOTAL LARGE SUM Besides the medals and ribbons offered in Boys and Girls clubs this year by Uintah county for their efforts special prizes are being offered by the business men of the counSome have already designated ty. just what they will give and what it is to be placed other have just signified their intention of giving but have not stated the exact amount or where it will be placed. Every day nearly some one wishes to help and before through every need will be taken care of. The Uintah State bank again offers substantial pries. Giving: a first prize of a savings desposit of $5.00, second prize $3.00, third prize of $2.00 in five projects, baby beef, dairying, turkeys, lambs, honey. They also give a $1.00 savings deposit to evey boy or girl who completes a project. John N. Davis and Sons again offer a pure bred Rambouillet buck lamb to the best lamb club, and a pure bred Rambouillet ewe lamb to the boy or girl making the best The value of the two project. ' lambs is over $100.00. Vernal The Drug company offer seven prizes in the poultry project. Three pure bred Barred Rock roosters to the best three projects in the Western division. Three pure bred Barred Rock roosters in the Eastern division. They also give a a of pen of pure bred grand prize Barred Rocks for the bast project in the county. The value of their over is $50.00. gift The Calder Brothers Creamery will give prizes to the value of $125.00, which have not yet been designated. , Thursday evening, March 27, when County Agent E. Peterson and Mrs. Murray, assistant club leader, came to the meeting at Naples, they were highly entertained by a real live club meeting. Three boys and girls with a lamb, chickens land a pail of honey and their associates were holding a club meeting, when a boy representing Mr. Peterson arrived at the meeting. It was real fun to see and hear the parts carried out and the assurance of success and information imparted. The Naples club are live wires and will be heard from again this fall. fruit that could be raised right here at All the hardy varieties home. of apples, plums, cherries, etc., can be raised successfully here in the will do equally Small Basin. as well if cared for intelligently. In selecting Jlir site for an orchard, keep awaf' from the low lands or pockets where the frost is liable to settle and injure your Better an exposed position fruit. with good soil and fair drainage. Most of the bench land would seem an ideal location for an orchard. Keep away from the tender varieties in both large and small fruits. Tie to the standard varieties such as the Greenings, Wealthy, Spitzenberg, You cant Yellow Transparent. beat the Delicious for an all around The despised Gang eating apple. will look good to you when all the Also rest of the apples are gone. Siof a out set couple you might A berian crabs for Jelly, etc. will two give you Whitney crab or a good early eating apple when all A few plum trees the rest fail. will bear soon after planting and Plant the Nado your heart good. tive and Hybrids, I would not advise the European varieties as I believe them too tender for most locaThe tions in the Uintah Basin. as they sour variety or Pie Cherry, are commonly called, I believe to be the best to try here. The soil must be well drained for cherry trees. If you want to try pears, select only Enthusiastic club meetings have ben held in every ward of the Eastern division in Uintah county by County Agent E. Peterson and Mrs. Jane Murray, assistant club leader. Also Mr. Peterson has spoken at Fort Duchesne and Randlett at the The meeting. Western division wards are also getting well under way and in some instances have well organized clubs. Meetings will be held early in all wards. A much heavier enrollment is expected this year than last also a much greater per cent finishing their projects. Parent-Teacfce- rs LATE STORMS BRINGS SNOW TO AVERAGE On the first of March the snow in the mountains of the Ashley Nad of tional forest, was about the average and much anxiety was being expressed regarding sufficient water for irrigation purposes. Supervisor Charles DeMoisy while not being able until after the first of April when the snow measurements are taken to state the amount throughout the forest, he is of the opinion that there is an average depth of snow throughout the forMr. DeMoisy bases his predicest. tion on the snow fall at Dry Gulch station about 10 miles north of where a fall of 30 inches for the month was reported on March 25 and there has been several storms since. Dry Gulch station is 8000 feet altitude and Mr. DeMoisy thinks the same fall will be reported at all stations and even more in one-thir- Al-tpn- ah, There are a couple of mice fighting up here, yelled the irate guest to the hotel clerk. What room have you? inquired the sleepy clerk. He was then told and then inquired, What are you the higher mountains. paying for it? Two dollars, was the reply. What has become of the good Well, what do you expect for day when you used to get $2 a bull fight? out for dinner after church? invited old-fashio- DUCHESNE COUNTY CLUBS No reports of the boys and girls club work have been received from Duchesne county, but we have been assured that nearly every community will 'have club work this year. Charles J. Wahlquist of Myton has been appointed county leader. Next month we hope to have real work to report from Duchesne county. the hardiest varieties. ORCHARDING IN THE subject to a blight that GREAT UINTAH BASIN careful watching. (By A. W. CLEMONS) I believe here are few locations in the Uint&h Basin where both large and small fruit can not be successfully grown. Thousands of dollars annually leave the Basin for thing we want. Just tell it in your own way. If your story needs any dressing up we will gladly do that here in the office. This wonderful country is rich in all kinds of experiences, let us have them. They are just as interesting to your neighbors as yourself. BOYS AND GIRLS EARLY ORGANIZE CLUBS A Sound Economic Policy They are o requires For a commercial orchard the fewer varieties the better. For a home orchard one can have a few For instance, of several varieties. have early, midsummer and a late or winter variety to carry you over until another crop comes on. In setting out your orchard, plant your trees in a 'Straight line and an This will equal distance 'apart. save labor in caring for them and look much better than set out in a hit and miss style. Dig a hole withroots to take the big enough Dress all out cramping them. broken and dead roots with a clean cut of the knife, fill in top dirt first. Tramp down solid and give a bucket of water, then finish filling Head your trees back. the hole. Four or five main limbs to form the Most people do head is enough. not prune enough. you can hasten the fruiting of your trees to a large extent by prunning. Keep them headed low and centers open, thereby letting in air and sunlight. Small fruit, strawberries, currants, Gooseberries, raspberries, especially the black caps, do exceptionally well Prune your curhere in the Basin. rants and gooseberries severely every spring. .Cut out the old, small for the Uintah Basin involves the growing within the Basin of sufficient grain This is best asfor all its own needs. sured by each fanner growing all he needs for a years bread supply plus all he needs for his turkeys, poultry, hogs and other livestock plus a reasonable surplus for sale. Our profit sharing contract with its $1.00 GUARANTEE per bushel, makes this surplus PROFITABLE. on clean ground. O of Give plenty and weak cane. fertilizer and water often and you will get fruit that will surprise you. Some people think it hard to raise There are just four strawberries. rules to observe in raising strawberManure your ground well, ries. plow it deep, then, if you have time, Keep down the plow it again. weeds and never let a strawberry plant get dry, and you cantarestop so There them from bearing. to useless is it varieties many good Most try and mention them all. any of the standard varieties will Plant early I Upalco Flour Mill. operated by W. L. Woolf lia.Alv.Aix iLi m.A 1m JijLfcdiJLa H. T. Hall A, W4 A .1 A A 1 4 |