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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Why doesnt someone invent a way to enforce the prohibition law like the income tax law is enforced? J I f DAIRYING i WWVWWW I L J BASIN FARMERS SHOULD STOP WORKING FOR THE BOARDER IN DAIRY HERD Western Division Has Dairy Association In these days when farmers are to do everything possible to increase the income from their farms, no better way to get immed- iate results than by stopping the leaks, of which the agricultural in- dustry has plenty. To those engaged in the dairy business, regardless of the manner which they market their prod- ucts, it is of great importance to them to know the exact production of the individual animals of their herd and there is just one way to sure what your cows are do- and that is by checking them up ing monthly, and this can only be done successfully through a cow testing association. Of course, theoretically there are more ways than one that will sug gest themselves to you, but only one way has worked out in a practical and useful manner. You can get a set of scales, a little Babcock tes- ter and all the equipment necessary making, keeping and analyzing your own records and it will not cost much, but you will not do it, particularly when you are busily engaged during the summer months carrying on your farm operations the production of the years Saturday about 25 dairymen of the Western Division of the Uintah county farm bureau at a meeting at Fort Duchesne formed a dairy association. They elected officers and will incorporate at once. County Agent E. Peterson and Secretary A. Theodore Johnson, were present. In the association there will be a rep-i-n resentative of about 600 dairy cows, F. O. Lundberg of Fort Duchesne was elected president; William G. Adams of Bennett, vice president; who with E. M. Chandler of Rand-mak- e lett, Jacob Rasmussen of Lapoint and Loren Ross of Tridell will form the board of directors. George A. compelled vuo will We are behind the Bops and Girls club work and offer the following prizes in Poultry Project. the dairymen of the Uintah Basin fully realised the value of keeping complete records of each animal in their herds, they would not think of carrying on dairying without belonging to a cow testing association. When one realizes that the average annual production of all cows milked in the United States is but a trifle over 3600 pounds of milk and 160 pounds of butterfat and then you atempt to figure out where there is any profit in keeping a cow whose production is as low as you will realize that you best dispose of such animals and sel your feed. Extensive figures show that to feed, milk and care for a cow re- quires 171 hours of labor in a year and if the dairymen of this country that in the average herd of cows that have not been farm. twenty-fiv- e 3 Prize fBarrcd In Western Division S. B. Shelton, secretary of the Highland farm bureau local, reports the activities of his local in an in On April 2, even teresting way. was cold, a weather the though was held, meeting splendid The following committee heads for 1924 were chosen: L. E. Potter, roads; Van Fullner, and girls clubs; J. W. Paxman, animal for boys products, $6,111,000,000 less an allowance of $3,860,000,000, marketing; J. F. Watters, social; the estimated value of crops fed to Lester Robertson and Ed Balfour, crop pests; S. B. Shelton, pohltry; livestock. was: William Zowe and Session Morten-Cereal- s, Value of the various crops lint cotton sen, crops. $3,793,000,000; and Boys and girls club work was hay and seed, $1,769,000,000; discussed fully and considerable forage, $1,480,000,000; vegetables,- terest which promises that taken, fruit and fruit prowill be derived here benefits forest great farm ducts $681,000,000; of Mr. Fullmer. the under guidance tobacco, products, $318,000,000; to have decided was It good roads $299,000,000; legume seeds, or to four days, three extended day sugar and syrup crops, the work to be in of Lynn charge for seeds planting; $142,000,000; local Mr. the and Orser Fullmer, $50,000,000; flax fiber Crops, animals raised and live- stock products of American farms were valued at $12,204,000,000' last year, the department of agriculture has announced in a preliminary es- This was $960,000,000 timate. The total in- more than in 1922. eludes $9,953,000,000 for crops, and $175,-000,00- clover, etc., 0; ad of farm in- from terest journals agricultural The distress of wheat growers is were read there was a lively shown , the department cussion of the various topics which said, by the 1923 wheat value escompared timate of $726,000,000, with $847,000,000 in 1922 and with $2,080,000,000 in 1919. Value of livestock products was: Try a boys and girls garden this Let the youngsters be your $2,397,000,000; Animals year. raised, and help out in sup- grocer $2,566,000,000; green products, dairy garden products for canning poultry products, $1,047,000,000; plying home consumption. and bee Stpt products,wobl, $87,000,000; have not already done now if animal proyou other and $11,000,000, so. ducts, $3,000,000. ?roM8eeSdl832 0300 0000000' 3 Prize Barred Rock Roosters In pastern Division t GRAND PRIZE Pen of prize Barred Rocks for best over all THE ROUND TRIP In one of the leading churches of the city, the pastor took for the tet of his sermon: Better church Attendance. The pastor held that the automobile has taken more people away from church than any other thing. He concluded with the exclamation: "The Ford car has taken more people to hell than any ether thing that I can mention! Whereupon an old lady in the congregation began to clap her hands and moan: "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! "Whats the matter ,sister? asked the pastor. The Ford never went any place it couldnt make the round trip and I am sure, that all of those people in bell will be back. So praise the Lord. Several boys came- to borrow our d one day when the coasting was fine. "Youll be careful not to break - dis-strimn- it, wont you? I said, warningly. "And please bring it right back. "Say, if we break it, replied one of the children earnestly, well either pay for it, or mend it, or buy you a new one thats guaranteed! Bobby and his mother wfere having dinner at a restaurant. After watching his mother eat only the filling of her pie, Bobby, all excited, exclaimed, Mamma, mamma, why dont you eat the skin of the pie? Try A Pound of Sweet Cream VERNAL DRUG CO. Butter Vernal, Utah Made in one of the most sanitary, up-to-da- te ed HIGHLAND FARM BUREAU HAS ACTIVE COMMITTEES U. S. CROPS IN 1923 WORTH 12 BILLIONS Hock Roosters rec-thi- oth-realiz- MAKIN G 3 bob-sle- previously checked up there are at least three boarders, they would see they were wasting three days of ten hours each every year on unprofit-fo- r able cows, say nothing about the income they would receive if they did not have them and would sell On the other hand, if the feed. by the use of records they could in-i- n crease the production of each ani-i- n two mal in their herd of twenty-fiv- e pounds per month for a year, this would pay the wages of an extra man during the winter months, which is usually the heavy milk production period of the year, A number of illustrations could be given to prove the importance and interest of having a check-u- p and knowing just what your herd is producing, but it is sufficient to say, if you really believe you would be better off to profit from every cow milked instead of from about one out of three, dismiss the idea of s, making your own home-mad- e ords or at some more convenient date you will join the assication, but make up your mind to be a mem- association ber of a now and let the tester hand you a monthly statement which will be of more value to you than any er record you have made up on the If m FIRST PUCE? 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