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Show THE UINTAH Basin farmer Devoted to the Livestock Industry of the Great Uintah Basin When finding stray stock refer to THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Brand Page and notify owners of their critters. You will be doing them a service. OUR BRAND PAGE PRESIDENT CRANE OF STATE WOOLGROWERS ASSOCIATION The success of the The Uintah PRAISES BRAND PAGE Basin Farmers brand page is bringing results in as much as it has atRecently, when W. A. Crane, prestracted the attention of stockmen ident of the Utah State Woolgrowfrcm other sections of the state to ers made a tour of the association, its value. W. A. Crane, president of the Basin with Harden Bennion, secreUtah Woolgrowers association, was tary of the state department of aghighly pleased with the venture and riculture, George H. Holman, joint recommended every Basin stockman executive officer, U. S. 'biological to have his brand on the page. Such survey and state board of agricula service, he said, was most valu- ture and James Hooper, secretary able in keeping the public appraised of the Utah State Woolgrowers asof ones brand, for if every stock-ma- n sociation, he was very much interhad his brand advertised there ested in the new farm paper which would never be such a thing as a is published for the benefit of the lost animal in the Basin, for im- Uiutah Basin farmers. Mr. Crane in giving his subscripmediately one could find its owner tion for THE UINTAH BASIN FARthe brand page. by scanning The Uintah County Cattle Grow- MER, highly praised our brand page ers association has sanctioned the and urged every Basinite to become move and at their next meeting will subscribers of the local farm paurge every member to take advant- per and all cattlemen to be repreage of the unique service of the sented on the brand page, which Mr. The brand column Crane regards as one of the greatbrand page. was suggested by George A. Slaugh est helpful features which has yet several months ago and has been been established by any Utah paper. growing in popularity ever since. Mr. Slaugh, who has had much ex- CONSIDERABLE NEW SNOW IN MOUNTAINS perience along the line of trying to locate owners of stray animals withDURING RAINS IN VALLEY out advertising them and creating a big expense to the owners, believes the problem can be solved by Reports from the Ashley National thte brand page and so does Mr. forest office indicate a considerable THE UINTAH BASIN fall of new snow throughout the enCrane. FARMER desires to serve you by letA. A. Hardy, assisttire section. ting us help you locate your stray ant is the like supervisor, who was at Lone The brand page stock. are more Tree, Wyoming, section during the that the telephone service, cn the list the greater the service. storm, came across the mountain on Where the Lone Sunday, June 7. crosses the divide there Tree road CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY of snow with high 10 inches was MAGPIES BEING WAGED water content and 7 inches at Trout Mr. Hardy ranger station. It appears there are more magpies creek of new 15 inches that estimated than usual this year, at least it ap- snow had fallen on the high peaps observer. pears so to the casual He also reports Uintahs. Their depredations this year, too, of the cold one. a was storm the very It seems are more than in years snow storm before A the report reabefore, but this may be for the the at Dry Gulch son that there is more in the Ba- from the ranger of inches .75 that stated station sin for them to destroy. 24 It hours. in fallen had rain At Lapoint word comes that they snow fall was the that is understood are bold that they have become so same in this section They have practically the killing young turkeys. had been reno official but reports of practically taken all of the eggs Necked pheas- ceived at headquarters. the Imported Ring ants and Hungarian partridges imGun ported by the different Basin clubs. They are robbers of the birds nests so that these are very few song birds in the Basin. They rob the hens nests, kill young evchickens, geese and turkeys and eat to literally en have been known alive sheep, cattle and horses where there might be an unprotected sore If there is any on their backs. said for a magbe can good that to hear what it like would we pie is. how us let but much magpies destroy, A coming magpie a make guess. to your barn yard during the season can easily make away with one 50 dozen eggs, 25 cents; 1 broiler, 1 capon, $2, cents; 1 turkey, $2; If there are five which is $4.75. it magpies in the habit of visiting means $23.75. The agencies who are interested in the destruction of the pestiferous magpie are the farm bureaus, the sportsmen's clubs, bird lovers, civic societies, turkey raisers, farmers and all stockmen. The campaign of destruction of the magpies from the Uintah Basin to be successful but must have the whole hearted support of all of the The most effective above agencies. is by poisoning by strychnine way and this must be under one head in There are no figures as to poul-tryme- n, each community. is the local farm bureau assisted by all the agencies of that section. The sportsmen clubs are in every way possible, some of them even furnishing the strychnine for the campaign. When any. community is ready for the drive in their section they should apply to their county agent or sportsmens club for the strychnine, which, under the law, must be handled in a businesslike way by some one responsible for the distribution of the poison. The big thing is to get your community organized for the campaign possible and get just as soon as more losses ccme before any busy one in The source. from this methods best the will direct charge of the of ridding the community safemagpies and at the same time fowls and animals domestic guard from getting the poison. Also great precaution must be takento that none endanger of the poiscn is allowed of the rid lets get but human life; magpies. . WE WANT WOOL SAVE THE MIDDLEMANS PROFIT by buying SADDLES direct from the manufacturer. Send for our Al-Wuz-On Ear Tags free illustrated catalog The Western Saddle gUST The best tag on the market indorsed by Mfg. Co. prominent stockm-T- . With our DOUBLE ACTION PLIERS 1711 Larimer St. 50 per cent more Tags can be at- - Colorado Denver, tached, with one half the Exertion as other Pliers on the market. One Meadows Dairy Assn squeeze attaches Tag instantly. I Uintah Write for FREE Samples MACHINE & STAMP WORKS, Inc. 242 East 2nd So. Salt Lake, Utah. INTER-MT- N. Neola, Utah DAVID KARREN & SONS Vernal, Utah Youghal, Colo. Bar VP on either side. REX L. GARDNER Neola, Utah On right hip. No ear marks. W. L. FLETCHER R. F. D. No. 1, Vernal, Utah On right hip. UnSlit in right. derbit in left. FLOYD E. LIMB Mytcn, Utah H. L. ALLRED On left side. Earmarks, tip off left half half under ear; Roosevelt, Utah cropped, upper On right ribs. tipped on right. Tag in right ear. W. H. OAKS R. F. D. No. 1, Box 63, Vernal, Utah Vernal, JOHN N. DAVIS AND SONS Utah On left ribs. Crop upper bit, right. On left ribs. Underbit in both ears. Crop and slit in left. Upper slope, under slit in right. Crop off- ieft. RAY GARDNER J. F. CHAPMAN Hayden, Utah Vernal, Utah Under bit in right ear. On left hip. On left shoulder Swallow fork in each Ear Mark: D. R. PRICE ES3 ear. Bluebell, Utah Ifjfj Waddle on nose. GEORGE DUDLEY, Era - RORT. H. C. MARCHANT Ioka, Utah left ribs Upper and under slit in right and under half crop in left. Ifjjy Randlett, Utah On left ribs and thigh. No earmarks. on C. A. ERICKSON right ribs. on r?l F j Vernal, Utah. Phone Red 495 jrl Boneta, Utah Square crop, left under half and under slope in right ear. GEORGE A. SLAUGH On crop F. B. COLLINS No. 1, Vernal, Utah. R. F. D left side. W. H. BOWDEN Hill Creek, Ouray, Utah Ear Mark: Upper ami under half in left and upper and under bit in F. H. SMITH F. D. No. 1, Vernal, Utah right. Slit in left; swallow fork in right m On R. JOSEPH ENGBERSON Vernal, Utah On right ribs. Crop off right ear. W. S. PERRY Lapoint, Utah both shoulders. P3 Tridell, Utah left ribs. Crop upper and un derbit right, hole in left. Three underbits left. G. H. SOUTHAM & SONS R. F. D. No. 2, Vernal, Utah left ribs. Hole in right. On IVEN G. ROSS WILLIAM ZOWE My ton, Utah On left ribs. Slit in right ear. B. A. KIMBALL Neola, Utah OW. Underbit right ear. left ribs. right and left. On EATON BROS. Vernal, Utah right hip or right ribs. half crop in each ear. On r""l 1M HUGH PARNKS Neola, Utah On left hips and left ribs. Mark: Split in each ear. R. M. CLARK On Under S. NICHOLSON Roosevelt, Utah Large bit in upper ALBERT STEPHENSON Duchesne, Utah Underbit in right, swallow fork and underbit in left. Ear A j R. LOUIS FREESTONE F. D. No. 1, Vernal, Utah Waddle on right jaw. IRVIN EATON Cedarview, Utah 11 Vernal, Utah On" left hind quarter, hip or thigh. On ribs. Under half crop right Tag in left ear. in each ear. HYItUM RASMUSSEN L. McNAUGllTON Vernal, Utah . Vernal. Utah Inc. off & slit on left side. ribs. Co., right, Crop Friend On rod) (Lightning Charles right in left. Mark: off both ears. COLO. underslope and Crops DENVER, The logical head 920 Wazee St., Write for Price List today fTR If I Ear |