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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER mercial chick food mixed in. I gave them as much buttermilk as they would drink, with fresh waiter always available. They got the best part of their living from ranging, and in the fall when food became scarce they got their feed with our flock of free range chickens, and the ccst of feed amounted to so very little that no record was kept. I have found that it costB no fowl than more to raise a pure-bre- d I also wish to say a mixed one. that some people think a turkey must be hatched in April or May to mature by market time, but I have discovered that they need net be so early hatched. Some toms that I had hatched June 21 weighed 18 and 20 pounds by December, and MAKING TIIE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND SERVE THE FARMER FAIRLY The purpose of cooperative marketing cf farm products is not to defy the law of supply and deamnd, but only to make that law serve the 1500 bushels in one week and expects to buy more as soon as he can take care of them. VERNAL On October 19th 100 teams and 200 boys were at work cn the Uintah high school campus to beautify the grounds and prepare them for planting "of lawns, trees and shrubbery. FORT DUCHESNE The turkey much leaking this summer. shipment is very small this year. OnOURAY VALLEY Jacob Jorgen- ly half as many barrels were made son of Leota has taken a contract as it was thought would be needed in Pleasant Valley to enlarge the in comparison with last years shipGrey Mountain canal for the Taylor ments. DRY FORK Lamar Thacker Ditch company. Preparations are also being made fcr a large force (made a trip to the saw mill recently of teams and men to work cn the for timber to build a hay barn and enlargement of the Ouray Valley ca- stables for his cows. Work on the upper Moses nal. VERNAL Turkeys are at a preMoore reservoir is progressing rap- mium in Uintah Basin this seas n. idly, a large force of men and teams The market started at 28 cents arid An early completion before Thanksgiving there was ofare employed. is expected. fered 36 cents. The Uintah Basin, NEOLA Steve Malnar, near here, turkey is considered a luxury this is reported to have raised on five year. acres of his farm this season 800 A shipment of WHITEROCKS bushels of potatoes, 200 bushels of fish eggs has been received at the corn and 150 bushels of wheat. The State Fish hatchery here. GUSHER William Tufford has hatchery is turning out some of the sold his residence to Robert Allred most desirable types of fish of any Its location Jim Eskelson is build- hatchery in the state. cf Vernal. ing a new garage on his place. This is considered one of the most favmakes the third garage for Gusher. orable. It is understood we are to soon have WHITEROCKS Earle "Wcolridge, a mercantile store. of Fort Hall, Idaho, was recently J. J. Moyes was appointed superintendent of the InCEDARVIEW showing samples of potatoes and dian school at Whiterocks to take mangle beets grown on his farm the place recently held by Frank that certainly sustain the reputation Davis, who was transferred to Ship-rocMr. Woolridge, who Arizona. of the Cedarview section for maximum production. The potatoes held a position in the government were of the White Elephant variety service at Fort Hall, is already on and the largest sample weighed 4 the job at Whiterocks lining up the Mrs. The mangle beet weighed work for the coming year. pounds. twill of take 16 pounds 4 ounces. the charge Woolridge department. primary son BLUEBELL James Cook and Drs. Jones and ROOSEVELT Orie are busy getting out timber to build them some more sheds and Hendricks of the U. S. Bureau of barns, as what they did have were Animal Husbandry and. the state department of agriculture will spend destroyed by fire. MT. EMMONS Mr. and Mrs. Fred the, month of December in Duchesne Case have traded their old ho, me county for the purpose of testing all The southeast of town to their son Fred dairy stock for tuberculosis. for the beautiful modern home he inspection will be supervised by John was building cn a few acres pur- W. Carlson at the Uintah Experiment chased from President Owen Bennion Farm, Fort Duchesne, Utah. ALTONAH Clyde Lambert, U. S. just east of Mr. Bennions home. Royal Rogers is building a new forest ranger of the Lake Fork dibe me sruth of the Rogers hard- vision, was in town recently lookware store. ing up quarters for the winter. He UPALCO F'ive or six tons of tur- reported six inches of snow at the keys were received at Upalco last Dry Gulch ranger station and three month and shipped to :Salt Lake feet at the Petty saw mill. It looks The Waterfall dugway is now favorable for a good snow fall this city. completed and is a great improve- winter. George Petty has returned ment. to his saw mill on Lake Kork mounROOSEVELT The city is replac- tain to resume operations. ing the four inch mains on Main MOUNTAIN HOME Clarence Kilstreet with new six inch pipe which lian has purchased the 80 acre farm will be large enough to give better owned by formerly Jorgenservice and provide for extensions sen. He paid $1450 for it. and increased service as the city UTAHN Work cn the Blue Bench grows. ditch has begun again and more men ROOSEVELT Work on the Larbeen have put to work. sen building, the Timothy building DUCHESNE The Duchesne ward which is to be used by the Sweet Clover Creamery and the new store has commenced building a two-rooroom for the J. G. Peppard Seed addition to its town hail. Men are getting out logs and the timbers are company is progressing rapidly. VERNAL A communication was being sawed at the Clement received by the Uintah Club from Veda Gardner cf Deweyville, Utah, inviting Vernal to take part in a HOW CAN THE CITY miniture fair being conducted there MAN BE OF REAL SERVICE by the school, by sending in some TO THE FARMER? exhibits from this section. TRIDELL The alfalfa seed crop Leave the technical agricultural is turning out the best ever in this There is a good acreage problems and outworn fetishes alone. section. C. Make a thorough study of the of fall grain already planted. A. Thompson and Rile Blackburn of broad fundamental problems of Lapoint have gene to Chepeta lake transportation, tariff, world producto look after and place in repair the tion of foods,' handling of land loan temporary storage works and close agencies, and taxation. Vote intellgently at elections, and down the gates for the purpose of impounding the water of Lhut lake in the discussion and voting, confor use during low water season next sider the farmers interest. summer. Develop a kindly understanding JENSEtN There were good yields of the farmer and the equality and of potatoes here this year, many be- fellowship found in the right civic ing trucked out and shipped to out- club, Elmer T. Peterson. side points. One truck driver bought, Bishop F. E. Case made a trip to the saw mill recently to get the rest of the lumber to finishes new home. IOKA W. H. Stone, president of the Dry Gulch Irrigation company, and Louie Galloway, secretary, of Roosevelt and Ralph Miles did some surveying fcr a cut which is to be made through the hill by Ted Howells place where there has been so MT. EMMONS k, farmer fairly. There are powerful interests, of course, which oppose this movement. They are aggressive, for they think they see large profits disappearing if the fhnmers organize and put their business upon a modern busiTheir number is small ness basis. compared with the great army engaged in the production, distribution and merchandising of commoWith a zeal, however, dities. which always inspires, they are likely to impose their views upon chambers of commerce and Even ether like organizations. cf these the majority great though bodies has a feeling that agriculture must organize in erder to lit into the modern business world, they are too likely to yield to the insistent and vocal minority which feels that its own interest is jeopardized. These erganizations could give a mighty impetus to the movement if they would They are just as much interested in the progress of the movement as the farmers themselves. Frank O. Lowden. self-intere- Lei's weighed from 12 to 15 pounds. A few loirs that were hatched in July weighed 14 and 15 pounds by Christmas which made a very desirable tab'e fowl. Miss V. Doris Lee, Va. st MAKES MONEY MATH PURE-RRE- D Ha-mak- er, Wwjwjwwm wwmvuw; The Basin Pharmacy .? TURKEYS Editor Poultry .Tribune: My mother has raised turkeys for some years, just a goed stock of mixed turkeys, but I decided last year to see what I could do with stock. I purchased a pure-bre- d mammoth Bronze tem of the Gold-ban- k strain for $10.00, and three hens of the same strain for $7.50 An advertisement costing each. $1.20, in a reliable farm and poultry paper, brought orders for all the The orders eggs I could furnish. came so rapidly that I secured anI sold $75.25 other hen for $8.00. All of the hens werth of eggs. aid the recond tirre, and some laid Have sold $118.35, the third time. worth of turkeys, after keeping a splendid breeding flock for 1924 consisting of four hens purchased last I have secured a very beauyear. tiful tom this year for $10.00. Unfortunately I lost my tom last summer by an accident. When my turkeys were small they were fed exclusively cn curds made from clabbered .milk, seasoned with pepper, with fine charcoal and com- -' j St cP Send us your mail orders Prompt service and the best price al- ways. The Basin Pharmacy Saylor E. Delaney, Prop. A GOOD DRUG STORE Phene 54 ROOSEVELT, UTAH " "ft P : n 1 ? Two Club Girls win trip to Chicago Afton Bingham, Maeser, Dairy Club Mary Redmond, Wilson, Cooking Club m These two club members got expenses paid to the International Boys and Girls Club Convention, National Seed show and International Livestock show at Chicago. INov. 28 to Dec. 6, 1925. A fitting reward for the splendid club work dene in Uintah County this year. Only three in the state won this prize, this county getting two. Uintah State Bank Utah Vernal, , : I U J |