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Show iaim M Devoted. to trceRoress vol. m EOOSEVELT, Development g? Agriculture DUCHESNE in tfie Qre&L Uint&l Basin NO. 11 COUNTY, UTAH, JUNE 15, 1926. Hens of Good Breeding Pay Well Farmers Will Get On Screen Uintah Basin Industrial Convention Special Profitable as Layers Por Eight Years ; Eecords Some Prove Are Made. The rather common practice of sending, the hen to the stewing ket- tie at the end of her second or third year, may or may not be a good one. Much depends upon the breeding behind the hen. If of poor breeding she may be worth more as a spring fry, than as a layer. she may If of ordinary breeding, v. prove profitable foras many as eight years, as shown by the results of a breeding test at the Utah Experiment Station, which has been in progress for several years. The object of this test has been to develop sustained high production. That much success has been attached is shown by the fact that one pen of twenty-fou- r birds, from four to eight years old, now has a record of more than 700 eggs per bird. Half of the birds in the pen have records of over 800 eggs each, while the hens have protwo a total of duced to May 1. 1020 and 1147 ,gs, respectively. ii birds in the Two same pen have produced 931 and 1003 eggs, respectively. Hen No. 2921, at 5 years of age, has an exceptionally high record for total production. Up to May 1 of this .year she had laid 1038 eggs, of 86& dozen. Her yearly record is as follows: First year 231 eggs; second year, 214 eggs; third year, 204 eggs; fourth year, 159 eggs; fifth year, 169 eggs; sixth year, (to May 1) 61 eggs. Total Special articles contributed by promi- nent writers engaged in special lines of agri--j culture will be supplemented by a department devoted to Whos Who in the Basin, also special articles exploiting the industries and resources of each community center. seven-yeav-o- I If you have an extra fine cow or calf or farm animal, a fine orchard, a fine residence, a fine field of alfalfa or wheat or other pro-duct, of which you are justly proud, send us a picture of it. We will pay 50c for each one we use. Get your kodak busy at once as the picture must be in the Farmer office not later than July Utah has a farm area of acres. The value of farm land and buildings is 5,112,-84- 7 Utah The potash resources of Utah are probably greater than any other state in the Union. The largest silver mines in the United States and the largest open-ccopper mine in the world are in Utah. In 1925 Utah ranked first in silver production, second in lead, third in copper and sixth in gold. ut 1 . The Basin Farmer is your home farm pa- in- per, devoted exclusively to promoting the terests of the farmers of the Basin. Your hear- ty cooperation will greatly enhance its value to the farming communities. 5000 copies will be issued of this special I 1 edition. Already the Basin Farmer reaches more than 2000 farm families representing 90 per cent of the buying public who depends bar-upon Basin Farmer advertisers for their I gain counter. Advertisers will find no better medium for reaching this desirable group of At the end of her fifth year, this hen had produced 977 eggs, a record which, according to Professor Byron Alder, places her among the best producing hens of which there is any definite knowledge. 1 The value of Utah crops in 1925 was $49,605,000, an increase of the previous over $16,690,000 year. 3 coming Uintah Basin Industrial Convention, which will be the most comprehensive issue of any farm paper ever circulated in the Basin. ld of 1038 eggs. The sixth farmers encampment, whichi will be conducted in Logan by the Utah Agricultural college extension! service from July 19 to 22, will be filmed by the staff of movie photoLOGAN, The Uintah Basin Farmer has in prepara- tion a special edition for distribution at the -- eight-year-o- Annnal Encampment at Logan Is To Be Filmed by Federal Government. I customers. June 13. graphers of the U. S. department of agriculture, according to a communication received by director William Peterson from W. A. Lloyd, in extension charge of cooperative work in the eleven western states. The communication says that the photographers will film everything at the encampment likely to prove of interest to other farm folk in all parts of America and the film will be placed on the official list of the department of agriculture for use in extension work in every state in the union. The annual encampment at Logan is distinguished as the onlr one in the United States which has endured ' through six years and through 'a period of four to six days each year. In the last five year the attendance has steadily increased, until last year more than 3000 persons; visited the encampment. The added attractions planned for this year indicate that a new attendance record will be reached. It is planned by Professor P. V. Cardon and D. E. Robinson, who are preparing a scenario to guide the photographers, to make the picture a credit to the progressive agriculture and advanced rural life of Utah. Three Boys Learn to Farm By Farming Three Oklahoma boys, 12, 14 and years old, rented and managed a farm last year, addeda 10 acres to their tract this year, and have It plowed and planted for the 1926 crops, all without missing a day from school. They are Dale, Stanley and Boise Mears, of Jones, Oklahoma county. About three years ago they were invited to join a boys, and girls club conducted by the county agricultural extension agent, and took a lively interest in the clubs livestock and crop Judging. By the next spring they had decided to try some of the new practices the other boys and girls were following, so they went to their father with a proposition for going into the farming business. He agreed to be fin ancial backer for their enterprise. 16 j j j I 27-ac- re (Continued to page four) |