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Show Devoted to trce Progress Development of Agriculture in tfie Orest Uintah Basin Important Facts for the Small Sheep Raiser ! FARMER CLAIMS ALFALFA Late summer or early fall is the'eff j WEEVIL TRAP SUCCESS most favorable time to make a start in sheep raising. Ewes can be pro- -, do well to limit the size cured more readily at this time, and sheep will flock of the at the start. A beginner by an experiment by Ross Jensen of iwhen purchased can be kept on mea-;ca- n acqUire experience quite rapidly Ephriam in trapping the alfalfa Wee- - dows, grain stubble fields, or late- - with 8 cr 10 ewes. It is very doubtful vil. The main weapon used by Mt. sown forage crops, to get them ini however, whether anyone should Jensen is molasses, from a sugar mill, gcod condition for breeding. Experi- - make a start with sheep unless the To this he adds a bait, the nature ence with the ewes through fall and arrangement of the farm and the of which he is willing to explain to (winter will also render a beginner plan of its operation allow the keep- any farmer. The pan or other contain- more capable of attending to them at ling of as many as 30 ewes, and in er with the mixture in is placed at lambing time. most cases 60 cr more will be handla convenient place in the alfalfa field. The inexperienced sheep raiser ed better and more economically If it is a calm, wanm day, such as should begin with grade ewes of the than a very small flock. those of late, it takes only a few best class available and a purebred The economical disadvantage of a hours to get the container filled with ram. The raising of purebred stock very small flock lies in the fact that a seething mixture of weevil and moi- - an(j sening Gf breeding rams can the hours of labor are practically the asses. It is stated that the weevil best' be undertaken by persons ex-- j same for a dozen cr 20 ewes as for flies swarm to the containers. Mr. perienced in sheep raising. The larger flock. The fencing to Jensen and others have tried his exlow desirable change of pastures or of the type and breed of sheep each and times time many the'to periment give protection against dogs is should be made by considering have caifght thousands of the flies class of pasture and feeds available, abcut the same in either case, so in a very short period. Once trapped and the general system of farming to that the overhead charges per ewe ' they may be burned or otherwise be followed, along with the peculiar, are much smaller in the case of the destroyed. Tribune. ities of the breeds, and the conditions larger fleck, on a farm having large and kind of feeding and management numbers of other animals is un-fwhich each has been especially likely to receive the study and SWEET CLOVER SEED MOVEItion really needed or that would be MENT AHEAD OF LAST YEAR of the chief sources of It is highly advantageous for all, &ven to one income. the farm or a majority of the farms in a neigh- Sweet clover seed movement has to keep the same breed of been more rapid than last year but borhood, or at least to continue the use about the( same as two and three sheep, of rams of the same breed. After a years ago. The United States De- decision has been made as to a suitpartment cf Agriculture estimates able breed, the aim should be to obthat 45 per cent of the crop had tain ewes that are individually good, left growers' hands up to October and that have as many crosses as 5, compared with 25 per cent last possible of the breed selected. With year. such a foundation and the continuous Harvesting began a little earlier use of good purebred rams c f the this year and buyers were more act- same breed the flock will make conive at the outset than last year. In tinuous improvement. In looking for some sectScns, particularly in Illewes of desired types and breeding, inois and Ohio, rains have delayed it will often be found Impossible to threshing. them near at home at a reasonMovement has been most rapid in get able price. Kansas, northern Wyonjing, and ewes are Yearling cr western Colorado, where 60 per cent Ewes with to stock. older to 80 per cent of the crop has moved. preferable that those mouths. is, that broken In the heaviest producing districts a as of teeth more their lost have of the Dakotas and Minnesota 40 per be can of purchased age, cent to 50 per cent, compared with result 20 to 35 per cent last year, had. cheaper than younger ones, but are not good property for inexperienced been sold by growers. raisers. Imports of white sweet clover sheep In buying ewes, particularly those July 1 to October 15 amounted to frem the range, it is desirable, when 485.700 pounds this year, 134,100 examine the udders to pounds last year, and 1,700 pounds possible, to see that they are free from lumps two years ago for the same period. that would prevent the ews from beSubscribe today for THE UINTAH ing milkers, it is necessary to guard BASIN FARMER. It will keep you also against buying ewes that are informed on the Basins farming useless as breeders, because of the ends of the teats having been clipped Wm (BiU) Newton problems. OFFICIALS PREPARE INITIAL LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION PLANS OGDEN, Oct. 22. The first steps to organize for the eighth annual Ogden livestock show, wrhich begins January 4, 1927, will be taken tomorrow morning when C. H. Barton, president; L. F. Whitlock, general manager; and Jesse L. Richards, secretary, of the Ogden livestock 3how, will meet to begin planning the livestock exhibition. The two matters of most concern to the officers at this time are the selection cf judges and arrangement of the premium list. It is expected that these two are to be the only matters that will ccme up tomorrow. j se-jt- he on HEN LAYS 337 EGGS IN 365-DA- Y TEST Wash., Oct. 22. Washington State college today laid claim to a worlds record when it announced that Pulmans Pride, a white leghorn hen owned and bred by the college poultry department, had laid 337 eggs in 365 days. PULLMAN, or atten-develope- d. Well Known Basinite Scores Success Despite Serious Handicap That a severe physical handicap need nc.t bar any person from active j participation in business and social affairs is taught in most exemplary manner by one of Vernals .citizens who has been blind since he was a boy of not quite six years and who is now1 forty-nin- e years of age. William D. Newton, known to all residents of Vernal and cf Ashley valley as Bill Newton, is a native of American Fork, Utah, born October 31, 1877. When not quite six years old he accompanied his parents on a journey to Iron county, in southern Utah, and the lad in jumping from a wagon fell under the wheels. He was injured in such a manner by a wheel passing ever his head that total permanent blindness resulted. Later his parents resided in Marys-val- e, Piute ccunty, and at the age of ten years the blind lad entered the public schools of that community. By listening attentively to the teachers and to the replies of the (Continued on Page 7) |