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Show Tire UINTAS PAGE BIX EASTS BAES3 UirJTAH COUNTY FARf.1 BUREAU F. O. LUNDBERG, First A. THEODORE JOHNSON, President LEROY CARROLL, Second J. A. CHENEY, Treasurer J. N. LYBBERT, Secretary Vice-Preside- nt Vice-Preside- nt milk cows. The cows were fed what dry hay they would clean up orar SWEET CLOVER PASTURES MORE STOCK PER ACRE but received all their green TFT ATI AFT OTHER CROP night, feed from this pasture, when they were removed from the pasture late (By Uintah county agent, E. in September to be turned into the PETERSON) the crops had Fields from which Uintah county farmers generally been removed, the clover was still are converted to the fact that sweet green and about sixteen inches clover will pasture more stock per acre than any other . crop. County Agent E. Peterson states in his annual report, filed with the Extension Service of the Utah Agricultural farmers of College. Thirty-seve- n Uintah county during 1926, planted sweet clover to test it as a pasture crop. Both the white blossom a'nd the yellow blossom sweet clover were tried. The farmers reported to the County Agent that the yellow seemed a little more palatable than the white and fad as many cattle per acre until August. But after August the yellow clover dried the up while the white withstood and remained hot weathar green dry until killed by fall frosts. An outstanding example of the carrying capacity of a clover pasture was reported by Lester Bing-hamkMaeser, Mr. Bingham had three acras of white sweet clover, second year's, growth. On May 29, he began pasturing it with eighteen high. Mr. Bingham who has been a suc- cessful dairyman for years said his cows did better the past summer than ever before .and that the three acres of sweet clover pasture carried three times as upany stocks as any three acres of pasture he has ever had. Very Likely of CRESCENT H. FARM Chester Hartman, Proi Breeder of Purebred Cots wold Sheep and Barred Rock Chickens MT. EMMONS. UTAH Wooden Soldier (to drum) Well, in a few days Ill be minus an arm. and youll have your head beat off! Says the Deacon n Every Christmas time the older of the world join the little folks, and look, and listen, and dream. Constitution. clfll-dre- . --Atlanta Lamb for Christmas Uintah Meadows Dairy Assn In the eastern countries Armenia. Syria and Greece lamb Is the chief article of diet on Christmas. Christmas Spirit Neola, Utah The best Aunt Adas Axioms: Christmas spirit is one that lasts the year round. ' , Western Seed Marketing Co. Buyers of Alfalfa and Clover Seed Call and see us or submit samples before selling FRED J. EERGER rjyton, Utah B. F. SHEEHAN Progress Made in Live Stock Reports Show Steady Increase in Number of Owners Using Pure Breds. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) On October 1 the Better Sires For the benefit of persons unfamiliar with the early organization and plan of the work, the bureau of animal industry explains that the method ol enrollment is simple and informaL consisting merely in signing a blank, which may be obtained on request, in which a stock owner declares that sires henceforth he will use pure-bre- d animals of kinds all for exclusively raised. The blanks have been distributed among county agents and extension workers in most states. Some communities have made outstanding progress in the improvement counof their live stock. Forty-thre- e ties have one hundred or more farmers sires excluwho are using pure-bre- d sively and In several counties the number exceeds five hundred such owners. Copies of the latest reports of progress, dated October 1, may be obtained on request to the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D, C. Better Stock campaign, fostered by the bureau of animal industry. United States Department of- Agriculture, in with various states, reached the beginning of its eighth year. The activity is aimed at the general improvement of live stock In the United States, and all stock owners and their organizations are invited to Reports of progress Issued quarterly during the period have shown a steady increase in the number of owners agreeing to use pure- Elimination of Worms bred sires for all classes of domestic animals. There has been also a wide From the Herd of Hogs demand for publications, posters, lanThe Lee County (111.) farm bureau tern slides and other . Information Is strongly urging attention to the anishowing the benefits of well-bre- d elimination of worms from the herd mals over common, stock. of hogs. This requires treatment Outstanding Results of the Work. with a dependable vermifuge, the Among the results, of public interest safest and best of which is the drug thus far have been : .... - not only kills santonin. This The distribution of nearly half a worms but acts drug as an Intestinal anmillion copies of Farmers Bulletin tiseptic, and in any case of irritation 1167, Essentials of Animal Breeding, has a soothing effect rather than it prepared early in the progress of. the j causing additional trouble. campaign. It is a mistake to assume that the The participation of an increasing only time to treat for worms is In k number of owners, who, on young pigs. It Is highly advisable to October 1, numbered 16,993 persons, treat brood sows as far as possible each of whom signed a written decla- in advance of farrowing time. If the sires exclu- brood sow is infested ration to use pure-bre- d with worms. It i. sively. Is almost Impossible for the young The publication of a department cirto avoid infestation. Santonin is pigs cular showing the utility value of pure-- , entirely safe for snch use, which is. bred live stock meaning that good not true of some various substitute-worbreeding increases the earning power treatments now being offered. of farm animals as well as adding to interest in their breeding. The recent publication of a circular ITVE HOGS BRING $292 TO SUCCESSFUL FARMER describing the results of the extensive - live-stoc- demonstration at farms. Grain Valley, Mo. This circubeef lar shows the value of pure-bre- d bulls in producing steers that topped the market sixteen out of twenty times and that sold consistently for about $2 a hundred pounds more than the average of other cattle on the same market The publication of charts and pictobeef-cattl-e Sni-a-B- ar rial material portraying the greater cattle, dressing per cent of well-bre- d sheep and swine aqd better market returns. The establishment of the first county In the United States (Union county, Kentucky) free from all grade and scrub bulls. Many Barn Signs Issued. In recognizing the efforts of livestock owners to improve their herds and flocks, the department, in with county agents and state extension workers, has Issued several thousand lithographed barn signs resembling a. metal tablet. It has also Issued certificates of recognition to stock owners Two hundred and ninety-si- x lars was the check received by dolAd- am Zion and Sofas for a lpad of five hogs marketed in . Craig recently. The porkars 'weighed 2920 pounds and brought 10 cents per pound. ' The Zions are among thelargest pork producers in Moffat county-specia- lizing ifa Spotted Polands. In addition to the five heavy hogs, the Zions hava sold 56 light pigs in Craig this fall, at an average of 12 cents per pound. Saturday the Zions received a new registered Spottad Poland sire from Shenandoah, la., to head their breed Ing herd. The Zions are anong the most successful farmers in Moffat county and every time they come to town from their big ranch they have something to sell. During the past year they have milked an average of 12 cowsdaily and sold more than 11,000 worth of cream, in addition to having plenty of milk for their hogs. Craig Courier. Subscribe today for THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER. It will keep you ADVERTISE IT IN Informed on the Basins farming TAH BASIN FARMER. THE UIN- |