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Show TI13 EIXXAH BASS FA E32ER STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, IIANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, :nc., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGEESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, cf tlie Uintah. Basin Fanner, published at Roosevelt, Utah, for April 1, 1927. NEW FLOCK FACTS That a practical system of forage Situatioa, r semi-month- ly STATE OF TIT ATT ss. County of Duchesne Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Violet Harrison, who having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the Business Manager of The Uintah Basin Farmer and that the following is to the best of her knowledge and belief, a true statement of ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1 That the names and addresses cf the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are:: Publisher, Editor and Managing Editor, George H. Harrison, Roosevelt, Utah; Business Manager, Violet Harrison, Roosevelt, Utah 2. That the owner is: (If the publication is owned by an individual his name and address, or if owned by more than one individual the name and. address of each, ehould be given; if the publication fa owned by a corporation the name of the corporatoin and the names and addresses of the stockholders owning or holding one per cent of the total amount of stock should he given.) George H. Harrison and Violet Harrison, Roosevelt, Utah. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so None. state.). ' 4. That the two paragraphs next names of the the above, giving owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon tne books of the company, but also in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, i3 given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiants full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest u.rect or indriect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. PAGE THREE There is no question but that duced to the minimum. the trend in the beef cattle indusWith the maintenance of a larger is toward animals number of beef cattle of medium try lighter weight but when average weights are con- weight and a smaller number of sidered this does not necessarily mean lighter weight carcasses, in poor quality and fewer pounds the average is bolstered up until it more viewing the supply as a whole. In 1926 despite the most marked than offsets the larger number of trend yet registered toward lighter heavy cattle which formerly were and younger beef cattle, statistics seen on the markets. 6how that in averaging In the past few weeks high sales approxbeen recorded for heavy steers have beef dressed imately 10,000,000 carcasses for the year the weight and without an analysis one might was forty one pounds more to the assume that the demand was swingcarcass than that recorded on near- ing back to that type. However, it ly 12,000,000 head utilized in the should be recognized that only a limited number of these heavy steers record year of 1918. In 1926 carcasses averaged 518.-3- 3 can be absorbed by the market, the pounds as compared with 476.60 demand being represented largely pounds in 1918 and the live weight by the high class hotel, club and restaurant trade. averages were around forty-seve- n While prices may even be at a 1926 heavier as in pounds compared with eight years prior. The result premium until this narrow demand of this was that the total pounds of is filled, after it is taken care of the beef reached nearly one-ha- lf billion, saturation point has been reached breaking previous annual records, and offerings beyond that point, despite the fact that over one mil- as a rule, meet with very little lion fewer animals were represented response. This feature should be considered when quotations which in the 1926 total than in 1918. At first glance, strange as it may appear to be premium prices are seem, with an established trend to- recorded on heavy beef animals as ward lighter beef cattle, still we the number of head, of course have the fact' established that the moving at those prices govern carcasses - ajre heavier. This, of The quotations that really mean the course is accounted for by the fact most are those that represent the that weights are more uniform and bulk of the sales and it is evident through better breeding and finish- that the medium and lighter weight steers will continue to ing the dressing percentage is bet ter and the light or cull end of occupy the center of the stage in the animals going to market is re that class. well-finish- ed crop pastures enables sheep to be pastured longer and moved from field to field, thereby controlling parasites more fully than when maintained under the usual permanent pasture method, has been dem onstrated by experiments of the United States Department of Agri-culu- re made on its animal husbandry experiment farm at Beltsville, Md. This practice also makes iti possible to keep a farm flock on less cured feed, thereby saving expenses and labor. Extra feeding of ewes at breeding time has been shown by other experiments on the department6 farm to increase the percentage of twins in the lamb crop. An advanage of 16 lambs per hundred ewes has rtv suited from keeping ewes in a highly nourished condition during the breeding season. WITEWASfflNG Cow stables are HINTS usually white- washed once or twice a year. Unite-wasmay be applied with a brush or with a spray pump. It can more heavily with a brush, one coat sometimes giving as good results as two with the sprayer. Spraying of course is quicker, but smears up the floor and equipment more than the brush method. Regardless of what method is used, time will be saved in cleaning if the equipment is covered with old bags or similar material. If the floor is kept wet while the whitewashing is in pragress, the whitewash that is dropped will not stick tightly hut that it can he dislodged readily with water and a brush or broom. Whitewash will find to "outwhat "amount 'of adhere much better to a rough surattempt in face than to a smooth one. poultry is handled tbe United States. There Is less InLow or medium producing cows formation available abont poultry marshould be dry a month or six weeks. keting than about egg marketing. need a longer dry However, the department says a total High producers period. of 12,328,057 pounds of live poultry was handled last year by 31 Eggs from hens that have been associations. Sixteen associa- forced for eggs as a rule dont tions handling dressed poultry report- hatch so well as eggs from hens ed the marketing of 4,090,510 pounds that .havent been forced. in 1925. Soneone has said that thrift is Leading states in the folof were live as marketing poultry telling your money where to go, lows : Missouri, 9,871,453 pounds ; while shiftlessness is asking yourMinnesota. 1,827,131 pounds; Wisconself where went. it Making a sin. 208,735 pounds. is the beginning of thrift. so . Cooperative Egg Marketing Gaining Three Million Cases Were Handled During 1925. (Pn;nd by the United St&tea Department of Agriculture.) Approximately 3,000,000 cases of eggs, worth slightly more than were marketed cooperatively in the United States In 1925 by farmers egg and poultry marketing associations. This figure, compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture, compares with 2,400,000 cases, worth $22,000,000, handled In 1924 $30,-000,00- The department's estimates 0, are based on reports from about 60 active egg and poultry associations. These associations are located in 21 states. Their bnsinees Is believed to comprise most of tha egg marketing done cooperatively In the country. A few associations failed to report the volume of their business to the department, but these are small concerns whose figures presumably would not greatly affect the total One of the California associations handled 782,070 cases of eggs last year. This was the largest quantity VIOLET HARRISON. conhandled for any (me Sworn to and subscribed before cern. Two of the associations hanme this 4th day of April, 1927. dled more than 600,000 cases each. ORA J. HARMSTON, (Seal) The smallest volume of business reMy commission expires August ported by any one association for 1925 4, 1927. consisted of 5S5 cases of eggs, handled by a Minnesota organization. 7hen answering advertisements in The reports showed that the delivery a large number of cases of eggs per this paper, please mention UINTAH of member Is more important In deter3ASIN FARMER. mining the total volume of the associations business than & large membership. In connection with its egg marketing IT IN THE studies, the department has made nn . bud-get,th- en, Kill All Garden Pests Before They Get Start 7cng Sing Mercantile As crop Insurance for Missouri gardens in 1927, Leonard Haseman, eng The store with a complete tomologist at the Missouri College of j line of Agriculture, urges every gardener to 1 Groceries and Provisions, Dry clean up all trash at the first oppor- H Goods, Notions, Ladies and jg J tunity. Gents Furnishings, Boots and p After burning the trash to destroy p If Shoes, Furniture, Hardware, j all hibernating Insects, plow the Sto ves. Ranges, Harness, and 1 B ground Just as soon as the frost Is g Saddles. out sufficiently to permit It This You will profit by trading will expose many more Insects that here. pB FT. DUCHESNE, UTAH live under ground. A later freeze is p likely to kill them and will also Imp- El condition of the soil. Very early In the spring, also, the iiiii war can be carried into the camp of the garden mole. In the earliest of TINGLEY & SONS P his spring runs, while food Is scarce, II raisins or scraps of meat treated with , BUYERS OF P3 strychnine will prevent a lot of later g damage to lawn and garden. Seed, Wool, Honey, Pelts g All such early measures which reduce the numbers of Insects and largand all lawfully er pests In advance of warm weather i? g caught furs. will prove very effective In prevent- II ing large Increases in their numbers and reducing the difficulties of the UTAH MYTON, busy gardening season. P. O. Box 54. rove-the . |