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Show m rzrzia oMYTON ITEMS Tie Antelope sheep shearing co- to the alfalfa rral association, located 8 miles west of Myton, during the season of 1327, which has just closed, hand-.1- b 4 about 50,000 head of sheep. The price paid this year was 16 cents rper head. 40 shearers .were kept ' fcisy and 12 or 14 trucks hauled the wool to Price. In addition tc this about 20 people were kept busy as helpers. Several of the large sheep men belong to this A large building or- was ganization. constructed this year near the shearing corral to be used as a place of protection for the sheep in stormy weather. TV. W. Galbraith is a recent arrival in Myton. He takes the position of chief clerk in the office of the Indian Irrigation project under His T. C. Guyn, local engineer. came and him he has with family rented the residence owned by Mrs. George Philipps. He is a civil man and has been in the service employ of the government for some time. Having been transferred here from a position in Nevada. The preliminary work ha? been completed on the Taylor ditch and tue water has been turned in for eje on the Soum Mfton bench and the Pleasant Valley extension. The canal has been mt in first class chape and eeveil of the land owners are planning to make extensive improvement this year. The acreage will be greatly increased and the outlook is promising for a good year in that locality. N. L. Peterson of Myton at a recent meeting of the Commercial chib, was selected to fill the poll lion of secretary caused by the death of George Phlupps. Claire Preece of Myton has been appointed assistant water commis-'I- 3 ner under Aquilla Nebeker, Federal water commissioner of the Uintah Basin streams. He has resigned his position as transit man 'under Y. H. Varley, engineer of the Victory highway. He assumed bis new duties May 1st. " Joe Bundage who lives in the Antelope district, west of Myton, had me misfortune to lost by fire, 2" tons of alfalfa hay. He was taming weeds one afternoon ahd & strong west wind came up, mak-- l: it impossible to control the fire. 5. ha blaze soon spread to the stacks riich burned rapidly. A portion of ii.3 hay had been contracted for by tla sheepmen. The loss sustained ty Mr. Bundage was quite heavy :r the demand for hay this year I ' j been fairly good. Ceveral dof the smaller sheepmen d Li this part of the Basin have lambing and are quite well t tisfied with the results. The is promising to be very sat-- 1 ctory. The sheep came through tla winter in excellent shape and 3 outlook for the sheep industry it promising. The ranchers are this j " - dually branching out and is one of the lines they are taking seed pool, held a and elected the following meeting officers: N. L. Peterson of Myton, president; William Woodward ot loka, directors, Ted Abe Swenson and Fred Howells, Pack of loka and Robert Hicks cf vice-preside- nt; Roosevelt. 223 run: FACS FIVE connection between the waste .pipe from eight to twelve poundST Sweet Is cot harder to establish than and a sewer or a drain which may clover red clover, provided there is plenty of carry impure drainage. carbonate of lime In the toil. It will not grow on an acid soIL The plant ranks high as a pasture, and the hay Mignonette Is Favored from the first cutting, when the plants as Surest Lettuce Head are not too woody. Is approximately To produce lettuces that form good equal to alfalfa hay in feeding value. heads (a real vegetable gardening accomplishment) try the little Mignon- V 0 ette, a variety that many gardeners Agricultural Facts find will head when they have no luck with anything else. Iceberg, also known as New York or Wonderful, is another late variety which many gardeners like, bnt Mignonette Is the Sharp shares on the plows mean a better and cheaper piece of plowing. surest. If the weather never changed, some There are two types of bead lettuce, folks wouldn't have very much to talk The vital features of a cistern the butterheads and the crisp heads about. named are of the crisp for drinking water are: (1) Abso- Both varieties and they usually are easier Many a poor crop stand in spring lute water tightness of tep, sides head sort butterheads. OfJthe can be traced to poorly protected the than to grow and bottom, and close screening cf n the early variety. fn winter. inlet and waste pipes; (2) provis- latter for amateurs. is test Boston, Big ions for excluding" from the cistern One of the reasons why children the first portion cf each rainfall should play out of doors in the Clover Sweet Inoculate until the roof or other collecting sun is that in this way they may area has become rinsed OSIERS FOE DEINEING WATER sn-- ed well-know- thoroughly; filter of clean, (3) a first cla-- s well selected sand and thoroughly burned charcoal; (4) a waste pipe which removes surplus inflow from the bottom of the cistern where im purities tend naturally to settle; (5) periodic and thorough cleaning of the cistern and filter; (6) no When Sowing First Time If sweet clover is being sown on land for the tifist time, it Is necessary to inoculate the seed. Seed may be sown with oats in the spring, or fn February. Either plan Is successful. Amounts of seed varying from six pounds to sixteen pounds have been reeojnirpeded, but. most people. sow f obtain the ultra violet rays contained in direct sunshine. These important, health-givin- g rays, which have been found so necessary to the health of both men and animals, are screened out by ordinary window glass. Tate advantage of every bright sunny day and keep the youngsters out of doors. Harness and Saddles on Credit It - - fin-I:e- in-crs- se -- . rp We Will sell Harness and Saddles on Easy Honthly Payments. This Will 'Give Oar easterners an Easy Way to Bay and Pay For Their Harness and Saddles They Heed Team Harness $60 Set Recently, the farmers who belong : IE! FREE!! . ; One Valet Auto p Razor, worth 81.00, for each r or renewal subscription to 1 ROOSEVELT STANDARD. VERNAL. UTAH |