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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER UINTAH COUNTY FARM BUREAU F. O LUNDBERG, First President JOHNSON, THEODORE A Vice-PreErnest Eaton, Second A. CHENEY, Treasurer Harold Lundell, Secretary Vice-Preside- nt si S'.VAV.'.VAV.SVW.WAW WHEN TO CUT ALFALFA I WOMAN RAISES CHAMPION According to Professor C. J. Wi. lard, of tue Ohio Agricultural Col lege, claims that alfalfa is injured if the shoots at the base of the crowns are cut by the mower, have yet to be proved. He thinks that little attention should be paid to these shoots and says there is no need of cutting al falfa high use your mower just as it is ordinarily set. The right time to cut, in Professor Willards opinion , is when the field is from a tenth to one-four- ! STEER Seed Potatoes Not Always True Incorrect Naming of Varieties Too Frequent to Be Accidental. (Prepared result of several years testa United States Department of by the of seed potato offethe Agriculture earlier than one who is particularly interested in maintaining his stand for a long period. Test the seed corn before you plant Miss Una Johnson and Her Champion Steer. Most seed Washing horses collars with warm water keeps them clean and smooth. Collars scraped with a knife are likely to become rough and be the cause of sore shoulders. Steadily encroaching on mans domain, another new honor has been awarded the weaker sex. Stock raising has been added to womans we have and repertoire, pictured above Miss Una Johnson at Elkhorn, Iowa, who raised the champion Iowa steer exhibited at the 1926 International Live Stock Exhibition at Chicago. This steer, among several carloads of other prize baby calves also exhibited at the exposition, was purchased by the Rock Island g railroad, which was the first railroad to buy calves for Its dining-ca- r service. so-call- prize-winnin- More than half of the total area of woodland on farms in New York state is pastured and therefore Is on the down grade toward final extinction. PRINT SHOP CALLERS 0: THE ITEMS OFTEU COME WAY WEWS s WO, -- CAWT SIT DOVJW IJJ 1 JUST DROPPED ID TO GIVE YOU AM OEM MV BROTHER. WAS MARRIED ? last week TO SOME AWGElES-O- IVE &Rl o IU LOS WAS IT DEUVER FORGOtmi her UAME, BUT HER RATHER IS A U S SEUATOR, AMD -tweIre COMIUG HERE OU WOUe-ZMOOU- piece their. so WRITE a MICE about it mo, i dout kuow , MN BROTHERS OCCURA-TTO- U, OR WHERE TWEVlL of a considerable number of firms, it has been found that the incorrect naming of potato varieties Is far too frequent to be entirely accidental Out of 99 lots of named varieties purchased from 45 seedsmen in 11)25, 20 were found to be incorrectly named. The most flagrant example of misnaming, or the substitution of one variety for another, was that of a firm from whom three named varieties were ordered. When the three lots were received It was found that the Spaulding Rose or Rose No. 4 had been substituted for all three varieties. In other words, the seedsman had filled the order out of a seed bin containing a variety not called for in the order. Few Correctly Named. of Although a considerable number rings th corn grown in New York last year is poor because the weather was bad and it did not mature well. Depar- As a in bloom. Yoh cant have the best hay and fields, he adds. the longest-live- d The man who wants the highest feeding value will cut somewhat it to see if it will grow. by the United States tment of Agriculture.) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THE STORY OF THE BOY STOWAWAY ON THE YANKEE CLIPPER, JUST MAIL A CARD OR LETTER TO THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER, AND WE WILL SEND YOU A NICELY PRINTED BOOK FREE. THE PLAY ENTIT LED THE YANKEE CLIPPER WILL BE SHOWN JULY 3RD AND 4TH IN ROOSEVELT, AT THE UTOPIA THEATRE. only 26 Of this to be of the varieties were ordered in 192G lots were actually received. number only five proved Whethvariety specified in the order. er the smaller number of orders filled was due to a desire on the part of seedsmen to avoid having their offerings studied by department officials, or whether, as claimed, they were no tually sold out Is impossible to determine. The outstanding t fact Is that less than 25 per cent of those furnished were correctly named. Dangerous Point of The danger Involved In the use In Incorrectly named seed potatoes lies the possibility of having a late variety substituted for an early one, thereby of the delaying the market maturity marketing crop beyond the normal In the absence of effective leof gislative measures for the control the abuses mentioned, the only protesmall ction afforded the purchasers of buy to Is quantities of seed potatoes they whenever certified seed potatoes are avaHable. t e A more wholesome respect on dealers .or part of retail seed potato varieties the correct naming of he highly desirable and can only brought about through an Insistent on the part of the purchase stanpublic for the handling of only dard commercial varieties. 5 Agricultural Facts Try gas on ground hogs. At present CO per cent of a tre J wasted In its conversion Into In1' FOR SALE Theme paper and typeROOSEVELT paper. writing STANDARD. tf Plant lima beans on your poof1 ground. |