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Show tub uestah euset rg PAGE FOUB Mon-Uduction of common alfalfa in exare and South Dakota considerable support pected to give alfalfa, notGrimm to prices for inwithstanding the prospective and Idaho in crease in production Utah. The average prices per 109 for compounds paid to growers mon alfalfa seed for the crop years 1918 to 1926 were as follows: 1918 na IBSIN FARMER Established 1924 Published 1st and 15th' of Each Month at Roosevelt, Utah. matter at $15-- Entered as second-clas- s $15.20; 1919. $28.10; 1920, Roosevelt. Utah, at offiee the post 60; 1921. $12.60; 1922. $14.50; under the act of Congress of March 1923, $16.00; 1924. $16.05; 1925, 1879. whole$15.15; 1926. $14.00. The Official organ of the best for sale prices per 100 pounds Bureau Farm the in Uintah County grades of common alfalfa Roosfor the Office: Roosevelt Standard, Missouri valley averaged to May 30. Utah. January Telephone periods, evelt. 1920, follows: as one to 1927 1920 year. Subscription Price, $17,- 1922. $40.15; 1921. $18.30; .Editor Harrison. H. 95; 1923, $20.03; 1924, $22.25: George Violet Harrison Business Manager 1925. $22.85; 1926, $20.40; 1927, five-mon- th ..-- 56c $19.90. ALFALFA SETHI CHOP MAT BE RM A TIER THAU LAST TEAR Alfalfa seed production may fall quite a little below that of last year unless killing frosts bold off longer than usual, according to information received by the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Because of rains and cool weather., the crop in northern and central producing districts is later than usual. Favorable weather until the latter part of September is needed in those districts. Conditions are better in southern producing districts than elsewhere. Yields in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona were larger than last year. Reports received from Kansas. Nebraska, Oklahoma. Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas indicate that production is likely to be considerably smaller than that of last year, when production in most of these states was larger than in recent years. Induction in Idaho, especially of Grimm alfalfa, is expected to be larger than last year. In Utah reports are conflicting, some indicating a slight increase while others a slight decrease or, about the same size as last year, which was below normal. Perhaps nowhere else will Ihe tardiness of killing frosts be such an important factor as in Utah, because this state in recent years has' been producing about one-thir- d of the total crop of the! United States. ; The crop in Canada is expected to be the smallest since 1922 and may not be more than 10 or 15 per cent of the record 1926 crop. There will be but little Canadianj alfalfa for export to this country.! During the past two years Canada! has contributed the bulk of alfalfa; imports into this ' country, having i exported more than five million pounds to the United States during, the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927. The mcT"ent in Arizona, Texas tod New Mexico thl3 season has been slower than usual. In Arizona growers have been offered $10.50-$1- 2 per 100 pounds, basis clean weed;, In New Mexico, mostly $10-$1- 2, and in Texas TThese prices were lower than opening price last year. In other states ; $12-$13.7- prices hate not 5. been established, but nominal offers are reported to feo a little lower than last year due mainly; ft is "believed, to the larger carryoter of common alfalfa than normal. The unusually short crop f Canadian: alfalfa, small carryover of Grimm alfalfa in the United States, and probable decreased pro Winter Layers Help Profits Poultry Prices Usually Highest During Fall and Early Winter. age fa price from October to February. These and other points of Interest to the farm flock owner are discussed fa Fanners Bulletin 1524-F- . now ready I'w distribution. Copies may be obtained. av long a th surply lasts, by a to the United States appli'rof Agriculture, Washington, ac i ; Important Turkey Item In deciding on the breed cf one will encounter the same DhUsoee occurs in jvm-mcctha old. The abort and wide or turkeys kind of problem as deciding on a breed of cMckens. or other llTe stock, except that with turkeys thaw ara fewer breeds, m the task should be an easier one. Whatever breed you decide upon. select birds as near standard. r even larger If possible, providing, of course, you do not forget type. Length of shank and thigh. If out of proportion. should not be mistaken for size. Good length with full, rounded body and breast Indicates value. Size and strength cf bone Indicate constitutional vigor, which should be maintained through tbe selection of the best at all times. -- - cwT .Cactus fen I ' the attack of snffocaflja. be due to coegruitii noeed twin ao to art getting Into the tse etdag such aa the green pus prx The man who is piece of work ainady tat Cooe. - R 1 rd practice tie that are expose! to Ssssia to creosote to Dnrr" wadeT t. T gassssszsgg g Gates Tires Cole RED I Hay for Colts r is labor!. via when fed or inabm, the difficult breathing eecrj i time. There may be umca et. treating Foundation Stock Most , jjj Bnllnose in De-pnme- nt - d rtiSa u tQ . opinion Lbj indicated Hirer totaled ccta larJNa. - FRONT GARAGE to a year In H Afithorired DODGE 3a? age should have about all the bay be A line of Good U will dean up, preferably a good clover f : good States or PhoE 15! th Call felted Depart (Precwred by free from dust. If clover or alfalfa H meat of JLgrlcaltiire.) Prices of farm eggs as well as of bay Is not available, then timothy bay Vernal, Utai live and dressed poultry are usually will be necessary. For grain, feed highest during fall and the early win- about 1 pound of oats to every 100 , Dus (L P. TUCKER ter months. Profits from the farm pounds of live weight of tbe colt. If flock can be materially increased by yon wish faster growth put a small a!i;iai::raaiE3 allowance of linseed oil meal with the taking advantage of this market situation" in handling the Cock, says the oats. It Is also advisable to allow the colt a carrot or two every day if United States Department of AgriculHCOUEAGE Bu ture. Timing production to the maryu have them; It will keep him in ket demand can be accomplished best shape. Industry by pci-ianby hatching early and by having early the css $ strains. maturing Revenue From Eggs. Mot of the revenue from the farm flock is obtained from eggs. It Is important, therefore, to develop the Cock from good laying strains: This re quires careful selection of hens that mature early, that lay best after they begin, that seldom go broody, and that lay well throughout the late summer and fall. The size of the Cock la an Important fact r to consider also. Maintaining about 300 or 400 birds enables the flock to be divided to advantage for breeding purposes. A flock of 300, for instance, can readily be divided into two units, 50 yearlings and 150 pullets; and a flock of 400 Into 100 yearlings and two units cf 150 pullets each. The pullets are used primarily for egg production and the yearlings for breeding purposes. Yearlings are preferable to pullets as breeders because usually they lay larger eggs, which hatch into bigger chicks. More otef, the yearling hens have gone through a molt the preceding fall, and thus have had a rest prior to the breeding season, and for that reason they usually produce stronger chicks than pullets. A still more Important reason for using yearlings as breeders U that they should be only the best birds of the pullet flock of the preceding laying year, and the continuous selection from year to year should assist greatly in Improving the quality of the pullets raised each year. Farmers should give more attention to the selection of their breeding stock every year and flock Units of kbeut 200 or 406 birds win ecabte then to do this to advantage: Hatch Pullets Early. Sines pcSets normally do not begta laying until they are at least . seven raottia obVIt la Important that they be hatched' early enough to permit laying daring the season of tdfih A colt from six months i Oats to Fatten Lambs That oats equals corn for fattening H I western lambs is shown In the tests just completed by the Agricultural Experiment station at Purdue. These two popular midwest r5 grains were fed in rations containing II fi cottonseed meal, corn silage and clover hay. Oats not only proved Its value as a substitute for corn, but re-ttin r 40 xr nnt of tb p?1 ve already have. I DHIt AH CREASE COMPART C. J- - Neisca. Ef neoLa Q -t- rs ni:!i!!!i''i;i!VLH6ii!ESS COME TO THE- -. UINTAH PRODUCTS PHONE 13 - C ROOSEVELT, UT$ FOR Ice, Baby. Chicks, Lavn Seed, P Seed, Seed Oats, Chick Feeds, Flour, and Seed Com, Alfalfa Sied, Seed Pot , v -- I Vi F r Chopped yheat und.T)re!:;ed. Poultry 'slVi VI-A- L, Chicken Vqp!; Hogs, Xjkt 0$ |