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Show THE ll.NTAH BASIN FARMER Rats are on the increase in the United States. However, this decrease is only just becoming apparent and farmers and others who are troubled with the pest should not let up on preventive measures. Things Worth Knowing Dairymen commmonly feed skim milk to their calves until about six months of age. The time of weaning usually depends upon the condition of the calf and the availability and cost of milk. When milk is fed in abundance it furnishes the greater part of the protein necessary for the growth of the calf. If the feeding of milk is discontinued the necessary protein must be supplied by some other feed. Probably this can be done most economically by some legume such as alfalfa, clover, soy bean, or cowpea hay. When hay of this sort is not available it is necassary that the grain mixture fed should high in protein. During sumwhen good pasture is available, the heifep needs no supplementary feed, providing she is growing normally. A little hay and grain are sometimes advisable late in the season when the pastures are dry or short to insure steady growth. be mer, As an interesting in variation the propagation of agriculture game birds for profit is suggested by the Biological Survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The demand exceeds the supply and profits may be reaped from the sale of adult birds to breeders of both young and old birds for restocking of preserves and of eggs for distribution to both farmers quail, mallard ducks, and Canada clubs. Pheasants, and shooting geese are varieties that have been raised successfully in the United States and the Biological Survey has available detailed advice for those who intend to go into the business. 1, 1928 day. The next time falls on a Sunour present New Years Day comes on Sunday will be in 1933. So if the calendar is to go into effect in the easiest possible way, beginning the week exactly as at present, something must be done about it fairly soon, or we shall wait another five years. The idea of the calendar, which is strongly favored by the United 13-mon- 13-mon- th th States Weather Bureau, is that there will be 13 months of exactly each, days an necessitating extra month, probably set in be- tween June and July. There will and it is be one day left over, "Year Day proposed to call this and make It a universal holiday between December 28 and January 1. All In favor, say aye! Soil productiveness can best be n maintained when intertilled, and leguminous or grass crops are grown in the order named and in recurring sucession on the same land. small-grai- system of farming to disaster, whereleads ultimately as diversification and crop rotation and profitlead to -able farming. " IV dii i At least 100,000,000 laying pullets have to he raised in the U. S. each year to replace that number of yearlings and oldeii hens. The profitable pig is one that grows continuously from farrowing to market. . A one-cro- p well-organizz- ed l.- rf You Laugh We Laugh Everybody Laughs Two Doughboys and a Dough Girl in an Uproar Overseas Picture The nighthawk formerly wantonly shot for sport, is really one of the most useful of birds, and an insect catcher of great value. These birds scoop their prey out of the air on the wing. Biological Survey experts have examined stomachs of nighthawks and have found more than 50 different kinds of insects, representing thousands of individuals in a single stomach. tf Join the Army and The longer a broody hen is allowed to sit on the nest, the longer it requires to get her back into laying condition; and consequently the greater the loss in egg production. To break the hen from sitting, put her in a broody coop where she can be properly fed and watered. The broody coop should have a slat bottom in order that the air may circulate from beneath thus keeping the body of the hen cooler, thereby tending to break up the hens broodiness. laugh Wfiund the world.9 XOX mu K Forests reduce erosion. Any vegetable cover tends to reduce erosion but forests usually perform this function more effectively and permanently than any other type of vegetation. This is because of the thick mulch of leaf litter and branches which they drop upon the ground. Furthermore, they are constantly feeding humus into the its porosity, and binding its mineral soil itself, increasing January 28 The best method of feeding salt dairy cows is to mix 1 to 2 pounds of salt per 100 pounds of grain, or from 20 to 40 pounds of salt per ton of grain. In addition, have sale available so that the cows can get more is they to PAGE THREE I t POISONED WHEAT EOR POCKET GOPHERS When the pesky pocket gophers are busy in the fields throwing up mounds that make haying inconvenient and boring from within to the roots of the plants, it is difficult or impossible to get rid of them. But in the fall when they are making new burrows, storing food and getting ready for winter it is possible to make a clean up. One of the best baits is wheat poisoned with strychnine dropped into the burrows. Wheat is particularly convenient because it can be dropped through a small hole punched into the top of the tunnel. With vegetable baits, more digging tunnel is required to locate the and make a hole large enough for the insertion of the bait. Also the poisoned wheat keeps well and it is not necessary to prepare fresh bait each day. A bushel of wheat is likely to kill 600 to 700 pocket gophers If carefully applied. Sometimes it Is possible to kill 1,000 pocket gophers to a bushel of wheat, Under average conditions a man way expect to cover from 30 to 40 acres of alfalfa In a day and kill nearly all if not all, the summer when pocket gophers. In ocnew moundB are made only casionally and when growing crops cover the field, It is necessary to the go over the field repeatedly If to be are pocket gophers mi-BOY- D MAKV ASTOK IOUIS WOtHIlM Utopia Theatre EOOSEVELT, UTAH Sunday and Monday NOVEMBER 20 and 21 Admission - - 25c and 15c |