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Show THE UINTAH EASIN' FARMER IHSSlN FARMERl Established 1924 Published 1st and 15th of Each Month at Roosevelt, Utah. matter at Entered as second-clas- s the post office at Roosevelt, Utah, under the act of Congress of March 1879. Official organ of the Uintah County Farm Bureau Office: Roosevelt Standard, RoosTelephone 30. evelt, Utah. 50c Subscription Price, one year S, Editor George H. Harrison Violet Harrison..Business Manager A NOVEL WAY TO ADVERTISE that enters Craig county, Verginia, the travelei On every highway secs a sign which reads: Craig County Purebred Bulls Used ExA few months ago clusively. farmers hi that county, in coopera-- " tion with their county agent, succeeded in eradicating all grade and and scrub bulls ana in establishing the use of purebred bulls exculsi-- " ly in their cattle breeding operations. Two other counties in the United States have eradicated all inferior bulls, but Craig County is the first to use this unique method T)f telling the world of its acThe removal of all complishment. scrub and inferior sires in all classes of livestock is one of the projects sponsored by the United States department of agriculture as a men as of improving the livestock . of tv ..untry. DAIRYING IN UNITED STATES IS IN STRONG POSITION (Continued from page one) i the corn belt will probably not cause an undue increase in the United States. Increasing consumption of dairy products and the development of more efficient methods of produc- tion are aiding the dairy industry In the South. Indications are that there will be a fairly steady ex- pansion with satisfactory returns to those sections just entering the dairy industry. Several condenser-ies'hav- e established. recently been ' no is keeping production Dairy pace with the demand on the Pacific Coast with the-- result that the coast i3 reaching back into the mountain . areas more and more for its supplies. The upward trend and rapid development of dairying in the mountain section seems likely to continue for some time according to the report. The report indicates that the dairy industry in Utah is in an excondition. cellent Dairy associations and other organizations are stressing greater production by , . more modern methods and with better cattle. In most herds the pure bred is rapidly replacing the scrub and the outlook generally is very encouraging. 1 A concrete foundation wall eight to twelve inches thick is usually suitable for farm structures up to two stories in height. - r iVhen" lights are used in house, the flock jnust have ;eat. And be sura that water Jfor the hens when they come the roost. the hen more to Is ready down off Fertilizers Saving Cooperation on Labor and Freight Better Markets Idea of Concentrated Form Number in Made Big Gains by Chemists. Developed Elevators Farmers of (Prepared by the United States Department and the Like. of Agriculture.) Potato growers are finding in the use of concentrated fertilizers an opand portunity to save time, money, labor, says B. E. Brown, soil chemist of the bureau of chemistry and soils, United State? Department of Agriculture. By using this new form of fertilizer, one pound of which carries as much actual plant food as is carried by tvo pounds of the ordinary kind, they save in freight, in handling, in hauling, and in storage. The idea of manufacturing fertilizers in the concentrated form was developed by the soil chemists of the United States Department of Agriculture. According to Mr. Brown, cooperative experiments with the Maine agricultural experiment station Indicated that the concentrated mixtures on the whole were equal to the commercial kind?. In some cases they gave even greater yields. Yields of Irish cobblers produced by concentrated fertilizers were as high as 3G0 bushels to the acre. There are features connected with the use of concentrated fertilizers, however, that will have to be carefully considered and which will require more study before the free use of such fertilizers can be definitely recommended, under all soil conditions, says Mr. Brown. This is particularly true of light soils. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) days of agricultural No longer is the sign em up campaign the. chief aim of farmer business organi-zation- The ballyhoo have passed. to- Agricultural of the day, says Chris L. Christensen of AgriUnited States Department marketculture, is emphasizing better ing services and increased business efficiency. Three distinct phases of agricultural since 1905 are cited by Mr. Christensen, who is in charge of marketing the division of in the bureau of agricultural economics. In the fifteen years from 1905 to 1920, he says, large gains were made in the number of farmers eleshipping associavators, k tions, organizations and the like. These were typically local in nature and relatively small in annual overturn. They were designed to perform the first stages of the marketing process. Striking Feature. From 1918 to 1925 the formation of large-scal- e marketing organizations was a striking feature of Some of these attemptdevelopment. ed the performance of more advanced stages of the marketing process, even going Into terminal market operations. Others attempted regional pools, large in volume and in the area covered. Still others sought to improve marketing services and promote payment of differentials for quality, standardization of reliable products and study of and response to consumer preferences. A feature of this growth was the prevalence of Ironclad and longterm contracts providing heavy penalties for selling outside the pool. Some of these organizations have failed, others have modified their practices. live-stoc- k fluid-mil- Cleaning Seed Grain by Use of Fanning Mill other foreign materials sometimes amount to 15 per cent or 20 per cent or 25 per cent. It not only is practically valueless, but it impairs the value of marketed grain so that the money received for It Is much less than what it should be. A few hours spent in cleaning seed grain will return great profits. Machine Shed Pays Big Interest to Any Fanner A $400 Implement shed pays in- terest at the rate of 22 per cent a year when housing $1,000 worth of machinery. The average yearly depreciation on $1,000 worth of machinery, when well housed, is $90; but it increases to $180 a year when the machinery is poorly housed. The $90 difference in depreciation is 22 per cent of $400 the cost of a satisfactory tool shed, one that is weather-tigh- t and lasting This estimate does not include a work shop, which is often advisable. Well housed farm machinery depreciates at a rate of from 3 to 12 per cent a year, depending upon the kind of machine, the rate being highest with corn binders, threshing machines, and other complicated machinery. It Is safe to say that poor housing reduces the life of a machine by half. Wisconsin Circular No. HO. Agricultural Notes Supply pure fresh water and salt In both summer and winter. The most natural comparison sweet clover is with red clover. of Red clover Is a general purpose legume, especially valuable for hay. Wise farmers are making provision Carrots are ea?ily raised If the soil for cleaning seed grain. With small Is good, and by sowing early and grains especially, it pays to plant the growing quickly will usually do well. plump, sound, solid grains because they are most likely to have strong Sand or stones that have clay germination and to have a germ that or dirt mixed with them will not will give the plant a good start should make good concrete. the weather conditions be difficult A fanning mill should be part of the Two farm inventories, taken a year of equipment every progressive business Members Selected. farmer. They are not expensive, but apart, show whether a farm much. how la getting ahead and Members of the present-da- y organthe work they do is tremendously valMr. are Christensen uable. izations, says, Practically any farmer can Concrete foundations provide rigid, being selected rather than merely make one pay many times over with durable bases for gasoline engines wholesale. a Membership signed up single seasons work. other and contracts are being modified to meet stationary farm machinery. Fanning mills not only separate the the financial and other economic con- weed seeds and foreign material from ditions of the grower. Notions of ar- seed grains, but they grade the A mixture of oats and rape for grains, too, so that the lighter, chaffier stuff, early spring hog pasture Is excellent. bitrary price fixing by organizations have been abandoned In which Is likely to be of low vitality, If not pastured too closely, this mixfavor of efficient business practices. is kept out of the seen. Experiments ture will f'irnish pasture until midshow that plump seeds produce bigger summer. yields and even an increase of only Experiments Show Much a bushel or two per acre on this acLambs will do a good Job of pickLoss in Manure Storage count will be sufficient to make the ing corn; in fact, pick It cleaner than It costs a farmer 53 cents on every process profitable. In is usually done by the picker. Then, ton of manure he lets accumulate in the Northwest grain dockage has too, they will eat the husks and the barnyard, according to the Ohio come to be a very serious problem. leuves of the corn, and nearly all of agricultural experiment station at The dockagp costs of veed seedsiuid the weeds that have gone to seed. Wooster. Crop yields tell the story of the results of manure storage more clearly than a chemical test. In an experiment at ti e Ohio station manure has for 21 years been applied to the clover 4 sod In a three-yea- r rotation of corn, wheat and clover. On one series of plots the manure has been hauled directly from the stall to the field early In winter. For another series of plots an equal weight of manure has been left in a pile In the barnyard for three months before It was spread on the field. VV HATCH THE EGGS Stable manure produced 23 bushels ' of corn an acre, 10.5 bushels of wkeat and 1,3G3 pounds of hay ; manure from the barnyard produced an average of 19.5 bushels of corn, 9 bushels of wheat and 810 pounds of hay. Measured by the average value of crop 32 2nd W., Phone 613, Provo, Lit. increase, one ton cf yard manure is worth. $2112 and one ton of stall ma grain-cleanin- g Make Them Pay! i j Keep Your Turkeys Laying Dont let them set .... Timpanogos Hatchery S; I |