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Show THE UT3TAH BASTS FA3&TEB. WmwUAVWWWWWWWWWrtWVWWW. . av.vawawav.v.va-a-.vavavavawwawaw- UIWTAH COUNTY FARM BUREAU A. THEODORE JOHNSON, President Ernest Eaton, Second Harold Lundell, Secretary Efficiency Pays on Farm Factory Records of 47 in Franklin County, Ohio, Show Profits by Planning. Efficiency in operating Vice-Preside- CHENEY, Treasurer J-A- Swine-Sanitati-on System Described tests made elsewhere would indicate that the value of barnyard manure may safely be placed at $2 to $2.50 a ton. It is worth taking good care of this a farm pays Bulletin Discusses Results of Experiments Made. dividends Just as surely as it does in manufacturing automobiles. Records of 47 Franklin county farms for the season of 1927, proved it. The operators of the farms kept the records themseives, assisted by Ira S. Hoddi-not- t, county agent. At the end of the year the accounts were summarized by the rural economics department of the Ohio State university. High Labor Incomes. The ten operators with the highest ten labor incomes were ahead an average of $2,655 each for the year's .work. The ten with the lowest income, averaged $242 each, less than a tenth as much. Several factors entered into the difference. Prominent among them was the efficiency of labor on the farm. The men in the high income group had farms averaging 126 acres as against 124 acres for the other group, or 109.7 r per cent as much. And the used was also 109 per cent greater. But more of the land was put to work on the farms which returned the high incomes. Of the high group, an av erage of 662! per cent of the acreage was in crops, as against only 55.6 per cent of the acreage in the low group. So that the men on the high income farms tended 130 per cent more crop land than tie men on the low income farms. Crop acres handled by each man In the high income group averaged 58, and in the low income group, only 49. Shows Greater Efficiency. Work on the farms which returned the high incomes' was so planned that even the horses showed greater On the high income farms there was one horse to every 2S acres. On the lower group, it took a horse to every IS acres. The men on the more profitable farms handled 11S per cent as much crop land as the men 'la the other group ; the horses in the tper group handled 12S per cent as much as their competitors. effi-.cienc- y. 'Barnyard Manure Often Is Carelessly Handled (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Drying of Hay and Grain by the Use of Hot Air The experimental work on which is n based the widely known s system for controlling made of pigs has just been available to the public as United States Department of Agriculture the Swine Technical Bulletin 44-Sanitation System as Developed by the bureau of animal industry in McThe publication Lean county, I1L describes the held Investigations, conditions affecting ascarid eggs under varying conditions, and results of origround-worm- T, inal experimental control work from 1920 to 1925, inclusive. The summary $ Oo not cut the alfalfa unless the weeds are too numerous. Be sure to spray your potatoes this summer. The practice is no longer experimental. discusses results on n farms where the tem was closely followed swine-sanitatio- sys- and also did not adhehe where closely to all details of this method for preventing parasitism. The publication shows that the system a3 developed by the bureau of animal in dustry in McLean county, ELL, is from about 94 to 99 per cent effective against the conditions it is intended to i I Agricultural Hints prevent Even when all losses, Including those from accident, exposure, hog cholera, and other diseases, are taken into account, hog raising under the sanitation system is much safer than under ordinary conditions where pigs are raised in dirty hog lots. According to the published results, based on observations of 'about 40,000 pigs, the farmer who pays slight attention to t conditions may expect to lose four and market four pigs of an eight-pi- g Good farming plus the silo are the main weapons of offense and defense against the European com borer. Millet and sudan grass may make a good amount of hay, but it is not well adapted for dairy feed because of the low protein content. very high percentage of the fertility value of manure is lost througn leaching. The way to stop this loss is to get the manure out on the fields. litter; under the sanitation system he may expect to lose two pigs from all causes and market 6. Thus he markets as many pigs from two sows under this system as he could from three sows under ordinary A The raising ot rabbits as a business, although it has been practiced in Europe for generations, has just begun to assume important proportions in America in answer to the constantly increasing demand for imitation furs and felt hats. Scattered throughout the western states are scores of farms where now Is an Important source of income, according to the Farm JournaL which reports that one fur buyer alone bought up an average of GO, 000 rabbit skins a week during the past fur season at prices ranging from 20 cents to $2. As a consequence, too, rabbit meat is becoming an increasingly important item of the American diet and the larger breeds of bunnies, developed by generations of European breeders, are spreading throughout the country, providing, as they do, the most meat along with the largest and most profitable furs. The largest of the lot, the Flemish Giant, often reaches a weight of 20 pounds. . B'HWJ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiniiiiiKiMiiiiiiiiiiinioiiiiiiiiii.iii 1e I BARGAIN , 100 sheets paper and 100 velopes with yomr name en- - or 1 1 the name of your farm and g address neatly printed. $3.00 1 Best linen paper. Only a few I I Roosevelt Standard I j3 S3 WBMMfr SAVE Trryn y.fTODLE-MA2T- Want Spells Prosperity to its Owner 3 PRCTTT by buying SADDLES direct from the manufacturer. Send for oar free illustrated catalog The Western Eadfile hf& Oo. 1651 Larimer St. - Colorado Denver. ed A Dairy i j boxes left MAIL YOUR ORDER TODAY Variety, Palatability and Bulk Needed by Cow A cow Inherits from her parents a capacity to eat grain and turn It Nature abhors a bare spot and tries into milk. The butterfat percentage to cover it over with some sort of is also an inherited factor; generally growth, even if It be only noxious It cannot be Increased if the speaking weeds. Follow nature, but keep the cow is receiving a normal ration. A Inwith covered food ground crops. cow uses about 50 per cent of the feed stead of weeds. she eats for body maintenance, this Paint wiir go a long way in making leaves 50 per cent or approximately that amount for milk production, a buildings last longer and give better normal ration for a cow is one which service. buildings also contains the proper amount of proadd to the attractiveness of the farm tein, carbohydrates and fat, of If we as a home. Well-pfcisX- , ' Demand for Cheap Furs Booms Rabbit Breeding Log-lo- Barnyard manure Is often carelessly handled in this country. Not infre--' quently from 30 to 50 per cent of Its value Is allowed to go to waste through leaching and fermentation when much of this loss could be prevented by more choose to call them such, proteins and prompt hauling. The value to the total manure to farmer of barnyard digestible nutrients. In addition, depends The federal government has Issued a large extent upon the soil to which a warning that ground alfalfa stems the ration should have variety, palaIt Is applied. cannot be sold as alfalfa meal but tability and bulk. ' When such a ration Is fed, the butIlliin station At the experiment must be designated accurately by ' terfat content of a cows milk cannot remanure in of value nois, the crop some such name as alfalfa stem be changed by adding a little more or turns varied from 53 cents to $7.45 meal. of. any. feed, to t&s. ration. The a ton, depending upon the fertility of the soIL The average obtained from 16 fields of what might be called averDo You a Good Dairy Cow on Your Farm? age com belt soil, when manure was . acclkd once., in a four-rea- r rotation Herd r per somewhat from year to year, depending upon the condition of the cow at calving time. The milk that a cow produces reaches the udder by means of the blood stream, the fat being first taken into the body tissues. When the cow freshens in a fat condition she seems to give off more fat to be transported by means of the blood to the cells of the udder where it is manufactured into butterfat. swine-sanitatio- The artificial drying of hay and grain by the use of hot air will remove a large portion of the weather hazard feared by producers of these crops, according to Prof. W. G. Aitken-hea- d of Purdue university. A tractor-drive- n blower, forcing air, heated by an oil burning furnace, into a hollow centered stack of hay, or grain in the sheaf, will drive out the moisture sufficiently for storage or threshing In from five to ten hours, depending upon the size of the stack and the amount of moisture in the material All heat generated by the oil burner is forced through the stack as all the gases of combustion are carried into the stack. A spark arrester located between the furnace and the blower makes this possible. Com in a crib can also be dried with this equipment if a passage for the air is provided through the com. . Vice-Preside- nt nt ct man-labo- I at the rate of nearly 10 tons per acre, was $2.68 per ton. This value was based upon the Increase in crop returns due to the manure. Similar F. O. LUNDBERG,. First ' Wcng Sing lltrcarifls The store with complete line ef Groceries and Provisions Goodi, Kotfesas, Lattice end Gent FuruLLius Bouts aSl Bhoee Fcrnifara Stoovee ILnges, Harness, and Baddies. Yon will profit by trading here. FT. DUCHESNE. UTAH wnwiimw' |