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Show -- THE UINTAH BASIN' FARMER i Strictly Confidential (By VERA) Puzzled About Many Things Vera, years old and Im going with a boy of 18. We had b?en going together for about a month or more, and we love each other very dearly. But it happened that I had to go away for a visit, and I stayed awav about two months and a half. While I was away that young man came to my place a few times, and found me not at home. The way it seems to me he might be going with another girl now. I am a little heart broken and sorry because I wasnt home when he came. But what shall I do? How ehall I tell him not to go with another girl, that I waa only away for a visit? Shall I write to him and tell him-o- r shall I talk to him and tell him not to go with another girl? Should a girl tell a boy that she loves him better than anybody else, or not? By what can we tell when a boy loves a girl? Should a girl powder and rouge herself when going with! a boy that, loves her? Should a girl ask a boy to marry her, or should the boy ask the girl? Wen a boy has taken a girl out for a ride, should she ask him to come again and take her out for a she thank him? ride, and should Should a girl ever tell a boy that she hates another girl that he knows well? Dear Miss I ami 16 BROWN EYES. Dear Brown Eyes, you certainly are puzzled about many things! When you left, home for a visit, why didnt you write your friend a letter telling him . where you were going and how long you would be away? Now there is al- High-Grad- e Hay in Good Demand Watch-in-g Markets. fPrepared by the United State or Agriculture.) A much Department larger quantity of high grade alfalfa could be profitably marketed in the Dnfted States if producers would study market demands nnd then make their production and loading practices conform to the market requirements, according to Edward C. Parker, hay marketing specialist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Great numbers of dairymen who do not now utilize much alfalfa but de- Pend largely on mill feed, for pro- be says, would become buyers of alfa,fa if supplies of high grade alfalfa were available at all times. Many farmers are Intermittent sellers of low grade, surplus hay but comparatively few specialize in the production of market alfalfa. Purity, a high percentage of leaves, clinging foliage, green color, and pliable stems are the essential characters of high grade alfalfa. The experience of federal hay Inspectors is that the most common causes of low grade are meadows with thin stands, foreign material In the form of partly decayed rakings, weather damage, at time of cutting, baling undercured hay, stacking distinctly undercured hay, and baling during very hot, dry, or windy weather. Alfalfa for Market. In most Instances, Mr. Parker says, alfalfa intended for market should In be cut when to bloom, or when new growth starts from the crowns irrespective of the bloom. There will be little, if any, Increase of tonnage gained by allowing the crop to stand longer. At this stage of maturity the leaves usually constitute anywhere from 45 per :ent to 53 per cent of the total weight of the plants, and the stems have not become jectlonably hard and woody. The grade of United States Number 1 alfalfa can be attained in practically ail alfalfa districts of the United States when crops are cut at this stage of maturity, providing the hay is properly cured and baled and not subjected to much damage from the elements. Essential points In preserving and color and preventing are (1) to facilitate rapid evaporation of a large part of the moisture high-grad- e, al-al- fa over-ripene- ss over-dryin- g, most nothing to do but to tell him that the reason he did not find you at home was because you were away on a visit and I wouldnt advise you to show jealousy by referring too markedly to another girl. If it is true, a girl may tell a boy that shq loves him better than anybody else. When a boy loves a Sirl, the girl can usually tell by his general manner toward her, but there are no rules to go by. Every boy acts a little differently in love. Some become extremely tender and others very possessive. And so on. If a boy loves a girl he is not generally pleased if she powders and rouges. General custom has it that the boy should make the proposal of marriage, not the girl, except in special cases. Girls have a traditional right to propose during Leap Year, but Its generally the men who does the proposing. It 13 all right to thank a boy for taking you out and It Is quite right to ask him to see you again; but in the newly mown hay by exposing It never, never, speak ill of another to the sun and wind In the swath girl to a boy it may make him where the rate of evaporation Is faster despise you! than In the windrow, bunch or cock, one-ten- one-four- th th leafl-nes- s Dear Miss Heart Brote Vera, I am very heart broken. The Toung man that I have been Goiuff ith about three weeks, got mad me some way and won't even look at me. How can I make him tove me again? B. E. Dear B. E., I dont understand you at all. You only know the man three weeks, already he has Btopped calling on you and you want him to love surely you again never loved you or would not oc mad at you so soon! Forget him! w-he- g and (2) to perform the operations of raking and windrowing while the hay Is tough and the leaves are not easily shattered. Um of Sid Dollvory Rake. The side delivery rake, Mr. Parker to making says. Is specially adapted windrows of wilted and tough alfalfa that will aerate and cure uniformly and with the minimum loss of leaves alfalfa hay color. Average crops of almost cure will swath the In wilted rake winas quickly In In the cured drows as though fully the of hay Is swath and the grade much superior. side-delive- ry Lundberg, Ft. Duchesne; C. A. Larson, Arcadia: G. E. Howell, Upal-cClark Shaw, Independence; W. T. Fisher, Myton. Plans were considered relative to the work of the new year. About 100 growers belong to this organization. Horace Elmer Wood of New o; se-e- York City, accompanied by Mrs. Wood, both of them being instructors in the New York University passed through Mytan recently. They had been touring the Uintah Basin in search of fossils for use in the geological of department that institution of learning. Since the World War, this university has come to the front very rapidly and at present having an enrollment of 2500 students and a corps of 1200 teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Wood spend A profitable practice Is to give little pigs grain in addition to their mother's milk after they are three weeks old, and that can best be done by means of la a pig self-feede- rs creep. their summers traveling in different parts of the United States collecting fossils. Under the supervision of W. E. Broome, the road through Pleasant valley leading to the site selected in ; for the test oil well to be put the Utah Southern Gil by company, Seed wheat may be treated for smut with copper carbonate dust and has been put in good shape. About stored until seeding time. Use plen- 12 truckloads of material, machinty of copper carbonate and be sure ery and supplies have been taken that the wheat stays In the treater to the site. Work has started ununtil every kernel Is thoroughly coat- der the supervision of R W. Gibson. This company has secured seved with the dust. eral leases in that locality and are New fields of alfalfa should not be confident that they will find oil. If the alfalfa has been Indications point strongly in that pastured. seeded alone and the weeds become direction. The annual rodeo held in jMyton numerous, the field can be cut high on when the alfalfa plants are just com-lrThursday and Friday, August 23 and 24, under the supervision into bloom. Do not cut the alof Wm. Morrison, was a success in falfa If there are only a few weeds. every way. The weather was ideal for it, the attendance was good and the entire program was replete MYTON with interest.- The Roosevelt base f ball team won both games, defeating Duchesne the first day and At a recent meeting of the di- Vernal the second day. The bucking rectors and officers of te Uintah contests and horse races were all Basin Seed Growers association of good, those who had the rodeo in Mytan, Bliss Lott was relected as charge considered this year as good treasurer and secretary for the sea-o- n as any. of 1928 and 1929. N. L. Peterson resigned as president and the FOR SALE Victor Orthophonic in Wm. Zowe became perfect condition. Colonial style president until the annual meeting cabinet. Inquire at this office. 46-- tf For hogs, alfalfa is the best pasture obtainable, furnishing a maximum of ideal forage throughout the season, even in dry weather. As many as. 20 shotes can be carried on an acre. ! g - vice-preside- nt, Joseph H. Smart & Co. Roosevelt, Utah ob-kin- over-dryin- in July, 1929. The personnel of the board of directors are F. 0. writing the bureau of agricultural economics, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Producers of Alfalfa Could Make Money by b declares, Is an essential machine in the production of high grade alfalfa. A detailed account of hay making, curing nnd baling practices in the United States, together with recommendations as to the best methods of performing these operations has been published by the United States Department of Agriculture in a mimeograph pamphlet written by Mr. Parker, and entitled High Grade Alfalfa, Methods of Production, Baling, and Loading for Market. Copies may be obtained by Under the Wanted column we list produce we will buy, or will market for you on commission. Under the For Sale column are listed items we have, can obtain All quickly, or are handling as agents. For Sale items can be traded for FOB SALE WANTED Cattle, Beef Veal Top- - Hogs., Fat or Feeder Fat Lambs Poultry Heavy Hens Spring Frys Turkeys on contract Dairy Cows and Calves Work Horses Hay, Grain and Feed Mixed Feeds Poultry Feed Audi Supplies Automobile, Master Six, Four Passenger Coupe We buy at your farm, or pay extra for de- livery at Roosevelt FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, WRITE OR Yards Opposite Sweet Clover Creamery Phone 613B |