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Show THE wi.yyv a niaieMcg of wits If one is to be successful in destroying them. In the war on rats one is not confronted with a stupid Insect that requires only the employment of a routine control procedure for wholesale destruction, but with a wary animal that has instincts closely akin to huces.-iiat- es IE5SIN FARMER) EitatUshed 1321 Published 1st and 15th of Bism FAEIIEg TTTTTATT Thigh Month at Rooserelt, Utah. -- UTOPIA THEATR-EAn Ideal Place 99 man Intelligence. To be rid of rats would be worth a Entered as second-clas- s matter at thousand times what It might cost. the post office at Roosevelt, Utah, to the interest of every home, under the act of Congress of March It is and low, rich and poor, to high 1879. earnestly In furthering a sentiOfficial organ of the ment of intolerance against this hi thy Uintah County Farm Boreas and destructive pest. Office: Roosevelt Standard, Roos- Utah Roosevelt. te evelt, Utah. Telephone 30. Subscription Price, one year COMING ATTRACTIONS 50c Much Manure Is Wasted bj Improper Handling Editor The Purdue agricultural George H. Harrison Violet H&rrlsonBusines8 Manager university d experiment station estimates that of all manure Is wasted by imI proper handling- - This Indicates the importance of a manure pit on the one-thir- Soil Favorable for Fertilizer ; Quits Important That Conditions Be as Near Ideal as Possible. . s q Thursday, Dec. 6 China Night Chester Conklin and Wm. Fields in farm. The wails of a manure pit may be made of concrete in which 62 gal-- j ions of water, are used to the sack of cement. If the sand and pebbles are damp, only five gallons of water gsl- are used, since the - other Ions are contained In the aggregates. With wet aggregates, use only 44 FOOLS FOR LUCK ls si In using fertilizers that cost or gallons. In most cases a satisfactory con$40 a ton it is important that general cubic-fee- t I crete can be made by using 2 soil conditions should be as favorable of 3 cubic feet and of sand as possible, points out A. W. Blair, soil cement. These sack to the of pebbles chemist at the Xew Jersey agriculproportions may, however, require tural experiment station. A soil that is strongly acid may limslight variations. Under no circumit the growth of certain crop? to such stances vary th- - relation of water an extent that the fertilizer can have to cement. little effect. It Is a waste of money to use fertilizer on such land. WLm the acidity of the soil is eliminated by the use of lime, good results may be expected from the fertilizer. Fertilizer for Vegetables. A successful sailor studies his Vegetable crops that grow rapidly pass and a successful farmer studies!' I require a fertilizer that has a large market conditions. percentage of its nitrogen in rapidly available materials. Such a fertilizer Its the wise farmer who knows J furnishes soluble nitrogen as fast as what insects destroys Ms crops and J he plants need it. ' : takes measures against them. The soil chemist ad rises that con- ct titrated fertilizers should be mlxe ! The best results may be expected t her' uglily with the soil or else put from cats when the crop is seeded as "3 1 two sej arat? spplieat! ns. If early in the spring as climatic fertilizers of this type are put in close will permit. there is danger ocraet with the f injury through ! uralrg. Many farmers are patting veutffat- Drainage Is Important. lug systems in their dairy stables new. Sometimes the land Is so wet that as fresh air cf the right temperature vt os can make : "y very reor growth, fertilizer or no fertilizer. Until satisj Hollow fruit trees can be repaired factory drainage Is provided It is a i foruse to waste f ni'r.y by cleaning out the decayed wood, f li'.'zer on this kind of land. either working from the top diven or On land that is very sandy and poor- also cutting an opening in below to ! ! material with j organic facilitate the work. lj supplied I limited the is j often of by crops growth water supply. Heavy applications of Good farm machinery means an up-- j fertilizer cannot produce good crops rzachln- - I farmer; under these difficulties. First of all, j ery means a thrifty farmer. Machines organic material must be added to the give longer wear if they are not left soil; then the fertilizer application j out in the weather. j may profitably be gradually increased. Agricultural Notes jj 5 1 31 con-tStb'-- Also Comedy BIG GAME GEORGE 25c and 15c Admission- - : -- Friday, Dec. 7 WIN THAT GIRL With David Rollins and Sue Carol A real foot ball picture Also Comedv ROMEO OF THE RANGE Admission 25c and 15c d it high-price- d i, Jj to-da- te well-cared-f- or 1 Fertilizer Does Not Act as a Stimulant to Soil Destructive Farm Pest j It is sometimes Rat Is Most Filthy and No agricultural pest in existence affects a greater number of people than the rat, says the United States Department of Agriculture, and no other pest Is so closely associated with both the business and domestic sides of farm life. Yet losses by rats have been sustained for so long that commonly they have been taken for granted as the forces of nature. But in the present day of rigid accounting and efficiency, even losses from the elements are insured against, ratd the lime is rapily an reaching when the constant drain through rat depneda- lions will no longer be tceraxxl. The uncanny tiff slvenessjtL rats ne- - I j " erroneously thought by some uninformed farmers that fertilizer acts as a stimulant and rains the land. Of course, this is not true. Fertilizer contains food for plants just as buttermilk contains food for pigs. One is no more stimulant than the other. Every crop grown takes its toll of plant food from the soil. Unless we appreciate this fact and return to the land approximately the quantity taken out from year to year, the soil will grow poorer and poorer with each successive crop. Abandoned fields are shtmdart evidence of the truthfulness j Cf this statement. f Saturday, December 8 . BLOND FOR A NIGHT with Marie Prevost, Franklin Pangbom, Harnson Ford, T. Roy Barnes and Lucien Littlefield Seventy-fiv- e laughs a min ute one of the cleanest, most delightful and amusing screen production of the decade Also Chapter 3 of MYSTERY RIDER Admission 25c and 15c Sunday and Monday, Dec. 9 and 10 Delores Del Rio in LOVES OF CARMEN |