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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Control Insects and Disorders rows 4 feet apart Annual Loss From Pests and Diseases Amounts to It Is very difficult to establish a hard and fast rule as to when a cow should be milked out completely after calling and bow often she should be milked. Like many other things in the care of an animal, a great deal depends upon the existing circumstances. Care Is not merely a matter of frequency of milking but also avoiding those conditions that would cause undue inflammation at this particular The understanding of the period. caretaker as to the condition of his animal Is a very material factor. Immense Sum. The annual loss of crops caused by Insect pests and fungus diseases in New York state exceeds the amount appropriated each year to conduct "the states business, according to a bulletin on the control of insects and plant diseases, reprinted at the New :York state college of agriculture at Ithaca, N. Y. By careful spraying experiments conducted by growers themselves, it Is shown that the average annual preventable loss o potato growers In this state from blights and insects is nearly fifty bushels to the acre. This represents a yearly loss of more than ten million dollars which might be prevented by spending less than ten dollars an acre for spraying. Estimate of Losses. A careful estimate of losses from the loose smut of oats In New York shows that five per cent of the crop Is destroyed annually by this fungus disease, a net loss of more than a raiilioa dollars In 1919 when the gov ernment survey was made. The leasts from apple scab, codling moth, and $an Jose scale, from peach yellows and fire blight, and from all the ether common Insect peats and destructive plant diseases, if they could bt accurately calculated, would show a grand total of appalling magnitude. This tremendous annual tax on the plant production of the state might be greatly reduced by the proper application of known methods of con- trol. The method of control to be employed for a given Insect pest of fungus disease must be determined by the nature and habits of the enemy and by the character of the crop attacked. Plants can seldom be cured of disease as are men and animals; they must be protected from the attack. If sucking insects are to be controlled, something must be applied that will kill when it hits them; If biting insects are to be combated, the fruit and foliage of the plants must be sprayed or dusted with a poison that when eaten will destroy the pest Prevent Diseases. ' Many fungus diseases are prevented tjy spraying the plants before the disease appears, with a mixture destructive to the fungus but harmless to the plant The poisons that destroy fungi are seldom effective against Insects, and hence we have Often fungicides an& Insecticides. mixone In combined be can these ture for insect and fungus pests of certain crops as, for example, of lead and lime sulphur for controlling codling moth and apple scab. ar-aeua- tu Best Planting Distance for Many Fruit Plants Many times fruit plants are planted too close and growth Is unsatisfactory, states C. Woolsey, University of Ar- kansas college of agriculture extension service. The common distances recommended are, as follows ; Apples, 21 85 feet apart each way; peaches, 21 feet feet apart each way ; cherries, 21 feet apart apart each way; plums, each waV; grapes, 8 feet apart in a row that Is 15 feet from the last row of tree fruits; blackberries, 3 feet apart; raspberapart in rows 8 feetrows 8 feet apart ; In 8 ries. feet apart SH feet apart in strawberries, 2to DESERT LAUD ENTRYMEN GATH FURTHER TIME tance of continued publicity. Frequency of Milking Oak Trees Are Favored Cows Is Hard Problem for Roadside Planting Oak trees, of which there are species native to nearly all parts of the country, are more generally used for roadside planting than any other kind of tree, says the bureau of public roads of the Unied States Department of Agriculture. Maples are next in Importance for a large part of the country, but as the most-use- d species are not well adapted for the purpose, the selection must be carefully made. For the cooler dry regions the most promising trees axe the green ash, common locust, hackberry, thornless honey-locus- t, and poplars, with willows, and poplars for the extremes of cold and drought In warm, dry climates the eucalyptus, or gums, the palms, the Jerusalem thorn, and the mesquite are good. Only thrifty, vigorous trees, with healthy foliage, look well on country roads. To secure this type for any location It Is usually best to select native varieties, although trees from localities with similar growing conditions are frequently satisfactory. box-elde- r, Farm Notes Each rat costs a dollar a year. - Forget those other acres yon have your eyes on and farm to live. When you cheat a customer you lose that customer to all farmers. A farm of 169 acres well planned can be made a little kingdom all Its own. j; The lower the grade of fertilizer, the higher the cost per milt of plant food. Those fanners who fertilise best are the same farmers who make the greatest profits. sailor studies his compass and a successful farmer studies market conditions. A successful Corn In the crib, and meat In the smokehouse almost always indicate farming. well-to-d- o Around the Farm WASHINGTON. March 7. In the mass of bills signed by President Coolidge last Mom day was one providing that desert land entrymen whose claims have been pending since July 1, 1922, may obtain pat-em- ts by paying $1.50 per acre for their land, even where been unable to provide have they water to reclaim the land. The law affected several thousand entries. ad-dltio- nal UINTAH BASIN PICNIC from iWprd has been received California that the annual Uintah Basin Picnic will be held at Echo on the island), Sunday, Park March 17.. Notify your friends in California to go and take their lunch. Time 9 to 4. oclock. FOR SALE adBurroughs non-li- nt ding machine paper. Hard, smooth surface, insures a dear impression. ROOSEVELT STANDARD. If you nave something to sell and are In a big hurry to sell it, let the classified advertising department of THE ROOSEVELT STANDARD prove Its ability as a speedy and efficient sales medium. The cost is small. Bad chimneys cause farm fires. T Mere and more farmers are using the multiple horse hitches. Keeping the barn free from refuse and m&hure will help sanitation. mco Pdta all kwfeHy && fui3. September, October and November. to rust. & CCII3 Seed, Wed, Hay averages lowest In price In Garden tools are much more satisfactory If they never are permitted i i UTAH 1IYTC3, e p.asKit For soil building and for hay the soy bean has no equal. Laredo and are the best varieties. SEED Tuberculosis of Fowl Is Often Overlooked Deserves More Attention From Flock Owners. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Tuberculosis of poultry, though not so dangerous In many respects as the bovine form, needs greater attention by flock owners and by the public If the spread is to be checked, says Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. he says. Is Avian tuberculosis, and a to transmitted swine, easily in of retentions cent of hogs per large tuberaccount of on houses packing culosis Is the result of the avian type of the disease. This poultry malady is most prevalent in the Middle West. There Is more hog tuberculosis today because of fowl tuberculosis than formerly, but the avian germ Is much less virulent than the bovine germ and Is frequently confined to the glands of the neck in hogs. "The veterinarians who are going from farm to farm In the work of tuberculin testing of cattle are making observations of poultry flocks. When tuberculosis is found they explain the disease can be controlled and eradicated." 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