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Show TEE UINTAH BASH FARMER Moon Does Not Aid Fanners Nor Does It Plans Outlined to Kill Weeds Effect The Weather Curiously persistent are the various superstitions relating to the effect of the moon on the weather, or on the farm crops. One of the most unreasonable of these beliefs, says the weather bureau of the Untied States department of agriculture, is that if the horns of the new crescent moon tip downward, it is a wet moon, portending rain. A.S a matter of fact, on. any given date the position of the crescent moon is always the same in places having- the same latitude, so the same kind of weather would necessarily prevail, were this sign, of any value, throughout a belt of latitude extending around the 'globe. Again, neat the equator, in a part of the world notorious for its heavy rainfalls, the young moon, is generally In an almost horizontal position, or, according to the proverb, it is almost always a dry moon, if the inoon could be viewed from the North or South poles, on the other hand, its position would be, for the superstitious, indicative of wet weather, but these regions are characterized by so little rainfall and snow they rank among the arid parts of the globe. Other superstitions relating to the moon. are those which offer guidanca in farm practice, such as sowing or reaping, breeding or Farmers Advised to Plant Smother Crops in Infested Places. rinns for fighting noxious weeds which cause losses of many thousands of dollars annually to the farmers of Colorado are outlined by Walter Ball of the botany department of the Colorado Agricultural college. The actual loss due to weeds Is not known, but the presence of weed seeds and the large number of weeds actually harvested each year Indicate a very high loss, Mr. Ball says. Principal weed pests on the farms are the perennials such as the wild morning glory, bindweed, poverty weed, Canada thistle and Russian knapweed. Plan Smother Crops. In planning crops for this coming spring and summer farmers would benefit by planting smother crops in those places that are heavily infested with bindweed, poverty weed or any of the other more noxious perennial weeds, it is suggested. If the weed area is rather large, it should be isolated or farmed alone ; if planted in row crops, the rows should be far enough apart to allow thorough and clean cultivation, fpr eradication of weeds In such an area Is more important than the crop probutchering, shingling or shearing duced, declares Mr. Ball. If eradication Is successful the or any other farm activity supposed to be affected by the dark or the production of good crops will be poslight of the moon- - The scientist sibleIf thereafter. alfalfa Is planted on a weedy points out that the chief things afthe weeds, weakwill It area, fecting the growth of crops at any en them andsuppress make it possible to kill etage are: Temperature of soil and the weeds after the alfalfa Is plowed air; composition of adjacent atmos- and cultivation is started again. phere; kind and intensity of light; Sweet clover is a very good smothpresence of absence and severity of er crop and in some cases has elimiplant disease; mechanical condition nated the field bindweed or wild mornof the soil, loose of compact; fertil-ti- y ing glory. By planting sweet clover of the soil and quanity of other two years In succession, that is plantvegetatin or weeds present. ing the same area twice, a good stand The moon has nothing to. do with Is assured. Being a biennial, clover any of these conditions affecting will give a very effective three years crops. It has no influence on the smother crop. weather or the soil. Even the light Pasture Grass Helps. of the full moon is not intense Tame pasture grass planted In areas will be helpful if d enough to have any effect on plant growth or plant disease. The chief pastured to sheep, for the weeds will Competition for good accomplished by these beliefs be taken first as embodied in rural lore, is through growth, and close grazing by sheep the systematizing of farm work, will make it extremely difficult for Is fixing a time for various activities weeds to grow. If a tame pasture be should freand the force imparted to the planted, a good seedbed Do it prepared, for grass seeds are very necessary injunction, quently small, and should not be covered deeply. A good seedbed will Insure a better stand of grass and therefore STATE ROAD COMMISSION greater competition for the weeds. AWARDS CONTRACT Much work and trouble with weeds could be avoided by eradicating perContract for the construction of ennial weeds while In small patches. 10.98 miles of highway between the Everyone confronted by the weed probSand Wash and Fruitland in Dulem should make an effort to learn to awarded by been has chesne county distinguish the noxious weeds in order the to commission the state road to be prepared to get rid of them company Construction Reynolds-El- y when they are first noticed. of Springville. Under the contract the project will cost approximately Low-Head- ed Trees Most $114,955.48. Desirable for Handling After the orchard Is set Is it wise to lamb Having a healthy, vigorous to cut the trees back? It Is. With the game, start with is a big part of such fruits as peaches and plums the constantIs one but even then unless bark Is very thin, and if the trees are come will evils allowed to head out several feet from ly on the alert other exto the herd. the ground It Is likely that the be . will branches posed body and lower tosows or several are August Where there sun scalded during July that When a tree Is sun scalded the bark happens it frequently gether; cross-anoff there is one in the herd that is (usually on the west side) peels Remove the and others. the enter damage that fights and Insects trees. To avoid sun scald cut, the the offending one at once. peach and pIumJrggaJlACkJhgiL.tIlgI - weed-infeste- are planfecT to a height of 18 to 29 Inches so that the head will start 5 HYT0N from fhta height- and the shade furnished by the foliage will protect the trees body of the tree.. the because not are desirable only J. H. Hunkey who resides on the eliminated, is scale sun of possibility South My, ton bench, recently disbut because the fruit may be harof his alfalfa seed which was vested more, easily and quickly, and posed Cossack variety and high of the done spraying and pruning can be Northrup-Kin- g sompany were - Low-head- ed grade. more thoroughly. .$ :;tt !' t! I Agricultural Hints t t Its ft t the early pruner who gets all his trees In shape. Sudan grass is no good for early temporary pasture but It Is splendid from July 15 on until frost. About three pounds of bright alfalft or clover hay a day or 400 pounds for the season is usually sufficient for a ewe. There Is a general rale that it takes tons of alfalfa and about 50 tons of grain to put a gain oh lambs. 1,000 100 30-poun- d Vaccination or Immunization against cholera cannot be' safely performed during the last two or three weeks before farrowing. Pigs, as also other live stock, seem to be doing better this year on corn of good quality than on what we had to feed them the two previous years. - The best thing to do for swine flu, which Is apparently Increasing, Is to maintain a high degree of resistance In the herd. Swine should be kept In quarters. dry and well-ventilat- ed 00 When It comes to salt the lower animals are humans. They want salt. And must have It. Lower animals dont get salt sprinkled on their foods, as do humans, but they need It, nevertheless. - r r the buyers, through their local representative, Fred Burger. Cbas. 'Wall and John Zerker are planning to go into the chicken industry. They recently finished a chicken house to be used for that purpose and during the past week received a shipment of 500 day-ol- d chicks from California. They expect later when final arrangements ire completed to move them to Mr. Wall's ranch in the South Myton bench district. They expect also to get a flock of turkeys and Mr. Wall Intends to plant several acres of grain in order to furnish later feed for them. This industry is one that has proven profitable in the past and has a permanent future in lhi3 part of the basin. Under the supervision of T. C. Guyu of Myton, resident engineer of the Uintah irrigation project, water has been turned into several of the government laterals that run throdgh this place. This Is proving very beneficial to a good many people who use it for culinary and stock purposes. The recent snow storm here recently, according to the government record was 11 Inches. The heaviest for the past five years and the water content was estimated at about one inch. The storm was followed by warm weather which melted the snow, causing it to soak into the. ground which will prove very beneficial to the farmers. Although some of the roads have been very muddy and almost Impassable for several days. The sheepmen report that the sheep, on the range in the Nine Mile section Bouth of here are coming through the winter in fairly good shape, but because of the long winter it has been necessary to feed heavi r. George TIngley, Sr., who last year tract of land purchased a across the Duchesne river on the Victory highway from Duchesne for several weeks has had a force of men an.d teams at work plowing, scraping, leveling and hauling fertilizer and putting the ground in first class shape. Mr. TIngley to expermient on different kinds of beans, raising them for seed purposes. Consdierable interest is manifested in the outcome of thi3 project and It i3 hoped it may prove a coming industry of the basin. . - One of the best ways in the world to sell pork Is through the cured meat route. It you have idle land on yonr farm It will pay yon In the long ran to start some trees on it Clemson college sagely reminds us that a fertile mind is no less Important to profitable farming than a fertile sod. 10-ac- re ex-pe- ctf Dont forget that your horses need exercise. Let them out In the paddock or small pasture for a few hours and It will be worthmuni. pounds of feed. rooder House Needed Now for Young Chicks If you nave something to sell and are in a big hurry to sell it, let Probably no building is more need-- the classified advertising departright now than a new brooder ment of THE ROOSEVELT STANDuse. One of the chief sources nl ARD nrnve its ahilltv as a Sfi r:f b.hv oVr-- ' Tb--aud efficient. caltin medium. ' proper brooding lueillties, anil . cost is small. I jod brooder house' will very nearly iy its cost In the first season. A brooder house Is not a compll-ite- structure. A simple shed type common, but It must be built with warm floor, tight, warm walls and tight rocf. The use of good heavy ulldlng paper on the Inside walls will :op all possibility of cracks, and will take It easier to maintain an even smperature. Bear in mind that in old weather 00 per cent of the heat a building Is lost through the root herefore, use an extra layer of build-i- g paper or one thickness of heavy allboard under the roof. TUrCLMY & EONS - BUYERS OF C:cd, Y7od, Uczcj, Pelts CRd all lawfully 1 WIlyMl A C LTjJTCH, UTAH P. O. CIS 64. J |