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Show V, N'JtaXNl JcLC.JnG f .3fl 3tv t if. hdmvw nvnMaj.va vt vxr MVfxri vivNMnnr-(nvMM- "iViaiilCnliilllK gricuJturaI Oroup Oountry Itnlj Recommends 942 Farm Plans 1 urged to produce more of the things to eat on the farm: a den. poultry products, fruits, meats, and milk. When members of the planning committee attend Farm Bureau, dairy, sugar beet, pea meetings, or church gatherings, the committee suggests that they devote some time to a discussion of the piiases of planning board suggestions in order to acquaint farmers with these recommenda-- I tions and to assist to put them into practice. Committee A. W. Chambers, chairman. and 180 acres of beans. The goal set is 1 .. tons of peas per acre with an increase in price for this year. The yield of beans should be maintained at 5 toils per acre or better. Cooperation with the horticul-earl- y tural department of the college is desirable to determine the time of irrigations and harvesting of peas. Growers should cooperate with officials of the company, the sociation. and Dr. Knowlton's de partment at the college to con- trol aphid and pea weavil. All ground where peas are grown on Cache county grows 38.00 acres cf alfalfa. Irrigated ground pro-- ! less than three tons of j hay to the acre, unless it is new should be plowed and 8 Haifa, plantec to other crops. Due to al- falfa lit. fields are running out so farmers should watch and in most cases not leave them in more than four years. Maxi- inurn production is usually reach- - j ed about the third year. If al- falfa is plowed oftener and new made, maximum pro- duction can be obtained with a better quality of hay. When available add manure to j ' gar-cluci- 5 tons of manure per suggest A. acre to beets and then more a study on the use of phosphate ville; C. V. Clark. Smithfield; for pea production. J. Harper. Trenton: E. E. Hendmanure can be applied to alfalLo-Cold Lewiston: John ricks. Welch, Storage j fa land and pasture. More work should be done lookgan: Sam Christensen, Logan: A. Use good harcy varieties of Mrs. to cold P. forward Christensen. obstorage plans Logan; ing as seed and as far possible carrying over meats, vege- Florence Allen. Cove; Mrs. Mar-v- a tain those recommended by the for and fruits. Use of local table. Hansen, Paradise; Mrs S. S. as the such station, experiment fruit should be encouraged in- Lower, Lewiston; W. W. Owens, Pioneer' alfalfa seec'. stead of using fruit shippad in. USAC: Christensen, Alphonso GraHWt Poor lands that have been All families of the countv are Newton. should be growing native grassesother grass- improved by planting es aid clover seed in them in- stead of plowing them up and attempting to make other kinds of farm land out of them. Fol- lowing are new varieties of grass and clover adapted to low wet j lands: Heed canarv grass. Meadow fescue. Rye grass. Strawberry j Ladine clover, Alsike clover, clover. On high land and foothills plant crested wheatgrass and sienaer wheatgrass to improve ranges. The committee recommends more new pastures by plantinggood grass mixtures, and iin- provement of old pastures by har- rowing, use of manure and phos-of phate. ar.d better varieties t grasses and clovers seeded in them. Corn For Silage t f Importance of corn silage in and for ration feed the dairy beef cattle is recognized, so the committee recommends that we increase to 1800 acres of corn help win the war br protlucii.g more milk, urges this f. S. where machines can be had to Farplant: and harvest the crop. mers are advised to investigate IMPORTS SMALL the building of pit and snow fence silos and to grow corn to fill them. To find out the vaIN CATTLE FIELD rieties of corn to grow, consult the county agents' office or plant bne of the good hybrid varieties. The American beef market beCereals American farmer Increase barley to 20.000 acres longs to the and is controlled rancher, for 1942, is recommended. This and dominated by him, says a will take the place of a lot of and this week from wheat acreage on irrigated land statement issued AAA office. Utah state and increase barley for feed for theSince statement, dairy. . beef cattle, hogs, and annual 1923, says ofthe cattle and imports poultry, and will eliminate to a beef have in of averaged only 3 per great degree the shipping corn for poultry feed. Farmers cent of our total domestic proare advised to provide storage for duction. These imports have varied from year to year in barley so it can be kept for feed. "Send it out on four legs in- accordance with the level of and beef prices. In 1929. cattle stead of four wheels". Use Velvon and Thebi barley for instance, when puces were high, imports equalled nearly 6 and Utan oats for seed. Use dry treatment to control per cent of domestic production. smut. During the depression as prices Lass wheat should be grwon on declined, imports also declined, until in 193V they equalled only irrigatedtheland so as to toleave the 1 per cent of domestic productmost of wheat growing ion. Later, when prices improve, dry farmers. Sugar Berts imports again expanded someSeme sugar beets should be what- In 1937 when prices were there around levels, grown on every farm if is land suitable to produce 12 or imports were equal to about 8 more tons per acre. All avail- per cent of the domestic proable ground suitable for beets duction. In 1940 imports were not infested with nematode a little more than 4 per cent of should be planted to beets this domestic production. Live cattle from Canada and year to fill the government's with canned request for sugar. It is bad pracMexico, together inon to tice badly plant beets beef, largely corned beef from fested nematode land. A definte South American countries, comsystem of crop rotation is re- prise the bulk of these imports. commended with new ground for The imports of canned beef in beets every year as far as pos- - terms of carcass beef usually sible in order to raise the count exceed those of live cattle average to 16 tons per acre. of- Imports of live dutiable cattle Ground should be manured the pa)t four year9 have ten but not too heavy at a time, during been 80mewaat higher than the 32 to IS tons to the acre is suf- level. For the ficicnt. If you have more ma- - j937.40H period th averaged annualf nure, apply it o alfalfa or pas- head a3 cm ture, but use the manure, says454.670 for the 1927- wlth tne planning board. Through pro- rpX) npriml fertilization, better per rotation, ImPrt3 of canned beef in practices in the preparation oft somewhat ground, drilling, thinning. age weeding, and irrigation, the acre- 'JePr-ssiolevels, as the United substanincreased be can yield States has come to depend altialiy. entirely upon South AmeriA letter, authorized by the most ca for its canned beef. planning board, will be sent to Prior to 1934 this country bad every sugar beet and pea grow- practically ceased producing er by the county agent calling canned beef, as facilities for their attention to good cultural this of type canning in the1 practices such as the checking of packing were very lim-drilis, use of plenty of seed, pre- ited and industry as American packers paration of land, thinning, and found that other' irrigation, which it is hoped will apparently the1 of methods were sale for bririg higher yields to the pro- most part more economical. Be-- j ducers. fore the war quantities were canRepair farm machinery early. ned domestically but this beefj Canning Crops came largely from low grade It is recommended for 1942 that secattle ar.d was inferior in qual-- j the canning crops association to acres that now imported. of 2,750 ity cure a pea acreage , r" na si 12-1- j More and better alfalfa will be needed io meet milk and meat production goals This hayfield north of Gartand Is a good example of what AAA has done to build Utah soils. L. E. Wasson, the owner of this field, has been an AAA cooperator since the first program started. AI.FALFA SEED FOR SALE i j . I Buy now if you want individual farmer need grown in Cache county . . . Cleaned by our Northern Utah Modern Seed Cleaning Plant. Unblemished or mixed with other alfalfa seed and tested for purity and germination by Utah State weed am lists. Mountain King Seeds Are Best! P VALLEY SEED COMPANY CACHE ry Smithfield, Utah Phone: Logan, Hot Smithfield 127 D. A. farm poster. 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