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Show Poga 6 UTAH FARM BUREAU March, 1967 NEWS Dairy Short Course Hears of Mew Research USU Management and merchandising received special attention at the 33rd annual Utah State University Dairy Short Course held on campus February 28- - March 2. The program began at 10 a.m. February 28f and ended with an Awards Luncheon at noon on March 2t according to Dr. C. A. Ern-stroprofessor, Dairy Science, and John Barnard, Extension dairy of the specialist, event. The short course was sponsored Jointly by the USU Department of Dairy Science and Utah ExIt was suptension Services. Utah the Department ported by of Agriculture, Utah Dairy processing companies, dairy suppliers and health organizations. At the short course, latest research developments and assistance to coordinate the programs of plant management and manufacturing personnel were presented. m, co-chair- Watch Out For Pests Home gardeners, farmers, campers, and hikers are urged by Welby Young, at speakers stand, andothermembersof a Utah Dairy Short Course panel which discussed "How Should the Dairy Industry React to Competition from Substitutes". Seated are A. W. Chambers, Glen Garrett, Leonard Manwaring, William Godfrey and Dr. Morris Taylor. "Is Your Irrigation Pump Ready for Spring? 4 We 4 the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep a sharp lookout for any unusual insect damage to crops, ornamentals, or trees. Such damage should be reported at once to county agricultural agents or State or Federal entomologists, officials in USDAs Research Service Agricultural state. It could mean that a. new foreign pest has sneaked past quarantine barriers, or that a native insect is building up to dangerous proportions. Early detection often makes it possible to eradicate the pest before it can cause widespread damage and require extensive control efforts. This was the case last summer when the Mediterranean fruit fly invaded the southern tip of Texas. The finding of a single adult Medfly brought on a control program that eradicated the infestation in record time and without economic losses to any of the fruits and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valle. The first fly was found June 13; the last July 27 - - a period of only 44 days. Last year, in addition to the Medfly, 11 new insects were reported in the United States by ARS pest control agencies. These included 4 species new to North America. In addition, there were 120 new State records reported of pests enlarging their area of infestation within the Nation. offer the only complete sub- mersible pump testing service equipment in the region. We offer complete pump and electric motor repair service. We offer the only pump field service in the nationl Have Your Pump Checked Now and Avoid the Rush! aca ZUchic Mot&i, 9te. Utah Group Sees Burlington, Colo. Stockyards Setup Among the featured speakers were Dr. Dee R. Morgan, quality A group of twelve Farm Bureau control director, Dairy Division of leaders together with the mayor of Dr. Salina and Safeway Stores, Oakland; a contractor from FillNorman F. Olson, University of more, traveled to Burlington, CoWisconsin; M. S. Morse, Presto lorado March 10,11 and 12th to Foods, Inc., Los Angeles; Fred observe the operations of the new Lofsvald, U.S. Food and Drug Adstockyards there. A visit was also ministration, Denver, Colorado; made to the Denver and Rio Grande Donald K. Summers, U.S. Public Railroad offices to discuss a posHealth Service, C.L. Riser, U.S. sible land purchase. Department of Agriculture; Ray The group was an official deleCollins, Cream O Weber Company, Ogden; . Dr. John Sherbon, gation representing a livestock Cornell University; R. C. Farris, committee under the chairmanship Borden Company, San Francisco; of Olaf George of Kanosh. The committee has been given the resW. C. Fairbanks, Cakifornia Extension Service, Riverside, and ponsibility of making suitable armembers of the U.S.U. Dairy Staff. rangements for the purchase of land and subsequent building of a Participants considered imilivestock auction under the directation dairy products and their of Utah Agricultural Martion the effect on the market for dairy co-o- ps and the Board of Association how should keting foods, dairy of Utah the State Farm Directors react to the challenge from imiBureau Federation. tation products, advertising and promotion, dairy production, salThe proposed auction, which may monella, residue and other probbe modeled after the Burlington lems. auction with modern facilities inThe Utah Technology Society cluding a display ring which acts hosted a dinner meeting Tuesday as a scale and flashes weights on evening, the Intermountain Dairy an electronic board in foil view of Suppliers Association dinner was buyers, would serve stockmen held Wednesday evening and from a large portion of South-Centr- al the short course ended with the Utah. annual Honors and Recognition (See Pictures on Page 7) Luncheon Thursday noon. 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