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'vV r Grcattr'Caeha’ Valley Edition The Herald Journal 'Thursday June H H5T — 7 Where It Goes acre feet of water by 'agricultural' erops '& acre feet is used by native vege Utlon sucb us the cattails and tules shown above on the banks of the river i For every 10 Used " j Rafar Tfl GlVO " ‘ - But Let s Ask Each of Mrs ' 4 claimed the prayer Eddie confessed the toy was Freddy’s and said “but let's Mrs Brewer suggested they ask Jesus to make him share1 kneel and “ask God to make you " tell the truth The bee is the most valuable of' They knelt Before he began the the insects ofthe worldQ Freddy and Eddy k' J Howard twin ‘ spni four-yesr-d- d hi toy was t v s r t J ' A X e SHAROX BIGALKE QUKEX sands of visitors fromall over the nation during Minneapolis Aquatennlal time in July Sharon is pretty— and she also can cook of Minneapolis salutes the farm She witl welcome thou wife as she si!x among some “friends” New York City Egg Pricing Merchandising Youngsters Subject of ResearcjStudy Like To Garden ' Egg consumers Every spring New York school children prove that something besides taxes can be raised on city land Vegetable and flower gardens sprout in school yards and on vacant lots not shadowed by Many of the gardeners 10 to 11 years did begin as com plete stranger? to the products they grow But this doesn’t dim- -' inish their enthusiasm said (Mike) Button director of school gardens for the Board of Education The garden project began in 1908 with one p'ot nl Manhattan's Public School St Today 400 of New York's ft'J jmbiic" schools have their own gardens Button said Others i called miracle gardens property In are on Brooklyn the Bronx Manhattan and Queens end are part of a 1 year old project The sponsors are the Board of Education' the Bronx "Rotary Club the Abraham and Straus department store: and The Citizens Committee lq Keep llo-mai- city-owne- d 3-- ’KRir York City Clean outnumber the j)oy gardeners Not 1 in the protect from lack of interest But tbn said as from the boys' gpn- viction' that girls aren't strong enough for the work "But sometimes a boy will bring along a little sisler ho hasto look after anyway” Button explanicd The program tries to enlist as many "problem' chi'dron” and neighborhood leaders as possible he said both to reduce vandalism and attract other youngsters in healthful rewarding after school work any"They’re happy to try a horticul-turis- l Button said thing" and funner school teacher "Sometimes wo pave to tell them they how to use the raise Swiss chard for instance and Chinese cabbage" But most of I he young dirt farmers recognize a radish beet or string bran These and other standards such ay lettuce and carrots arc Ijicir best ami favor“ lte crops Tlic bii'gcst problem faced by supervising teachers is persuad"with tire- ing youngsters to stick some weeding said Button Most used of the teachers to garden back home But poten - Their Job isn't easy tlif Arguments a bout “favoritism arc avoided by Mling everyone work on the entire garden The average miracle plot measures 25 by 100 feet school gardens are ' usually 50 by 100 Because many cubic feet of needed lo make city topsoil-are land arable the vegetables grown most may be among the world's ' expensive The crop yield? Last year's was s 450 pounds from the miracle girls ' ' - -- 3 to In Balt Lake cent of their eggs from retail stores 22 per cent buy direct from producers and only a small per centage of egg customers indicated any preference for a particular brand These are some of the findings of a Utah Agricultural Experiment Station study of' "Consumer Response to Egg Pricing and Merchandising Practices of Re- ! per cent Increase In price average per capita consumption of eggs in Salt Lake City was just under 8 eggs per veek but varied considerably among families 3 Seventy per cent of eggs purchased from six Sait Lake City supermarkets were for table use and 30 per cent for cooking and Lake City conaiimere queried had their own chickens 7 Retailers can Increase egg sales by paying attention to price differentials for grade ' ' 8 Consumers did not Increase their egg purchases ar a result e 'of advertising and the appeal of food economy and nutritive value was also ineffecbaking- tive j was the most popular 9 Larger stores including most Frying tail Stores" eggs for table use according to chains handle only branded eggs ' Dr Roice H Anderson associ- Interviews while smaller stores stock a ate professor of agricultural ec5 Consumers who purchase choice of unbranded ungraded! - onomics at Utah State University eggs in retail stores tend to con- eggs directed the study as part of ‘a sider them as a regular grocery 10 Of the eggs sold through! Western Regional egg marketing item and' make their egg selection supermarkets about 40 per cent project in which Utah Slate re- from available brands qualities were grade AA lareg 36 per cent searchers were assigned the stu- and sizes where they do their were grade A large and 16 per cent grade A medium Only alx dy of retail merchandising and regular food shopping : 6 Four per cent of the Salt pricing practices 'per cent were grade A small Results of the scientific study which indicates about 80 per- cent of the eggs sold in Utah retail stores are supplied by egg handlers and displayed in their branded cartons are detailed in a new publication' of the' experiment station released this week Among ofher interesting egg facts uncovered bV Dr Anderson and Ids associates are these: 1 The cfcipand for eggs is relatively inelastic A seasonal incent in sales was crease of r accompanied by a 17 per cent decrease in price aiid a 10 per cent decrease in laics accompanied a City buy 66 ‘per 16 2 The 1 point-of-sal- i j Association - 1 Bank Reports Study Of Irrigation r A study being made by Lyman 5 Willardson irrigation engineer for the soil and water research division U5DA and a collaborator assigned to the Utah agricul- tural experiment station reveals some very Interesting facts irrigation For one the amount of water required by various crops often bears little relationship to the amount of water used by the farmer who irrigates them Willardson arrived at this conclusion followirg a study which he along with his associates have made in the Escalante valley In Iron Washington - J In the Progress and Beaver counties for here all Irrigation water used on farms g pumped’ and metered at 'the wells He now says that “better management of the state’s available water resourres can appreciably reduceirrigaliqq MStSjWhUe! the same tme increasing pro- duction and conserving scarce A lot of work water supplies has already been done oiithe water needs of crops but little is known about the water needs of Some of it was sold from the farmers who Irrigate those s pushcarts at City Hall Plaza as crops" Interest fosicr to stunt publicity Irrigation is not an exact sciIn the program Net profit $1055 ence but same farmers have attained quite an "art" in efficient handling of water he points out Nutrition-Stu- dy Most ‘farmers however are still just “watering" their crops without regard to ibe type of soil or the optimum rate of application in mineral nutrition Progrrs of plants has paralleled progress In chemistry Khowjedgo of the nurolefTlsyrd In the plant by and trients such as potassium Most additional water for Utah magnesium Issbcing gained' by Bause of instruments such as the must come from the Colorado is the there possibilsin although U Beckman 'spcfirophotomPter adWith this Instrument scientists ity of obtaining’ considerable lean stpdy the effect of Individ-fili- ditional water from the Weber mliitral nutrients on enzyme and Bear rivers Multiple use of several users systems which play an Important the satpo water by - Is an effective means of Increasmetaboland part jn Ism of plants' ing the efficient use ofwater gar-den- J j I h at First Security Bank recognize our responsibility ' We " " ¥ to this area — to provide complete banking seroice to individuals agriculture aod industry We are vitally interested in the individual civic and for this area U both yours— economic development " and ours 1 All of us benefit as this area prospers Plant Extended Multiple Us (XEj0l? 003QQC3u7 (32CDG3 i fint Security Sank al 'I ' fev ' 1r -J- -"' r© j ' SP-fi t '0 ' :fr v I? 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