Show - u:r:ss— ' iTiwTijt ' lllWMMn' i Greater Cache Valley Edition The Herald Journal Thursday June II 1959— f when proper precautions are tak- en well and good drainage was pro- vided Then the silo was sealed ffitli an cover Theae new In the Peftn State experiments grass was harvested early and put plastic covers make horizontal than up with a preservative (sodium los metabisuWte) It was packed shows alr-tlg- more-practi- ’ ' Silage makes sense This is the consensus of searchers at two Universities cording to “Grassland News" This “packaged pasture" comes when regular cal ever-resear- ch si- l) L 0 COD C— 00 Authorities of Lincoln Park Zoo advised a thief today that he'd be smart to return the exhibit he stole' firom a display ease It's a" ' I’ve tarantula re- iii mighty handy sc-- pesluresgct'short say specialists at the University of Maryland and Pennsylvania State University ' If the summer ahead should be unusalty dry grass silage can be i a real lifcsavei those 'experts ' : point out - And even if farmers don’t need grass silage for summer feeding it can be stored for next fall andj winter Extension dairyman John Die- trich of Maryland reports that properly’ preserved grass silage Is almost as good as pasture itself By D C Dix “And cows really love it” he ' “ It normally takes a dozen years adds or- - more to breed a genetic In addiUongrasa silage is ecchange into a plant variety but onomical r” scientists at Utah State AgriculTests allow Uiat grass keeps bettural Experiment Station are cut- ter if its cut early at the most ting that time through radiation stage of seed add “twice-a-yeaIf farmers are saving (heir up-- 1 crop- ' silo for corn silage lalcr on pine- S ght Improved characteristic have' ielrich maintainstliat it will pay been bred jpto an already desir- to build a horizontal nr trench able barley variety by radiation type silo for grass silage INTERMOUNTAIN In a few hnnn a bulldozer ran induced mutations and the breedtrench silo scoop out a ing program has been by growing two “genera- that will cost less than $100 he tions"-of seed yearly under a says If wet ground is a problem a cooperative agreement with othei horizontal silo' can be built on top scientists in California Dr'Holiq W Woodward and of the' ground by pushing up two Dr Wade G" Dewey U S De- parallel banks of dirt to form (lie partment of’AgricbHure scientists sides Diclrieh suggests Penn State test show ’ grass assigned to the Utah 'station ex pect shortly to bring out a new Sttage made in trerfeh silos has line of Bonneville barley which just as 'good quality and feed val silos j will not only be easier to thresh ue as that made'jnr-uprigh-t hut may be more productive and Slightly earlier than the parent variety Popular Type Bonneville is a popular barley variety developed a number of years ago at the Utah station and now widely grown in Utah and elsewhere in the West Its principle drawback is its difficult-lo-thrcs- h qualities In hopes of making Bonneville an easy to thresh type Dr Woodward several years ago sent Bonneville seed to Brookhaven National Laboratories on Long Island where it was irradiated with and thermal ' neutrons From 'the thousands of individual plants many of them worthless ’grown from this radiated seed he selected only those plants and their progeny showing ease of threshing characteristics and thus started the long gnd tedious process involved in developing an improved variety To further hasten the 'process by inalready given a heat-staduced imitation the two scientists made the most of a reciprowith cal arrangement other USDAr scientists in California a tic sent some of the seed to Braw-le- y Califwo be grown during the winter months harvest about April and the new “generation'’ of seed in Utah Ir May The - two plant scientists trav- eled to Brawley in April where they harvested a crop of “breeders" seed by careful selection of Individual rows The “breeder" seed obtained there was planted in Utah In May and the resulting crop will' be harvested this fall as the “foundation” seed for the new easy to thresh Bonneville The Jwo experiment station scientists have not pushed this particular' breeding project to the maximum but even so will shave a number of years off the time normally required to breed an Improved variety observed Dr Dewey The Utah station has cooperatFor the past 46 years Logan Savings and Loan Association has been actively ened with the California plant breeders in growing early genergaged in helping Cache Valley Farmers Dairymen and others to own their own homes ation flax seed in Utah for re- planting during the winter at' We have funds available for buying building or improving farm homes and our long Brawley Dr Woodward said v j RadiatioifUsed j To Improve to the outstanding j w Seed Varieties : -- j ' Cache Valley Dairy Industry us r" i further-accelerat- LESS FREQUENT sight in today's farming operations la that of a man and boy atop a load of hay with the wagon drawn ' by horses II RETIRES TO Zollinger of Providence still enjoys driving team — even if it docs seem “out of the past" and if tractors continue to Increase ' - Ma- Prominent Cache Citizen Now retired and Va little lost" his lifetime farming is a prominent Providence cattle and dairy man II M Zollinger who will reach his 78th birthday this October Half of his 60 acre farm was sold approximately a year and a half ago and the remainder is now being rented Until the age of 75 Mr Zollinger did bis own farm work and did it without the aid of modem farm- - lng machinery i from the beginning to the end of the season Mr Zollinger also finds more lime now for reading a worthwhile pastime which he never “had quite enough time for" bc--i fore : iJi— — Study Involves Apple Demand Today he busies himself gardening and find a great deal of “How big should “fen apple be?" satisfaction comes from- keeping The level of consumer income p condihis lovely yard in has a direct effbet on the prefer-enr- e tion ' for different sizes of Red Flower of many varieties are found’ at the immaculate Zollinger Delicious apples in Salt Lake residence - and his gardens are City retail markets Agricultural economists of the planned ko that some are In bloom Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Utah State University found that apple consumers in medium and low income areas e customers in area dividpd their purchases more even'y' between large and small ' applesDr Ellis V Lamborn associate professor of agricultural ecThe following practices have onomics at USU who directed the been tested at the Dairy Exper- special study said major objectimental Farm in Logan and are ives of the inquiry was to determrecommended for Conditions sim- ine the nature of the demand for ilar to those found In the major different sizes of Red Delicious valleys of Utah: apples sold through retail grocery 1 Dairy cattle produce Just as stores Dr Lamborn and hla assistant well when grazing as In dry lot They harvest forage more econo- In the project William L Park mically than high priced farm notqd a decided preference for machinery larger apples in three widely sep2 In areas where good quality arated Salt Lake City markets alfalfa hay can be produced en- immediately before Thanksgiv— siled alfalfa Is not as good a ing Ah the price of smaller apples feed as hay When silage replaced hay cows consumed less pro- decreased relative to that of duced less milk and lost in body large apples" the volume of sales of small ' apples increased weight 3' Data from a study over a “The maximum return for sale number of years Indicate that grain feeding' may be reduced of apples occurred If small apples when cows graze Improved irri- were sold at four cents less per pound than the largrt ones" Dr gated pastures 4 Open shed housing for dairy lAmborn found Dr Lamborn iaid through imcattle Is the most satisfactory type Construction is much less proved management -- practices expensive than a stanchion barn apple growers can produce fruit cows have less trouble with of the general size desired by lameness orj stiffness but they consumers but the big question will consume more roughage has been what size (Joes the public want? and use more bedding tip-To- Dairy Experiment high-incom- FarmNotes Tested Practices’- 100-to- n j GARDENIN- G- after spending ed - native of providence he Is married to the ioriher Eliza Stir-lan- d who also calls Providence her first home They are the parents of seven sons and daughters: Mrs Aldon (Ora) Thompson Tremonton‘ Lyman Zollinger Thatcher Utah: Mrs Ray (Inez) Dee Springdale ' Idaho Blanche Madsen a dietician at the Logan LDS Hospital Mrs Dan (Fcm)fcZohner P4ul Idaho Dean Zollinger Roberts Idaho and Clayne Zollinger Deelo Ida Active both in the community and in the LDS Church Mr Zollinger served as ward bishop for memo than seven years and has held many different positions in all of the church 'auxiliaries At the present time he is group leader of the High Priest's and has served In this capacity for the past ten years He has been a member of the Town Board in Providence' for two different terms and has served as president of the Providence Blacksmith Fork Irrigation Co He was also vice president of the Irrigation Company for some 37 years Mr Zollinger believes that hard work more than anything else keeps a man front : looking and feeling old Up also credits fils 32 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren for helping to keep him and his wife Logan-Providen- young-al-hra- rt Too Many Kids Eat Only Fair Breakfasts Dairy Suppliers' Association rt TO BUY Studies on (he breakfasts of school children beages of 5 and 21 have showq that the majority of children are eating only fair breakfasts As the age of the child Increases the rating of thq breakfast goes down Calcium vitamin C and Iron were the nutrients most often found deficient in the diets of Utah school children Adolescent girls used least milk Hemoglobin values and red Cell count were mutfh better in girls with s well balanced diet 1294 Utah tween- the TO BUILD TO IMPROVE experience in making these loans is your assurance of complete satisfaction Come in any time andtef's talk over your plansA convenient crop payment plan can be arranged on FHA or CONVENTIONAL LOANS I ’ Whether You Wish to Borrow or Save ©demise? ’©r Logan Savings and Loan Offers You MORE! then! you can't afford NOT to see us - 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