Show USU To Play Large Role Land Management Agency Holds Salt Lake Annual In Range Managers Meet Education Session) Dr Lynn James ARS USDA Veterinary Science Division Poisonous Plant Lab USU— “The Federal Researcher His and His Publics" (Continuing Education Session) Charles H Jensen Utah Division of Fish And Game associated staff and four (stationed at USU) and Dr students will present papers in Arthur D Smith Professor USU— Science this major muting attended by Range roughly 1000 members from the “Compatibility of Sheep and Big US and abroad Additionally a Game on a Northern Utah d USU plant judging team Foothill Rangeland" of four students will (Rangeland Wildlife Session) compete in identifying range Dr Martyn Caldwell and his plants and the USU chapter will students Russell Moore and Mr enter a range display in national Richard White— “Gas Exchange of Desert Range Shurbs" competition This year’s theme of the (Rangeland Plant Physiology ASRM meeting is “Rangeland Session) and Man" and Environment Dr M J Trlira former PhD topics covered by USU staff Student at USU and Dr C range vary widely covering Wayne Cook former Professor topics from “Forage Research of Range Science USU— in Prim" to “An Ecological Life "Defoliation Effects on the History of Red Elderberry" and Carbohydrate Reserves of Utah “How About Equal Time for Desert Range Species”) Recreation?" Rangeland Plant Physiology Dr McKell general program Session) Dr William Laycock chairman for the annual U S Forest Service Forestry meeting will present a talk at Sciences and Laboratory the meeting of the Range Professor of Science— "A Range Science Education Committee comparison of Four Distance Other participants and their Measurements Techniques for George Determining Density of Tussock topics are: Dr Creek-Coltharp— “Sheep Grassland Species in New Study in Cooperative Rangeland Zealand" (Ecological Resource Watershed Management” Inventories Session) (Watershed Session) Arturo Paul Conrad US Forest Florez Rockefeller Fellow at Service Forestry Sciences USU— "Forage Research in Laboratory and collaborator Peru” (International Session) Science Dept USU— “An Dr Peter Goodman Post Range Ecological Life History of Red Doctoral Fellow at USU from Welsh Plant Breeding Station Aberystwyth Wales United Kingdom— "Genetic Variability in Grasses and Desert Range Plants” (International Session) Dr Lloyd Drury Associate Director of Extension USU— in "Concepts Continuing A major role will be played by Utah State University faculty and students at the American Society of Range Management's annual meeting in Reno Nevada February IS to IS According to Dr C M McKell Department of Range Science 18 faculty members and Stock-In-Tra- cun-prise- A (Continuing Time for Recreation" and Harvey Dean Gates USU Imge provement— A Natural Process" (Student Session) Dr John Workman Assistant Professor Range Science— "Cost-Siz- e Relationships of Utah stqdent-"Ran- Ranches" Cattle (Socio Dr Economics Session) William C Krueger former graduate student USU and Dr William Laycock US Forestry Laboratory— "Animal Smses in Relation to Forage Service Preference (Range Nutrition and Livestock stocks held by January producers and local dealers totaled 580000 cwt compared with 640000 cwt me year ago and 480000 cwt two years ago Disappearance of potatoes from harvest to January was 508000 cwt this year against 692000 cwt a year earlier The weekly market analysis of American National Cattlemen's Association (ANCA) shows that prices during the February 1 through Feb 5 week for both fed cattle and dressed beef was strengthened from early indications with prices in the extreme East and West up to 83350 to $3500 and dressed beef up to $5400m a New York basis General price ranges for the fed cattle category on average choice steers late in the week ranged from $3050 to $3150 in Mmtana and $3100 to $3200 in Iowa up to $3350 in the eastern Combelt Dressed beef trends quoted Thursday on choice 600 to 700 weight steer beef ranged from $5300 in Los Angeles to $5375 and $5400 and steady in New York the Including the ranch and auction sales feeder cattle prices on 700 to 800 weight steers were from $2800 to $3350 and up to $5000 for 400 and under weight cattle Hide and offal for the week ended Jan 23 was estimated at $196 per hundred pounds live weight compared to $194 the previous week and $240 a year ago Milk Production Levels Reported USES— "An Laycock Evaluation of Weight Estimates Paired Plot and Esophageal Fistula Samples for Deterb mining Diet of Sheep in a Type” (Range Nutrition Production and Livestock vital interest to all stockmen the area BR Ellison director of research for Utah Cooperative Association will discuss the growing problems related to ecology as it affects agriculture Ken Wellard of the Utah Cooperative Association USU County Karl Parker Extension Range Specialist was chairman of the Continuing Education Session and Dr Jack F Hooper adjunct Associate Professor USU and vice president Armenderis Land and Development Co Kansas City Missouri was of the Socio Economics Session A UNICORN! 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Producer's Naylor Coop during the past year and the election of new directors will conclude the meeting While the meeting and the luncheon are free reservations must be made in advance with Manager Ray Minkler at the Coop- Bureau To Set New Boundaries Proposed adjustment of the Uinta National Forest boundary would place 2554497 additional acres within the forest according to a withdrawal ap- cation filed with the Bureau of nd Management by the Forest e Service If the action is consummated the lands would be withdrawn from all forms of appropriation subject to existing valid rights except for provisions of the general mining and mineral leasing laws Encompassed within the new boundary would be 10174 J1 acres of lands according to Robert D Nielson BLM state director for Utah lbs of milk and butterfat in 305 days 18520 708 By Cleon Kotter Carpenter age 84 of Hayden Colorado called me of the deans USU Information Specialist Beef cattle producers who of the cattle industry raise the calves and the conSpeaking to a group of 100 cow-ca- lf sumers who buy the finished operatora from Utah beef both are suffering from a Wyoming and Idaho he printed faulty method of pricing cattle out that loss from unwanted that has been preserved since waste fat produced on beef amounts to about 15 billion the days of marketing grass-fa- t animals That belief was ex- dollars a year in the United pressed Tuesday at Utah State States He said that if the pricing University by Farrington R is corrected so that it results in production of the kind of animals that have a high ratio of lean meat of choice quality it can mean six cents more per pound to the cattle breeder and 10 cents less per pound that the consumer has to pay at the market He said he has been working with others through Performance Registry International and Better Beef Inc to try to itir up ways by which the He explained that crossing animals of different breeds or crossing straight lines within a breed is aimed to add one or a had lbs of few genes blend desirable characteristics and capitalize on hybrid vigor Howeve crossing is not done without problems Buyer acceptance is one of the main ones He suggested arranging to sell the animals on the merits of their carcasses and Genetic follow them through difficulties from overlaping of generations may also be experienced unless the animals are carefully managed he said ld produced 18680 lbs of milk and 686 lbs of butterfat in 345 days Ideograph Marshall 6964982 a had 17280 lbs of milk and 631 lbs of butterfat in 305 days Both are included in the herd tested for Ross H Considerable ld Gordon Lewiston 1 Beef business Extension Agent as it effects the cow-caoperators and the consumers is discussed at Utah State University short course by long-tim- e lf rattle producer Farrington R Carpenter of Hayden Colo Robert Redd young cattleman from Mouticeilo Utah and Dr Norris Steuquist USU extension livestock specialist T discussion focused on disease management and heifer development introduced by USU staff members Dr John E Butcher Dr Jay W Cali and Dr Don W Thomas 15-1- Last week we reported in this column that the corn seminar for Cache and Box Elder growers would be held Tuesday February 16 at Tremonton This has been changed to at the Community Center 24 N Brigham City It will be held 3 W starting at 10:00 am You can’t afford to miss this event as it covers corn and silage production from seed varieties and sources to tillage in planting fertilization irrigation weed and insect control harvest and storage methods (including additives) and feeding DHI RECORD SCHOOL FEBRUARY Campus taycock will present a paper on research done in cooperation with the Agriculture Research Service on the diet of sheep at the UJS Sheep Experiment Station at Dubois Idaho He will also present a paper on work uone for the New Zeland Forest Service during 1969 and 1970 Conrad will present a paper dealing with life history studies of an important summer range shrub red elderberry According to Dr Laycock more than a thousand scientists ranchers and educators will gather in Reno from all parts of the nation and at least ten foreign countries 19 The Farm Bureau office and their dairy committee are leading the way to encourage all dairymen to become acquainted the DHI records and use them for daily improvement They have scheduled a DHI Records School at the Cache Valley Breeding Association bams on next Friday February 19 A session from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon will be for all dairymen to learn of the records and how to use them A session from pm is for dairymen on CHI to learn to use their records to best advantage By using these records with good management the dairy production in Cache County can continue to soar Health Management Of Animals Meeting Topic - ROOSEVELT Lack of health animal proper management is costing Utah farmers and ranchers a considerable amount of money observes Dr Don W Thomas Utah State University extension veterinarian He noted that these people lose considerably from sick animals that die and even more from the larger numbers that become unthrifty and unprofitable In production Dr Thomas will team with a local veterinarian from Uintah 17 Basin Feb and 18 in trained veterinarians on animal health problems throughout the state he has published over 100 different articles providing useful Information on specific aspects of animal health He said “Misuse of drugs and vaccines is a rather frequently encountered problem in the Uintah Basin and in other parts of Utah A lot of times producers use drugs where vaccines would be better and vice versa "Some animal diseases occur animal health discussing management This will be done in the last of a series of seven agricultural production conferences sponsored by the USU Unitah Basin Center for Continuing Education and held at Manila Vernal and Roosevelt generally throughout Utah while others are quite specific to certain areas Both types will be discussed in the conferences Black's disease in sheep and cattle is an example of one disease that is peculiar to the Uintah Basin and Emery County areas It is not commonly included in vaccinations in most other parts of the state But where it is a problem vaccination becomes important" Dr Thomas said THIS BICYCLE WILL BE GIVEN Dr Thomas is a native of Spanish Fork where he was raised on a dairy farm He received his bachelor's degree from Utah State University in 1949 and his doctor of veterinary medicine from Iowa State Sub1953 in University he did animal sequently diagnostic work in California until he was appointed extension veterinarian at USU in 1954 Besides working with groups of farmers and ranchers and Tax Help Is Noted For Farmers efficiency Ideograph Charmer Lorna three-year-o- breeders can see that they are getting payed too little for animals of high cutability (that have a high potential for producing a large amount of lean meat) and are getting paid too much for low cutting cattle Yield grades on carcasses are important but there must be a ' means of identifying the animals and recognizing their potentials at an early age Cross-breedin- four-year-o- ld a The spokesman said that many livestock producers who have never marketed through Producer's will be surprised by marketing methods used there Animal weights tor instance are recorded by electronical means in seconds and average weights and accumulative weights of herds are also computed and shown on their modern equipment Ail sales are guaranteed by Producer’s and the organization is bonded to nearly one million dollars to protect the purchaser and the seller says the representative Payment is made at the time of the sale Dr James A Bennett head Department of Animal Science USU noted that much is being done to improve the kind of beef animals that produce more lean g meat is one method It has gained a lot of attention in recent years from cattlemen who look to the faster gaining and increased gaining Joey Carmen 6382188 a had 18040 lbs of milk and 655 lbs of butterfat in 304 days Both are included in the herd tested for Abbey of Our Lady of The Holy Trinity Inc Huntsville 6456979 Marketing Association of North Salt Lake has announced an increase in the size of its auctions due to the closure of the Ogden Livestock Auction of Ogden The association will now hold two auctions a week one on Monday and one on Wednesday in North Salt Lake to help handle the livestock that Ogden had marketed in the past according to an association spokesman Faulty Method Of Pricing Cattle Cited Gallant Sophia three-year-o- ld Livestock USU Beef Speaker Holstein-Friesia- n a 1100 N CORN SEMINAR AT FIRST GLANCE one might think this is a unicorn grazing quietly In Yuba County Calif but closer inspection reveals the animal is a herford steer with a horn growing out of the middle of its head (UPI Telephoto) Association of America The actual food production output recorded in the DH1R program by these loral Registered Holsteira is 6631385 Dr William A Laycock 536 E and Paul W Conrad 1480 Highland Drive will attend the 24th annual meeting of the Society ofr Range Management in Reno Nevada next week Feb 8 taycock is e project leader and Conrad is a range scientist on the staff of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station's Forestry Sciences Laboratory located on the Utah State University By Ray Burtenshaw A report of milk production levels attained by dairy cows in Oicne Valley has been received from Logan Men Present Research Session) Farmers in Cache County win will report on the exciting be attending the annual fertilizer developments in growing grain and chemical conference corn as a cash crop in Utah sponsored by the Trenton Feed duringthe past season ti-o- p of Trenton and the Utah Following the free hutch and Association The the luncheon speaker WB Cooperative meeting will begin at 9:30 am Robins general manager of Wednesday Feb 24th in the Utah Cooperative Association Marion Olsen president of the Trenton Ward House Coop will conduct the annual George E Jordan of the Dow meeting to which all interested Chemical Company Bellevue farmers are urged to be in atWashington will report on a new tendance Wives are invited as break through in livestock well Manager Ray A M inkier feeding supplements that will be will report on activities of the in n Tall-For- Trenton Feed Co-o- p Sponsors Conference of urban-suburba- Newsworthy Ag Notes Ranges” Lightly Granzed (Range Nutrition and Livestock Dr Production Session) Agricultural Kditor - REPORT Dr Claron Nelson of Salt take and a development representative of wildlife interests government City Production Session) Asst Dr John Mazachek Professor Range Science— “Goat Diets on Heavily and William will speak on "The Role of State Advisory Boards” During the afternoon there will be a discussion of foreseeable problems or conflicts facing industry and the public in relation to public land management Introductory statements will be given by Paul Rattle of Salt Lake City representing the mining industry R LaVaun Cox of Salt Lake City petroleum industry Dr Thadis W Box of liOgan forest and watershed Kenneth S Summers of Monticello livestock industry J Stanley Elmer of Salt Lake City outdoor recreation interests Thaine Taylor of Loa Wayne County soil conservation districts George Buzianis of Tooele county and local tand Logan Utah Friday Feb 12 1971 UTAH FARM There were nine per cent less potatoes in storage in Utah at the first of January than a year earlier according to the Utah Chip and Livestock Reporting Service and this was 21 per cent more than two years ago Grower reports indicate the The increasing importance of Bureau of Management-administered lands in Utah will be considered by representatives of various interest groups at the annua! meeting of the BIM state advisory board Feb 12 in Salt Lake City Morning luncheon and afternoon sessions will be held in the Rodeway Inn 154 West 6th South said Robert D Nielson BIM state director for Utah He will call the meeting to order at 9 am after which the board will elect a chariman and vice chairman Also to be elected are representatives and alternates of the cattlemen and sheepmen for the BLM National Advisroy Board Council Nielson and members of his staff will give the board a resume of BLM programs goals and accomplishments At the luncheon an official from the Department of the Interior (Ecological Resource Inventories Session) J Wayne Brasher USU student— “How About Equal AGKICHJLTORAIL NEWS! Livestock Group The Herald Journal Enlarges i Education" Elderberry” - A SALT IAKE CITY Utah new tax guide that answers most at the questions of interest to farmers is now available free at most Internal Revenue Service offices and from county agricultural s gents the IRS announced today The 1971 edition of the "Farmer's Tax Guide" reflects recent changes in federal tax laws including the Tax Reform Act of 1969 A new feature of the guide is a summary of these changes in a special section of MONDAY FEB booklet 15 ORTUES 16 during our Washington's Birthday Krazy Daze Sale You don't need to be present hundreds of to win! Store Wide Sale Krazy Prices during our annual Krazy Doze Sole! I SMITHFIELD IMPLEMENT the booklet A sample filled-i- n Form 10(0 and schedules used by most farmers are also included Each entry on the sample return is keyed to an explanation in the FEB Smithfield Utah Or at IA R Hardware 1 76 W Main Tramantan Park Free west ef store use our new rear entrance! -- n ijw MJI1I 'Will TSSSJ |