Show Logaa Utah Friday April Fraudulent Activities Cooperation Is Urged For Farmers Warning On Pest Control Joseph H Commissioner Francis State they are operating out of trailer maintenance program The cash houses and are moving from fee is of Agriculture usually substantially town to town picking up higher than what would norbusiness wherever possible mally be charged by an Methods commonly used in- establidied competent firm clude the use of solicitors who Recent investigations indicate sjecialize in using scare and that in many cases expressure tactics to induce termination treatments which homeowners to sign a contract to are applied have been very provide complete termite ex- inadequate and practically termination services The useless with a resultant waste of contract requires a large cash money by the homeowner fee initially plus subsequent Unfortunately by the time this fees for an extermination is determined the operators have moved on In most cases these pest control operators have not passed the test as required by the State Department of Agriculture for them to receive a license The law requires that all pest control operators must secure a license annually and employees of several companies are presently under investigation for failure to be licensed and for unlawful and USU Goaty Estosfca Agent fraudulent business practices The Commissioner further today issued a warning to the public to be aware that there are a number of in scrupulous and control fraudulent pest operators operating throughout the state Commissioner Francis states that such companies usually establish a temporary local headquarters from which mail or telephone calls can be directed In some instances Newsworthy Ag Notes REAP Program The state ASCS office charged with hinds to assist in the rural environment improvement program indicates that in 1971 25 per cent of the fundi were to be used in pollution abatement practices Eighteen per cent of these funds were actually used Cache County however had as many applications for livestock waste control as the entire state and these funds locally were over subscribed Csche County used their allocated hinds for these preferred practices and obtained a substantial additional amount from unused allocations transferred from other counties This years funds are already allocated up to 130 per cent of those available at this time however priority is given to pollution control practices and are considered by the committee above other stated that many homeowners do not know if their buildings and surroundings are seriously infested with termites or other pests and that they become easy prey for unscrupulous pest control operators This is especially true with widows and the aged who the swindlers often seek out Even if these homeowners know that they have an insect problem they are usually not aware of the type of control measures which should be employed nor what to expect as a reasonable cost for treatment Commissioner Francis points out that there is a real need for competent legitimate pest control operators throughout the state He said the incidence and seventy of termite damage to buildings is much greater than most people realize and inspections by honest people who are trained in proper control methods should be encouraged 1971 conservation needs The state office indicated that over the state as a whole last year there was a 16 per cent increase in range management type practices on watersheds as a basis for erosion control sediment reduction and water retention There was also a marked increase in performance of tree planting and wildlife practices Wod Incentive Payments The state ASCS office has also made the following announcement on wool payment support prices paid last year: The support price for wool was set at 72 cents The average price wool sold for in the market waa only 194 cents per pound (The Cache County and Franklin County pools sold for 2413 cents per pound) Therefore in order to make the 72 cents support price 52J cents incentive payment was made This payment comes from tariff imposed upon import wool shipped into the United States An incentive payment rate' was also paid of $110 per hunched weight for unshorn lambs County ASCS offices started on April 5 in making payments on the 1971 sales The support price on shorn wool sold in 1972 continues at 72 cents per pound Producers should take their sales slips to the County ASCS offices and file an application for payment immediately after selling wool or unshorn lambs Payment will not be made however until April 1973 as payment rate is calculated on the national average martet price on wool sold in 1971 Synthetics have had their toll on movement of wool with die resultant decrease in the amount received by the producer for his wool during the past few years NOWBTHE TIME-- 40 CMtnl 1 Scotch thistle in the Nibky area 1 Weeds on ditch banks and fence lines We usually receive considerable moisture through April and May to take the chemical into the root tone 3 Apply Atrazine for quackgrass control in corn ground 4 Dandelions chick weed plantain and other weeds in lawns Utah Farm Report Pasture and range feed mnriltiren t the first of April averaged 83 per cent of normal the same as a year ago according to the Utah drop and Livestock Reporting Service In southern Utah where it was getting very dry by April 1 posture and range conditions were rated poor to fair excluding irrigated pasture lands Weighted statewide precipitation for foe first three months from January to April averaged J2 inches 27 per cent of normal According to reports from Extension Service and Inspection Service personnel planting of early spring crops was well under way by April 1 with estimates that nearly all dry onions had been planted more than half of the sugar beets 45 per cent of the spring wheat 35 per cent of oats and 55 per cent of the bailey Soil moisture supplies were short to very short until April 1 in the southern part of Utah while northern Utah baa had fair to good moisture Weather until the last of March was very favorable for lambing and calving according to the report with calving about half done Farm flock lambing waa also more than half done while range lambing waa just starting Hie March report of milk production per cow indicated 910 pounds each was produced and the total production at 73 million pounds was the highest ever for March However foe number of milk cows in the Utah herds dropped to 80000 head down 1000 from February and the lowest count since June of 1070 General price ranges on average choice steers for slaughter were at $3350 in Montana up to $3525 in Hide and offal for the week emfiftg April 8 was estimated at $340 as compared to $339 week ago and $2J1 a year earlier Grain prices at the Utah-Idah- o Grain Exchange were mostly steady this past week afternoon Thursday quotations showed number one ordinary wheat at $1J9 per bushel number 10 protein $140 number 11 protein $145 number 13 protein $155 number 13 protein $1 63 white wheat $156 and barley $160 S CUmSTHS Jtv f din 8ozS100 Saa reMdlt hi 1 11m STKJVS INSTANT-ACTIO- N ( formerfy Wuthrieh Nursery) 1125 North Main Logan Utah is University beginning operations on a demonstration basis this week at Logan established under auspices of USU Fund Development C Suyimr one-four- leafhopper nymphs and adults were present at foe time of their March survey made in the desert areas of central Arizona southeastern Utah California southeastern California southern Nevada and southern They said an estimated 17 per cent of the 50000 square mile potential host area had suitable annual plant cover for leafhopper propagation However lack of winter rainfall 1m famnapafnaaa nrmi— nfll plant growth in many dam ualweed areas Few or no hosts were found at inspection sites in southeastern California and southern Nevada Instant-Actio- n i''(ili’ - - S' - il 'Tc' Fuik asked for the assistance of the RCAD Board in organizing government resource groups to help in planning this project The executive board voted to support Cache County to this project t s if t ?‘r f- - 7 T li1 'Vm 4 1 i V - $ i 'f-'i- i i T Vs ! ' ’ TV iA - 'f V' I'-’ '7 i'pwV- i vv-- - M’Js - s' I’r''' t a s jjft - £ factory-installe- d bar I chain ptmrM i ligHtwiiglrt chain with money It's our sMi idlly We know whil and we know how it lakes lo listen Can wo go In work (nr you? - v n riQil fir Plenty faro ruck i£t tan jris if dials litnatic utii Is la t Mi mar Ins cmHhh cilia aitis ilq 4 cattail attictumntg GARDEN HOUSE 1125 North Main THE limn Sr Mgr UTAH FARM PCA Dale PETERSON EQUIPMENT 67 I First North Logan Utah 72-3- 1 r I 2533 North Main Ugan Mi C ' C'w Via 9 (V A 409 41 £( i 'll SIT ' ‘i - - t 05 with hr Mtt u Utah agencies State University and other 'V: 'i 750 North Main Logan Utah si - Chelated Iron GRAND CENTRAL 16 Cache Valley TURN HEALTHY GREEI MA2-04-- Enough lo do I ho oli right that’s what it lakes Money when you need it planned for the shortest possible interest iernid At I’rnd in lion Credit we serve agriculture would con- completed solidate all canals going north from the Logan River info one highline canal and make sprinkler irrigation possible for much of the northern part of N s "Tallow anemia" (Chloreaia) i a dangerous tuller! II is causad by improper soil acidity or MIRACID serious iron deficiency Instant-ActioMops "yellow enemu" almost oearnigM! More ttian just a plant food MIRACID supplies wonder-working CHELATED IRON phis ether vital growth elements Acidifies soil as It feeds plants Fast at y economical will it take? Ahead People when LOST -- due to “yellow anemia" MIRACID could have saved HI with The ( er at Survey results indicate that a light to moderate movement of beet leafhoppers can be expected from foe desert spring breeding areas to cultivated districts in central Arizona PLANT POOD THE GARDEN HOUSE Testing and Development Executive Board met at Tremonton recently This meeting was called by President John Evans of Malad Idaho to conduct regular business of the organization At the meeting Lawrence Carter of Park Valley resigned the position of secretary-treasurof the executive board The board accepted his resignation and expressed thanks for his services during the past four years Ray Eliason of Malad Idaho was appointed to replace Carter Eliason operates a large cattle ranch ana to chairman of the Oneida Soil Conservation District In other business of the meeting Calvin Funk and Dewain Berger presented a proposal for a project measure to construct a nighline canal in Cache Valley This project the intermointain area said Lindsay and he encouraged the Farmers Union members to realize that new types of business in the area of dairying help strengthen the image of dairying And he noted that Cache County baa apof the proximately dairy cattle of the state “In our day of agriculture" said the agriculture leader “a Representatives of dairies and man must support agriculture milk processing companies from leaders and those interested in championing his cause whether Utah Idaho and Wyoming are (ringing milk samples to see this be the Fanners Union or a what the new $36000 Infrared dairy organization" He urged milk analyzer (IRMA) just more cooperation between installed in foe laboratory will agriculture groups and more support by individuals of all such do The IRMA equipment has organizations “A farmer isn't doing his part been shipped to from England on loan by Reyrolle Co Ltd of if he works from daylight to dark Canada to develop the central and pays no attention to what is going on with his neighbors and laboratory Dairy Research Inc (DRINC) has also granted his country" said Lindsay He said people in agriculture USU $50000 for a three-yea- r have got to speak out for the of of the milk study variability constitutents The research and outJtanding way of life on the are under direction of farm “We must learn the inlaboratory formation about our business Ik-- Gary H Richardson and Dr and other agriculture businesses Niranjan R Gandhi of Nutrition and explain this to our and Food Sciences USU Dr Richardson said that friends" he said Lindsay quoting Senator others are invited to bring of Wisconsin said Proxmire for in With the products testing are $66 billion in there nearly IRMA and two other- instruments the laboratory will be subsidies paid to various business in the United Stata and equipped to test fluid milk agriculture's share of this is $5 samples for protein fat lactose billion solids-not-f(and thereby This puts the former in an determine total solids) casein minerals and somatic ceils which have become more of a ' r y ' concern to people interested in animal health The laboratory offers the advantages of a variety of tests done rapidly at the same time eliminating many of the human error or judgment factors that reduce the reliability of standard testing methods which have been used for many years Representatives from the Dairy Herd Improvement-Associatiowill also meet at the tab"atory the near future to the potential for juvegugg M(ting up a centralized procedure of milk testing for dairy herds throughout the state Dr Richardson noted I“? MIRACID shoil-tori- 1KlbsS249 S lbs $549 Milk Beet Leafhoppers Reported Moving seed TIMES MORE ROSES! laborlivestock punt How much money actioa" 'r ' fnm no tom t income The Box Elder Oneida and Cache Valley is the center of Cache Resource Conservation for animals outstanding dairy non-far- iL feed m Central A Laboratory at Utah State Jtf and up to $76 on 300 Famous Univarsity reports unlvareily tcwnfitt raport that wars plaMl treated until MIRACLE-GOd (tiantar (reader more beautiful many man Hawaii Ottier lam preve MIRACLE GRO warfcmf in JO lacaadi SAFEI Wdl ham even In hat dry aummir Tremonton New Laboratory Is Testing Milk Agricultural Editor CAPONE sr ‘Big AI’ as this MalneAaJon breed bulls from Fkaace Is known was shown this past weekend at the Cache Valley Breeding Association Lagan with several of the other exotic breeds that are befog introduced tats the United States through Canada (Herald Journal Photo) Fmu TESTING fluid milk samples ta the Central Testing Laboratory at Utah State University are Dr Niranjaa R Ghandl seated and Dr Gary H Richardson both of the USU Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences Logan Utah Friday April 21 1972 weights and unders Ihiivonity pruvoi entirely different prospective according to this statement by Proxmire said Lindsay Lindsay also noted that Commissioner Agriculture Joseph H Francis and foe State Department of Agriculture offer Benson Ward chapel every assistance available in Lindsay said agriculture is big helping to strengthen the forbusiness in Cache County with mers position in foe competitive nearly 10 per cent of the farmers world today of Utah being located in the valley He said there are 1330 formers with $75 million invested in land and buildings in the valley The annual income from agricultural produces is over $30 million an amount which increases substantially each year This does not include either processing or other agribusiness RC&D Unit Meets In Agricultural News Nevada western Colorado and Utah according to Reed S Roberts Utah State Extension enUniversity tomologist He explained that these are small insects that breed on foe southern desert areas when host Washington and Oregon bet- there is sufficient ween $34 and $3450 in Idaho vegetation They migrate between $34 and $3575 in sometimes long distances to California and Arizona $3375 to crop producing areas where they $34 JO in Colorado and up to $35 cause trouble by spreading curly top disease in sugar beets in the the Eastern Corn Belt Dressed beef prices on 600 to tomatoes and other vegetable 700 weight steer beef in carlot crops Officials of the Plant volume was between $55 and $5550 and high in Los Angeles Protection and Quarantine $5350 and higher in Chicago and Division UJ Department of said that an between $55 and $55 JO and Agriculture estimated 290 billion beet steady on the east coast Including country and auction sales feeder cattle prices were between $35 and $38J0 on 700 to 000 weights $37 JO to $43 on 500 to 600 weights $44 to $54 on 300 to 400 weights “Independence to Killing us in Agriculture" waa the topic of a recent presentation by Ben W Lindsay of the State Department of Agirculture to a recent meeting of the Cache Valley Farmers Union held in the Herald Journal southern fa HtraM JswaaMl 21 1972 A |