Show THE SALT LAKE TRISUNE FARMER-STOCKMA- N - a As "C :' 'WI ' soil-build- ' er 11 (Wil) 3 tv tilth I - N''19n'fS' rAAaeaomgypirhuvrmr7"OsruqoISOOnPnoIpryOtomdONI ' of Trees Mpili ons 1 )k TiTne - t117 E) rfifi-q-p CI - flew 4' na 1 v Ott-oopeciPle- k p I' A Rift 4i by Thomas Dr as told to Lrot IS for spend create starts hopes they ITearthworm rich organic soil True they are abundant A waste of money to in a cent will soils rich in organic matter but they eat the organic matter—so when it is there they are there too" This Is the opinion of Dr Thomas L Martin nationally recognized authority in soils and dean of the college of applied science at Brigham Young University He pointed out that the worms are there because the organic matter is there—and the worms have not created the rich soil at all And where organic matter is at a premium the earthworm should not be welcome According to Dr Martin one cannot get along in any soil program without keeping the soil pretty well charged with organic matter which is needed to darken the soil improve the physical condition of the soil to improve the temperature and moisture condition of the soil and to furnish food for bacterial acin 0 Dr Thomas L Martin eXpOSelt worm as soil-robb- Stan Farnsworth Chats over the fence post Falls Junior Show will he T11E May 3 and 4 at the auction yards This of course creates a lot of interest among livestock breed- ' e r s especially i i :1 Idaho Futurei the Farmers of six counties who participate he show The Falls show has been predomi- - p ':-1- e - Idah0j - 7'1 '"Itlit ro-:- 'i'' )41 nantly a Future ''1t-:- hi A Farmer show incep-MFarnsworth since its tion having been started by a group of vocational ag teachers for the purpose of giving Future Farmers a chance to market their animals in the spring after raising them during the winter under the guidance of the vocational agriculture instructors There are no Grand Champion placings at the Idaho Falls show Animals are graded "Prime" "Choice" and "Good" Although the show is sponsored by the county commissioners of Bonneville County through their fair board and money is allocated for premiumsfor Future Farmalike 4Wers ers and are in extreme minority This is probably because of the definite commercial aspect of the 4 ll'ers are generally show trained to groom individual animals with an eye toward a championship ribbon Such animals don't receive much attention at the Idaho Falls r grooming and showing of Ja fat animal to a championship does something for a youngster that nothing else in the young aspiring livestock raiser's life can do That is if he or she does the work without physical assistance from father big brother county agent or the vocational agriculture instructor and I am sure that most of our champion exhibitors in the Intermountain Area have done the work with their animals alone receiving only informational guidance from ot hers I count as highlights in my and experience with Future Farmers the sight of bright-eyeyoungsters receiving championship ribbons d 4 ) tivity There are in the soil 40 billion microorganisms in one pound of many different varieties and shapes Some are so small that 25 thousand of them placed end to end would measure an inch However they grow at a phenomenal rate One will divide into two every 20 minutes and were they to continue at this rate without any interference there would be 278 trillion in 24 hours and would fill all oceans of the earth one mile deep in five HOWEVER 4 t 4 KV' v I 0004g their t ' Al e 6i ' — ' 4 l 4 IF dOMMd41WWitten71140kONffhwitx HE FACE of the state of Utah has been greatly changed since 1930 when ttie Logan Clarke-McNar- y tree nursery was established it the Utah State Agricultural College Since that year two million trees have been sold to the farmers and ranchers of the state (An additional one-thir- d of a million trees have been furnished to Nevada farmers from this same bee nursery) These trees are planted in windbreaks and woodlots from one end of the state to the other from the dry salty deserts to the 'wet cool mountain valleys Naturally not all have survived A recent "counting-onoses" shows that about 54 per of these two million trees or approximately 1080000 trees are still slowing winds and casting shade in the state today-Thimany trees would build more than 75 feet of three' cow windbreaks- on each of the 26323 farms of Utah! Farm windbreaks really serve their owners An effective r tree may save a farmer up to twenty-fiv- e per cent on his winter's fuel bill alone If the protection extends to his livestock feed yard a similar sized savings may be made in feed required to maintain the animal members of his farm Fence row plantings around field borders not only cut down the amount of precious irrigation water that field crops drink frem the soil but also allow the protected plants to grow taller and produce more What farmer ever kicked about a proposition like that? xemoorommonewikv1MilVof ROWAN windbreak protects and beautifies this farm protects soil saves on water A 51t410fgq-- " ?r ll110 Ai 4 S Oa I 1 2 it Mel L 114 wind-stoppe- I I iV4Maidt40 t t44 k U ! e 1 4 0 le ir - t ‘ 4 t : 4 '4 w 4 i 2 ' t ti: 1' f‘"'Itl 0 1 ' t - I : lf p N 4 r liVrtl:44 Dean I 4 tsT 6I‘ lot t)'9111--woo- i llonob"mitmlutipootlivklpVtia4miosokmeftion ' And he irdwt Itio" tree from Logan nursery th Oraes UliGosfl- - DE cc 'lezilee do Correll000dont - " lqILFORD--"Eulu- Beaver fat one of in the the highest producers IP West a resident of County The champion Ayrshire milker is owned by the Ranch Adamsville operated by two former Migord citizens Veraid Spain bower and Ray Kesler S-- K In tests ending Dee 31 1953 under sponsorship of the Dairy Herd Improvement Assn Lulu presented her owners kwith 664 pounds of butterfat in 305 days and during herjactation period of 372 days produced the enviable record of 751 pounds of butterfat She is a native of Idaho and was brought to the S-- Ranch three years ago by former owners Mr Kesler and Mr Spainhower now have three head of the Ayrshires and plan to gradually change their entire herd over to this breed using artificia14' Insemination from a registered LI S A C Ayrshire bull for breeding purposes A daughter of Stephanie has just started milking and "looks like another champion" according to the ranch Owners Their third Ayrshire Maggie has produced more than 500 pounds of butterfat annually for the last two years The owners plan to gradually sell the low pro- ducers in their herd replacing them with Ayrshire but there seem to be few cull cows on the ranch' if last year's Beaver County D lf I A tests' tan used as anyhtdicatiem of herd quality The SIC belt Li well-fe- d ' - - s: -- -- Verakt Spainhowee "e0141 4011111NAMMON00441411WW4411760 4- A 0 4' left and Roy Kesler pose withr lotAlui" their ehazwition eow - : t -- le" o It Lek thy Sow ley Apt11425 1954 led the county in average number of cows tested 'average pounds of milk average pounds of butterfat and average concentrates fed Testing 224 cows for milkers produced 12271 8174 herd days the pounds of milk containing an average of 462 pounds of butterfat or an average of 38 per cent They were fed 3440 pounds of concentrates Helping to establish that record were two excel- - lent Holsteins: Alf a red Holstein pounds of milk daily for a 30-da- y who gave 0 up 86 butterfat average and Stub a black and white Holstein y pioduced 82 pounds Of milk daily for a 30-da- who 71 pound butterfat average4 The ranch was purchased by Kesler and another partner from the Dr McIntosh interests in 1951 In 1952 Mr Spainhower bought out the other partnet and he and Kesler have been profitably operating the dairy ranch since and establishing records for Beaver County milk production'' acres of Beaver Riveritottom land the river enters the Minersville the ranch is ideal for dairying They hive 80 acres in pasture and augmenting their eat tivated lands with a rented acreage raise 2000 bushels of grain each year 50 tons of alfalfa hay 150 and 40 to 50 tens of grass hay also tatting abOtit ' tons of corn' Silage for wInter feeding ' Ntither Of the vartrierS Warty dairying or farm: COVERING Spain-row- er ' - ! : '1'141 evnpo- THEORIES seem uppermost in the SIC don't get any more out of a cow than you pet into herend fresh pasture always produces more butterfat So the partners have their 'pasture into several sections using an electric fence which 14 easily moved from one keit- lion to another After hreeor four days in one see tion the herd is moved to 'another section while the Original pasture is reneIng itself And even when fe441 'them a the 'comfit are d110 'the daily retie!) of grain: 'About five pounds Of grain' t f i 0 pet vow is the daily ration low-price- d -- v 4- - tA i LOGAN Clarke-Mtree nursery was t o furnish trees to farmers for e windbreaks wood lots and farm beautification plantings The nursery has grown from Its small beginning of about TWO 137 i THE experience before acquiring the SK bad been engaged in construction work and Kesila in'intracting and ore mining but thra have studied recommended dairy procedure and methods and incorporated the newer ranching ideas into their Beaver County operations "We don't figure you can get something for nothing" Mr Kesler said "and we know that dairy cows have to have the best of care and even a little pampering if they are going to do their best—and we know that more butterfat in the milk is money in the bank So we have tried to improve the individual production of the cows we have as we weed out poor producers and workfor the general improvement of the quality of our herd" ' ling S-- K measurably reduce ration losses add to farm resale value and haveany Important uses Williams by Stosv Tribmo 1 OBVIOUS but perhaps even more important than which trees provide Have you notie( people just naturally want to be where trees are? And if there are none people either plant trees or leave the area? Some folks believe that the line young men and women preduied on Utah's treeless ranches and farms migrate to Salt Lake City Ogden or other centers because tigiir homes are not attractive after seeing these beautifully landscaped cities If you really want to "keep them down on the farm" the obvious answer is to plant trees! To city dwt Hers lawns and flowers are more or less taken for granted Put wives and mothers who are helping their husbands eieneer Utah's desert irrigation projects know that these hisuries don't just happen Without protection from thirsty'eesert winds water-lovinplants can t possibly make the prate Even in the more henvily populated regions of Utah windbreaks have great mac tical value They may not be so necessary but windbieaks g Lewis M Turner left and Dr T W Daniel lift Beaver dairymen count on Ayrshires —10" LESS savings is the beauty d how 4 chemical needs Nitrogen is very necessary even with organic matter because the organic matter varies so much in its nitrogen content For example sheep manure will have 48 per cent nitrogen in it while cow manure may have only about 25 per cent When this is the case then nitrogen fertilizer added to the cow manure will render a real service 1 of the Idaho Falls area regarding the system is divided Some think that the purely Future Farmer show with its sale with A Harris Grant Estsesion Forester T is a great mistake In discussing the idea that commercial fertilizess are not needed if organic matter is furnished Dr Martin described it as incorrect In the production of crops one must consider This inthe actual organic matter present cludes the mineral nutrient organisms in the sidl the chemical activity in the soil solution and the physical condition of the soil Each one is just as important as the other and according to Dr Martin very very often the organic matter will not take care of all the ' ' trOAC DR '' r2 y MARTIN also believes that while some people have a tendency to think that organic matter is all that is needed in the soil and if commercial fertilizers wete added they would poison the soil—such belief rrtIlINKING among residents but ungroomed and untrained animals is the proper thing and others feel that with the championship incentive removed a lot of the good that livestock bows cam do for our farm youth Ito lost I for torte believe' that 1he6 feeding NO?' ---- I E2 It 0500 tility for the soil They give us carbon dioxide gas antibiotics which tend to keep many disease germs in cheek and growth-promotin- g substances that make the food' products that we eat keep us more healthy In fact as They also produce vitamins they work upon the organic matter they may increase the vitamin B complex content of the organic matter as much as 30 times in a three-wee- k period They also are responsible for creating many important microbiological procCSSUS in the soil which are essential for the growth of crops Bacterial activity and manure are so vitally related that you can't have much fertility in the soil without having them both present in healthy amounts show ' commercial-typ- e :4 Martin DoIlia t" 0I terr11 41 ii ir$4191111P"'rlif of by In addition to these bacteria there are yeasts molds algae and protozoa in vast numbers working and balancing the organic soil life The results of their activity 'create fer -- - nature balances this activity unfavorable for their development and they are kept around 15 million per gram of soil 4 4 031 days L ' 4 15000 trees produced In 1930 to a present annual capacity of almost 200000 trees The nursery is operated by the School of Forest Range and Wildlife Management at the US A C and has been used as a training laboratory for forestry students since its birth The state extension forester distributes the trees produced in the nursery with the aid of the county agricultural ex-- tension agents throughout the state If you need help in plan-ning an effective windbre contact your county agent He can give personal advice and also has brder blan)is and printed material t which will aid in 'Annulus planting ado taring for windbresks I ( s 1111 4'A4 — 4 I |