| Show V iW 12 B TIIE RICHFIELD REAPER USU Readies 'Money' Classes Wednesday February 2 1994 Plans Under Way For 1994 A series of weekly workshops on money management will run for seven weeks in Redmond Classes will be Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Redmond Clay and Salt Company 6005 North 100 West Redmond Classes will be held Feb 8 Feb 15 and every Tuesday in March Junior Livestock Show The Southern Utah Junior Livestock Show committee met under the direction of Brent Cowley show president to begin planning for the coming year’s program This year's show will be held in conjunction with the Sevier County Fair August 10 to 12 Market project animals that are being raised for the show will need to be preweighed and tagged Those weights and tagging dates were set at the meeting because some youths will be selecting their project animals early Qualifying weight limits were raised slightly for this year Steers will be tagged April 9 and must weigh less than 900 pounds Weighing locations will be Pro- ducer Auction Johnson Feedlot Gurneys and Cowley FecdloL Lambs and hogs will be tagged May 14 maximum and their USU Extension Notes By Clyde Hurst USU Extension Agent TRACTOR TESTING Utah State University Extension Farm Machinery Specialist Darwin Jolley will be in Sevier County Feb 8 to 1 1 Tractor testing can be scheduled at various times during the week If you are interested in having a tractor tested call Clyde Hurst at the Sevier CountyUSU Extension office This can be a very worthwhile and educational experience for tractor owners For $10 you can have your tractor run on a dynamometer to sec if it is performing as it should Jolley will discuss maintenance operation and performance with you ALFALFA MEETING Another reminder that Dr David James will be in Room 115 (large courtroom) at the Sevier County Courthouse Feb 16 at 10 am to discuss the results of the alfalfa re- search and demonstration plots which have been ongoing for five years SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE In recent weeks I have seen and heard about sustainable agriculture several times On two different occasions I heard the Utah Commissioner of Agriculture talk about his view of sustainable agriculture I understood the commissioner to say he is concerned that agriculture must be economically socially and environmentally sustainable Agriculture must employ those practices that will allow it to prosper economically so that our agricultural communities will remain good healthy places to live Area Students On USU Roll Honor area students have been Seven listed on the Utah State University fall quarter honor roll They include Rusty T Bastian Aurora education Denise Durfcy Bickncll family life Marjorie lessen Glcnwood education Kort R Utley Monroe education Stacy L Barney Richfield business Justin D Naser Richfield engineering and Jeff D Lewis Rich- field science To earn a place on the honor roll a student must carry 15 or more credit hours and earn a 35 or better grade point average opopopopo? You'll Find The Perfect Valentine In A Heartbeat As much as possible Utah agriculture should provide the needs of the state In order to do these things it is important that agricultural land be well cared for If it is abused it becomes less productive and we can't afford that either from the need for a healthy economy the need for the farm produce or from a social point of view Most private enterprise farmers arc diligent in taking care of their land because that is where their livelihood comes from Also because and this is recognized beyond just the farm community of a certain attachment they have for the land and the production of food and fiber They generally have no desire to do the land harm they want to weights will be 75 and 100 pounds respectively Because animals are there will be no maximum show weights but they will need to meet the show minimum weights Minimum weights for the show were not set at the meeting but it is an- lambs 100 and hogs 215) Cowley expressed the desire that young people expecting to exhibit livestock at the show select the very best animals for their projects and that they use good feed and feeding methods to get their animals in excellent market condition for the show It is the desire of the com- 4 4 of maintaining a sustainable agri- cultural (including public land ranching) community and healthy rural communities There was a general point made that for their own best interests the wildlife environmental and agricultural interests need to work together for the A I IP A x j A y yy ? orbringjn this‘ cquppnitti payment and receive a coupon y y Mail A y- COUPON FREE Classifieds With A Subscription! You can now use your MasterCard or Visa to pay for your Hurst Utah Slate University Exexten2 tension agent at classified ad or subscription 896-926- MasterCard HR WESTON RESTAURANT Visa Card Expiration Date Name Mailing Address City Check applicable boxes Sevier Wayne Piute South Prime Rib $895 tUeston jntl 647 South Main Richfield L 896-927- 1 ' When you pay your subscription you will receive coupons good for three FREE classifieds These coupons must be used before March 1 1994 Maximum of three classified coupons per subscriber Classifieds must be 15 words or less For more information call Clyde Saturday & Monday February 12 & 14 i Value y ys " sion 275 Richfield t X? common good 8 North Main X Can Take Advantage Of This Great Offer S ed of of the importance Nothing Week 7: "Professional Help: m Subscribers were heard In many ways they both want some of the same things — taking good care of the land the participants CFP Midvale Renewal This brings up another item from the past week and conference above-mention- fcmln9 atorrtbloMng New Or 4 ildlife habitat Consequently there was a degradation of the resource and the great white fathers in the east need to shoulder their share of the blame They thought that the same size homestead that would support a family in the more moist and productive east would do the job in the west — and it wouldn't Those who tried ended up abusing the land to do as well as they could Without Classifieds talked about was his concern for the cultivation or grazing arid lands If’ Week 5: "Deciding What by Dr Marilyn Noyes USU Week 6: "Investing For Retire- ment" by Cory Levetan Extension 271 896-926- 2 Your And Get Three Another thought on care of the land that Commissioner Petersen Most thinking people recognize that when the west was settled there were mistakes made No one who came here had any experience with "Managing For more information call Diane Reese cribs For One Year to" on rangeland management "Searching For Common Ground on Land Stewardship" It was interesting to note the similarity of views of the less radical environmental and ranching voices that 4: if all seven classes are attended Register by Monday Feb 7 yf or so and you might recognize that most of the US populace falls into that group This is an interesting point which has been observed in the collective farms of the former Soviet Union in that many people who worked there saw it only as a job in which they did only what they "had to" rather than as private farmers who do what they "need w Week Risks " Cost is $20 for the seven-wee- k scries and includes workbook and handouts A $10 refund is available mittee to improve quality at the people who have been removed from the land for three generations loss of prime agricultural land to development Much of the best land is also where some people want to live or where it is easy for developers to develop He questions whether Utah can afford to be losing this productive land to condominiums or whatever This ought also to be of concern to those interested in wildlife Farmers are for the most part very generous to wildlife but when those farmlands are paved and built over there is no more winter Gorham USU Week 2: "How Does Your Cash Flow?" by Karen Roylance Consumer Credit Counseling Service Salt Lake City Week 3: "Banking and Credit" by Robert White president Utah Independent Bank Salina Where and How to Get It" by Trent Searle CRP USU Davis County Extension show each year so that animal buyers will be well satisfied with them and they will bring a premium market price Cowley said that young people are encouraged to keep good records on their projects The show committee will be looking for ways to reward them for good record books make a living and be productive This is a point often lost on Much was made at the conference by many Deb's Hallmark nique will be discussed followed by a question and answer period Workbook material will be discussed in small groups headed by trained volunteers A schedule of topics is as follows ticipated they will be about the same as last year (steers 1050 As we learned what was required to properly use the land those practices have been and are being put into place and we are still learning It is folly for anyone to think that most ranchers purposely and knowingly abuse the land and it is a sad commentary on the minds of those to promulgate such arguments We’ve go! so many ways to make a heart beat a little faster this Valentine's Day Utah State University Sevier County Extension Service is cosponsoring the class Each week a different money management tech- Week 1: "Getting Organized: Where Are You Now? 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