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Show RABBIT INVASIONS, Some parts of our valley aro still infected with Jackrabbits in aufficient numbers to do damage to hay stacks and do serious damage to growing crops. The lato saowfall made ideal conditions con-ditions for destroying the pest by the use of atrychnino and alfalfa leaver or RtrychaJne with ata. Alfalfa j leaves aro probably best on tho snow jbut with eiu.tit, the hay stacks t should bo fenced, ten baits placed outside tc fenco or stations can be established by carrying hay out and replacing with poisoned leaves or poisoned grain nfter rnbbits have trailed into it. i Oats and utlt bait can bo used in the summer. y placing cither near fenco opening?, on trails or in devastated de-vastated fields. Caution should always bo taken to protect tho dompatic animals anil children from uws of tho poison. , Tho County Agent will help farmers farm-ers in tho preparation und use of the bait for rabbi's but tho County has no Btrychnino for tills use nt present. The County Agricultural Agent is now working on thc following Projects Pro-jects with committees interested. I 1. Irrigation- Claim ccttlcments and distribution problems. 2. Dairying Cooperative creamery cream-ery and mnnngchiont of dairy cattle. 3. The Pooling and Marketing Wool. i 4. Homo Health and Nursing. This is ably lead by Miss Ina Leigh and is being organized so that help wijl bo Bccurcd from tho Extension specialists of tho Utnh Agricultural College. G. Miscellaneous. 1. Control of rodentH. 2. Feeding livestock. 3. Securing seed. Other lines of work should be organized or-ganized nnd made a fa tor in agricultural agricul-tural development nnd homo improvement improve-ment in all parts of tho county. The State Farm Bureau held ita annunl Election and Convention Jan. 12-13-14eh at which lime Mr. Ephraim Bcrgeson of Cornish. Cache t County. President of Cache County Farm Bureau, was elected president to succeed D. D. McKay of Hunts-1 ville. I For a report of the convention and nbricf outline of the State program for 1922 rofcr to the Jan. 21, number ' of the Utnh Farmer. |