Show agricultural items FROM AGENT control in utah in 1946 cost the federal deral fe government for or bran brail sawdust poison and shipping charges ch argea dr Geor george gop F knowlton utah state agricultural college extension entomologist reported recently farmers of tho the state saved an average of 19 in crops tor for each dollar spent by tile the government in ill addition they saved 12 for each dollar they spent in time scattering grasshopper bait lie estimated besides sift supplying lying tile the bait government aided lit in supervising grasshopper control activities in state and county control programs I 1 lynian it II rich utah ri cultural tural college extension deairy man mail will leave logan friday for or washington DC arid and baltimore ala maryland ryland to stend the 1947 7 tia ila lional conference of state exten slon dairymen march 10 to 14 pin purposes poses ot of the conference arel are to give the state extension dalry dairy men an 0 to see and hear firsthand first hand hd what the bureau of dalry dairy industry la in doing in the way of research and to afford aff an opportunity of exchanging views and ideas on how best to apply experimental results in the dairy held field mr air rich nich will be especially con corned with dairy herd hard ment dvork y ork I 1 other pi aftos ios tobe discussed r 1 I 1 4 t ficai 10 y research ie search in feeding and nutrition tri tion 0 n in breeding and gy horn flies stable flies files house flies mosquitoes arid and lice 1160 greatly reduce tile the cattle and lower beet beef arid and milk production dr george F knowlton Know Uon extension sion entomologist warned T JA to date methods of applying DDT will effectively control these pests at low cost per alliman he advised in studies made it has been found that cows treated with DDT gained front from 42 to 51 pounds and calves gained from 47 to 70 pounds more per animal than the N untreated cows and calves it was also found that treated coys cows gave from five to fifteen per cent more milk than those not treated |