Show homma ft UTAH STATE EXTENSION banvich agriculture HOUR ECONOMICS lly by county agent J 1 reed woore during the past ten tell days the extension service has brought to the county three specialists from the alip U S A C at logan these men rave gave a lot of fine advise and suggestions in their respective fields clarence ashton and the county agent visited most of the orchards in tile the county september 27 we were inspecting the crop as it hung on the trees several ili interesting te things were noted As AB we walked into orchards where pear peach and apricot trees wore were planted a bluish shiny color was evidenced this was due to a microscopic mite that was waa on tile leaf prof ashton had along ills his microscope and the mites were observed under a BO 50 power lens bud mites and rust mites were also found all of these posts pests need kneed to be controlled and can be thru a well planned spraying program they cause a small fruit to be produced and a premature dropping of the fruit there are hundreds of bud mites in one bud often these get so thick that no fruit buds buda come on the next spring fruit will bo be produced in spite of these pests pesta but better fruit will result if they are controlled prof ashton was waa high in ili ills praise of the quality of fruit grown in kano kane county especially with the apples and pears the orchards of joseph bolander Do lander rex bauer billauer and george workman in 0 rd r d erville e r v e and gendale are an beautifully loaded with lus luscious elotis apples in kanab boyd mcallister and it A von hakes orchards carry the same beauty pear blight has ruined lots of pear trees this year tile the poultry men had it a visit from Prof ressor W R jenkins extension from U S A C september 29 2 the county agent and professor jenkins visited most of tile the farms and save gave suggestions on mann management gemOnt housing and f feeding e e d I 1 n g where thought advisable tills this Is a fast growing industry try in the county now from the talk it will continue to grow tills Is the first year that turlie turkeys ys have been tried to tn any large extent the flook fiock of grayden Chatter leya leys was inspected lie he has a splendid flock ratio kane county Is a now new clean area for poultry and the climate Is ideal it should prove very successful A meeting was held at night in the valle valley high school at order ville professor jenkins gave a tine fine lot of suggestions on cul ing housing marketing of eggs and buying the laying flock it Is best to buy local day old chicks than to risk the new castle disease on four to six week old chicks from outside the state stated professor jenkins and tuesday october 3 and 4 professor alma esplin visited the county in tho the interest of tile the sheep men A program of improvement la Is going on oil among the sheep producers jy by selecting large bodied owes ewes having a long staple of wool wool these ewes are being bred to large type bucks having a good fleece 0 of wool mostly Colum columbia bla heaton brothers at alton rolland holland esplin mt carmel camel henry carroll of order valle had the county agent and professor esplin help them in the selection of ewes and lambs for the improvement program all of the sheep producers are selling their lambs now most or them going to sevier valley tile the county agent wishes to express his appreciation tor for the fine gesture made by the kane county standard in offering ott ering the kano kane county standard as an added premium at the kane county fair approximately years of 0 subscriptions at per year were riven given first anil and second place winners |