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Show YOU MAKE THE I HARVEST GLEAN Make the harvest clean, is the message sent but to farmers ot Utah by the Adviory Crop Committee of the State Council of Defense, In Its regular Weekly session at the Utah Agricultural today. Both patriotism patriot-ism and economy demand, the clean harvest this fall, In, the opinion of the eommlttee. With ideal weather weath-er and big crops, especial care must be taken that not a thing Is wasted. wast-ed. -The committee Issued the following fol-lowing statement to the farmers: "Harvest the wheat clean this; fall. Thehlgh price of wheat makes intensive in-tensive gleaning profitable.. A boy "or girl can earn a man's wages gleaning glean-ing in the average, wheat field Boys' a and Girls' club leaders should or-ganlze or-ganlze their clubs into gleaning units un-its and harvest the corners and ditch banks. Where heavy loads have caused the wheat to fall so that the heador does not harvest clean, a mowing .machine may follaw the SaSaSMSBBMilSBBSMSSBBBBBBBBBBSBBMBBIMMBWSiBaiiMMMSavMnilBMHa header. The straw thus . cut will mako good feed for animals and will serve well for poultry, "In the sugar bet fields, harvest the beet tops; They make valuable winter foqd as silage. ''Pasture the animals on the fields after harvest as far as possible. Save the feed in the barns for winter use. "Cellars" should now be prepared for the storage of fruit and vegetables. vege-tables. Boxes for apples should be made ready. The 'Utah Agricultural College can furnish blue prints ot potato cellars to farmers wishing to ! ' r . s .construct modern .storage places. i, Bulletins on the storage" of fruit and .vegetables have been prepared by j the College and will be Bent free on application." |