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Show are removed, the floor of the pen should be scraped, the walls and ceilings should be brushed down to remove as much of the dust and cobwebs as possible. Apply a solution of hot lye water to the floor with a broom, using one pound to thirty gallons for a of water, for a strong solution, or one pound to thiry gallons for a weak solution. Dry out the lye and spray the houses, and add a fresh clean litter to the poultry house floor. George Whornham ia will supply this nitrogen requirement, require-ment, if half is put on the soil in early spring and half in the fall after harvest. No detailed analyses exist for peaches but U. S. Department of Agriculture specialists that peaches peach-es require about half as much nitrogen ni-trogen as apples. First Adult Leaders Training School since 1941 will convene November 29 to December 5, at Utah State Agricultural College, when the USAC Extension Service plans to house approximately 250 leaders for sessions of the conference, confer-ence, Director ; W.W. Owens announces. an-nounces. Director Owens hopes to greet delegates from every county in Utah at the meetings. Leaders will hold their sessions in the rural arts building at the college, where they will also be housed, and meals will be served at the college cafeteria. Several prominent speakers will address the meetings, he states, with talks slated by Dr. E. G. Peterson, Pe-terson, college president; Ezra T. Benson of the Council of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Lat-ter Day Saints; E. P. Champ of Logan, Lo-gan, director of the national chamber cham-ber of commerce; Oscar A. Kirk-ham, Kirk-ham, member of the LDS first presidency pre-sidency of seventy. Mrs. Ella B. Reeder of Brigham City, chairman of the home-community section of the Utah State Farm Bureau; and Dr. Arvil L. Stark, formerly horticulturist horti-culturist of the Utah Extension service and now connected with the Wasatch Chemical Company, Salt Lake City. Two classes in livestock and crops and two in home economics will be conducted in both morning and afternoon sessions, and adult leaders groups will be divided so that all may receive instruction in several types of work. Most recent meetings of the Adult Leaders Training School were in session at the college at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Interested adult leaders are urged urg-ed to ask county agricultural agents or home demonstration agents about the school in Logan ,o be held late this month. "October and November are important im-portant months on every poultry farm, because significant physio-1 physio-1 logical changes are taking place in 1 the bodies of birds, the weather is ' more or less unsettled, and changes , in the management of the flock are usually made by poultrymen at this time of the year." Prof. Carl 1 Frischnecht, extension poultryman 1 of the USAC points out. , Fall is the beginning of the put- let year of production, he declares, I and it is also the beginning of the ' "rest" or molting period for the yearling or older laying birds in 1 the flock. The egg-producing or- gans which, have been dormant in the pullet's body during the brood-: brood-: ing and growing periods are now ' being brought into vigorous activ-l activ-l ity, while body changes which are " just the reverse are now taking ' place in the body of the bird that ! has been producing the eggs for : you during the past year. Colder temperatures, fewer hours of sunlight and stormy weather ' make it necessary to house the pul-' pul-' lets as well as the older birds in . the flock. Inablility to get succu-. succu-. lent feed from the range and mak-j mak-j ing up of the laying pens for the next year are disturbing to the j birds as well as extra labor and worry for the poltryman or caretaker. care-taker. ; Getting the laying houses ready ; for the older birds that are to be kept and for this year's crop of , pullets is recommended. Remove all movable equipment such as , nest, hopper, and waterers. After the bulk of the manure and litter County Agent's Column Millard County is essentially a livestock county, selling more than one million dollars worth of livestock live-stock and livestock products each year. What the outlook may be when the war is over is anyone's guess. Nearly everyone however, is of the opinion that farm prices will come down just as soon as the war demand is over. What are you doing with your own livestock numbers to meet the problem? The War Food Administration Adminis-tration is asking for an additional million head of cattle to be slaughtered. Wouldn't it be wise to start a ridged culling of older animals, off color, and poorer grade? Poor quality animals never sell good in periods of high supply and limited demand. Older females of all classes of livestock never breed well and fall off in milk production. They should be culled regularly and ridgidly. Better breeding animals can be bought if livestock associations do the buying. Larger numbers can usually be bought at a better price. It gives uniformity in calf or lamb crop and provides a chance for better animals because when bought in number there is a wider choice to pick from. Livestock men should give consideration consi-deration to either buying bulls as a group or insist on grading before turning in the public range. Livestock Live-stock improvement can only be a fact when livestock men cooperate NEWS IN BRIEF Fall plowing of the garden site enables a person to get a head start in planting next spring. II will help control many insects thai will be turned out to be killed b freezing weather. The soil will be mellow and dry earlier next spring thus permitting earlier planting ol crops such as spinach and peas. A site that is fall fertilized anc plowed will be ready when you are ready to plant next spring. When pork sausage and grounc beef are to be preserved by quick freezing, omit the salt, but adc the other seasonings. Frozer ground meat keeps better with oul the salt. Fruit ranks high on the food list and fruit orchardists should be able to get as much fertilizer as they need for the 1944-45 season it they buy early, says the War Fooc Administration. The total supplj of mineral nitrogen for essentia crops in 1944-45 may be somewhai less than last year. The WFA h encouraging fall buying of fertili zer to keep factories working an to relieve the spring rush on fac tories and transportation. All th( phosphate and potash fertilize needed will be available if a sub stantial tonnage is used this fall Labor is the limiting factor in fer tilizer production and will restric the supply unless there is a largi off-season movement. Mature full-bearing apple tree require at least one pound of ac tual nitrogen for each tree eacl year unless legume crops an grown in the orchard. Six and one half pounds of nitrate of soda o five pounds of sulphate of amnion |