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Show Farm News-Notes By LEW MAR PRICE County Agent Federal Farm Board Offers Assistance Assist-ance To Cattle Growers On Thursday of last week J. M. McFarlane and Hon. J. R. Howard, representative of the Federal Farm Board, came to Beaver to meet with the meat livestock producers of the county to explain the organization of a cooperative marketing association, and the method by which the producers pro-ducers could get financial assistance from the federal board. Explanation was made in detail to those present, but so few came out that an accurate index as to the local lo-cal sentiment could not be secured. r- The board proposes the organiza tion of a unit of the Western Livestock Live-stock Marketing Association in Utah to start operating on August first. They plan on three units in Utah at present, the southern district to include in-clude Beaver, Millard, Juab and probably Sevier Counties. In each district a supervisor is placed who has charge of the marketing in his district. When a feeder or grower has stock ready for market, the sup-ervisor sup-ervisor comes to the yard, grades the cattle, and tells what the market will pay for the grades, either at the yards or terminal. The producer is the sole judge as to whether or not the stock are to go at the price set by the supervisor. For this service, one percent of the gross returns is charged. The contract is signed for a term of years with a withdrawal privilege during November of each year. The stock are sold without going thru the stockyards paying yardage and commissions together with high priced feeds while waiting for a buyer. Stock are weighed before be-fore shipment. The packers, who buy entirely on grade, are very much in favor of this system. It has been operating in California, Nevada, and Arizona for the past five years and is said to be a complete sucess there. In order to hold the overhead down, the association requires that at least 50 of the stock of the district dis-trict be signed up before they will accept the district, and any contracts signed before that time are void until un-til a sufficient number are signed. Copies of the contracts can be read at the County Agent's office. ' One contract considers feeder stock, the other fat killer stock. Meetings will be called some three or four weeks later for consideration of this proposition. Meanwhile producers should be threshing out the benefits bene-fits to be derived, and the obstacles to be encountered by the members of such an organization, then come to the meetings prepared to act for or against the proposition. Good propositions are sometimes turned down . without due consideration, while bad ones are likewise sometimes some-times accepted. A system is not always al-ways successful under every condition. condi-tion. Individually A Knockout or A Skulking Skulk-ing Member of The Group When Jack Dempsoy hit his first knockout and was asked how he did it, he said "by taking a lot of knocks in years of training. Babe Ruth, never hit a home run the first time he went to bat. If a breeder or daiyman, cowman or horseman wants his animal to score a "knockout" or hit a "home run" in his class at the county fair this fall, training should begin at once. Generally livestock that are to be fitted and put into shape for exhibition exhibi-tion should be given a litttle extra attention in the way of feeding, grooming, and training to lead and stand, and any other details that might be found necessary. Cattle or horses that do not lead well do not show themselves to good advantage. Usually they stand awkward and pinched so the judge does not see them with their natural carriage. Intensive In-tensive training with a rope the day before a show only serves to take the pride and Individuality away from an animal and makes him a , sheepish, skulking member of a group. Early training has the re-verso re-verso effect, bringing out the individuality indi-viduality and building up the pride of an aristocrat. Cattle are not as obstinate to train nor as awkward to handle as is ordinarily or-dinarily supposed. Tying one up for a few hours will usually break him of fighting the rope, so that detailed training can usually be given very successfully later on. Horses, sheep and swine will likewise respond to training methods systematically applied. ap-plied. We have had some very fine stock at our fairs in the past, but few of them have had any training. It will be found much more satisfactory to exhibit an animal that is trained to lead and stand properly instead of continuously fighting the rope and disturbing the other members of the class. Prepare Now for Early "Winter Eggs Egg prices have made an early advance ad-vance this year, and have already reached a very satisfctory summer price. Most of the high priced eggs must be produced by pullets, and in order to start producing in early fall they must have good care and properly prop-erly balanced rations. Some of the February hatched pullets pul-lets have already started to lay, and will no doubt give a good account of themselves before they go into a molt around Thanksgiving time. The later hatched pullets should be kept growing so as to get them into production pro-duction at about five months of age, thereby getting in one the greater part of the high priced egg season and still avoiding the fall molt. For the average farm flock a medium med-ium protein mash should be given, as there are usually pullets of all ages to be considered. Skim milk is always good, and the pullets should be given all they will take at all times if it is available. Give the feed in the formof mash as well as grain. The laying flock especially should be compelled to : consume about two thirds of their ration in the form of mash. It contains con-tains the egg making material while the grain gives heat and body niain-tainance. niain-tainance. The greater amount of mash consumed, the greater will be production so long as the health and vigor of the birds is maintained. |
