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Show Farm News-Notes By LEW MAR PRICE County Agent State Specialists Make Recommendations Specialists' lectures, demonstrations, demonstra-tions, and home visits in the county last week were very enthusiastically received by farmers, housewives, and prospective 4-H club girls and boys. Their work covered the entire coun- ty in one or more projects. Prof. Hoganson visited farms in all parts of the Milford Flat during the day to ascertain soil types and conditions and to learn what crops have been most successfully grown In the past in order to plan a delinks delin-ks system of rotation to recommend to the farmers of that district. It was the aim on that occasion to plan a cropping system that will most adequately supply the needs of livestock live-stock and make for greater acre (Continued on baek page) n . FARM NEWS NOTES BY LEW MAR PRICE (Continual from page one) yields in the form of ImUerl'ut ,heef, pork, etc. i One of ill; (l:iiiii!; it;LO in ui e n d a-tions a-tions for an So an- !'urm which was taken as an averat: w as that the farmer gamble- uiih no more than 10 acres in alfalfa seed except under special conditions. Tile plan included includ-ed the production in fairly definite acreage each year of alfalfa, wheat, barley, corn, garden and potatoes, and pasture either permanent or temporary. The plan is known to carry the farmer more uniformly year after year regardless of depression depres-sion such as. tlie pre-ent that naturally natur-ally come periodically. The work of Mis. Harrows and Mrs. Is'eilson in their home manage-men manage-men project was even more enthusiastically enthus-iastically received than in the past. Demonstration meetings and lectures were held in the different parts of the county, and some 12 homes were visited by requests from the housewives. house-wives. Suggestions for rearrangements, rearrange-ments, remodeling, decorations, etc., were given in each case. Mr. Murray, Stale club leader, worked with Mrs. Vilda Smith in conducting a club leaders' training school for the county. After the club school in Beaver on Monday, Mr. Murray met the students of the Minersville Min-ersville and Milford high schools and explained club work and its benefits. Heaver County is favored in being allowed two home management clubs when there are to be only six in the ' state. On Friday, Mr. C. O. Stott, agricultural agri-cultural economist on the extension service, held accounting schools and started a number of farmers out keeping farm accounts. There are still a few account books left, and anyone applying to the agent can be listed and started on the project as long as the books last. The recommendations of these specialists should, if put into rather general practice, assist considerably in establishing a more satisfying farm and home life in the county. Mil ford To Have Black nnd AVhite Day On April 28 Mr. H. A. Mathiesen, western representative of the Hol-stein Hol-stein Friesian Cattle Association, and Prof. George B. Caine, head of the dairy department of the U. S. A. C, will be in Milford to assist the dairymen of this county in making I the Holstein breeders' day known as "Black and White day" a complete success. Holstein breeding activities jnow center around Milford for this county, hence the celebration will be held at that place. Details of the day yet to be worked work-ed out by a competent committee aleardy appointed will probably I include a show in the afternoon and a meeting in the evening if the schedule of these men will permit. The dairy activity in the Milford Valley during the past few months has attracted considerable attention in this and other states, and breed representatives are glad to come and assist in this and other breed shows. This occasion will be a good opportunity oppor-tunity for dairymen to bring their new cows out, and before an impartial impar-tial judge, have them compared with each other. Dairymen all over the county should take this opportunity to see what progress has been made in the Holstein breeding opperations by the farmers of the Milford Valley. If will be a busy time, but should not interfere materially if everyone starts planning now. Get Early Hatched Chicks Government statistics show that ten eggs produced from October to December are worth as much as twenty produced at any other time. Early hatched pullets produce October Octo-ber to December eggs, and continue to produce more throughout the season sea-son than the later hatched birds. Local Lo-cal poultrymen who got May and June hatched pullets last year have learned that they are a poor investment invest-ment ,and will not consider pullets hatched later than April in the future. fu-ture. Get the chicks early and keep them thriving. They are the pullets that produce the high priced eggs which make the best profits. In explaining the difference between be-tween a scrub dam and a dam scrub Prof. Fitch of the Kansas Agricultural Agricultur-al College said a scrub dam is a cow of promiscuous breeding and a dam scrub is the man that keeps her. Agree? |