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Show Farm News-Notes By LEW MAR PRICE County Agent Can Anylxxly Guess One of the' very interesting and Instructive half days at the recent Farmers' Encampment held at the V. S. A. C. in Logan was that spent by the farmers at the experiment farm operated -in cooperation with the federal government. Experiments too numerous to mention covering every phase of soil culture and crop production methods me-thods are in progress. Some are of too recent origin to give any conclusive con-clusive information yet, while oth-,ers oth-,ers have been going from 20 to 30 years and do give conclusive information infor-mation that is of much value. Most any of the experiments of interest to the agriculture of this county have been in progress long enough that results are of much practical value and could well be applied gen-, gen-, erally. For example; one plot planted to small grain for continuously for 19 years has shown an average yield of wh bushels per acre, including the first years while 'yields were high. Yields are below that now. The care including irrigation and cultivation, culti-vation, seediselecLion and treatment, etc., has been such as would have been given by any good farmer. This plot shows at least 50 weeds, . most of which are wild oats.. On an adjoining plot where a four year rotation including beets, clover, clov-er, potatoes, and wheat has been carried on, wheat has shown an average av-erage yield of 37 bushels per acre; and 'on the plot where manure was applied once in the rotation just preceeding beets the average yield of wheat has been 4 7 bushels per acre. Can anybody guess why Reaver Valley farmers say they used to raise good crops of wheat, but cannot can-not do so any more? On one plot where they expected to over do the manuring, 4 0 tons of barnyard manure has been added each year for 1G years. On that plot the yield of sugar beets has averaged averag-ed 2 8 tons per acre. The beets show no disease, and are uniform in stand and size. On another plot where 15 tons of manure has been applied an- ually, the average yield has been 2 2 tons of beets. These results are of much interest and value since the average yield in our state varies from 9 to 14 tons per acre during the different years. Results just as interesting and valuable are shown at the dairy farm, tlio sheep and beef cattle barns, poultry and hog lots, and in nil linos of canning, forage, and related re-lated crops. The trip to the experi- ment farm alone was worth the effort ef-fort necessary to get to tho encampment encamp-ment whero three full days and nights of real educational vacation were spent. Tuberculosis Test Completed. In the recent test for tuberculosis conducted in the county by the state and federal governments 33 re-actors were taken out of a total of 3:ino cows tested. This is slightly less than lr, and while it is not bad (our state is 1.1) it is nearly double the results of 1928 when 2880 cows were tested and 1G renders re-nders were taken. Several cows were taken this year that have passed the test on former occasions, and some few, were stock that have been brought in from other oth-er counties. Some cases cai be definitely de-finitely traced to the sources of infection. in-fection. This shows that a thor-ough thor-ough cleaning and disinfecting of ' premises where a re-actor Is found is the best insurance against further lufectiton. The niattetr has boon taken up with the chief of the Hureau of Animal An-imal Industry under whose direction these reactors are slaughtered, and if It Is possible to preserve a good specimen from one of the carcasses, it will be done and exhibited at our county fair. V ' Lay plans for your exhibit at the county fair. The dynamometer pulling pul-ling contest will be of greater interest inter-est to everyone concerned, and prizes priz-es will be increased in every department. depart-ment. i |