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Show 1 i!v lew map. price j County Agent J Feed is Limiting Factor in Number j of Dairy Cows I "One of the greatest drawbacks of I the dairy industry in Utah is the lack of feed," said Professor George B. Came at the annual extension service conference held recently at the Utah State Agricultural college. "Some are advocating doubling the number of dairy cows in Utah, which would then place 200,000 cows in the ."late. The fact is that only a few counties can increase the number of cows because of feed shortage." Professor Caine pointed out that sheep, beef cattle, hogs, horses and mules in the state require a sufficient amount of feed to maintain and that the dairy industry could be materially material-ly increased only through increased unit production. The quality of the cows must be improved and not an increase made in numbers. "The greatest blow to the industry in the last 18 months has been the increased use of scrub sires in the herds of the state," continued Professor Profes-sor Caine. "Farmers are letting their best bulls go because of their age and making replacements with scrubs." It was then that Professor Caine suggested that dairy manufacturing plants and other organizations interested inter-ested in the dairy business, cooperate with the dairymen in securing better bet-ter herd sires. He said that the price paid for the old bull for bologne might be used as the first payment for a new animal and cooperative effort ef-fort be used to pay the balance. The condition as described by Pro-i'e.ssor Pro-i'e.ssor Caine very well describes Beaver county's condition. While no feed shortage exists in the Milford Valley, saturation point has no doubt been reached in tiie Beaver Vailey. Anything under a normal production of feeds results in an acute shortage, and the necessity for importing. This is usually done in the form of concentrates, concen-trates, and ti.e money paid for them is lost to the county. Beaver county has the name of being be-ing the second county in the United States to be free from the use of scrub dairy sires. But what would a survey shw now ? Does the fact that dairy cattle are so extremely cheap now justify the use of inferior sires and a resulting inferior herd in the future ? It would indicate a short sighted view of the future of our ma- jor industry and one that we hope may be corrected. Forester Announces New Low-Price List for Nursery Trees Farmers of Utah will be able to secure se-cure forest trees for planting this coming spring, from the forest nursery nurs-ery at the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan, according to Paul M. Dunn, forester in charge of tree distribution for the extension service. The prices have been reduced about fifty cents per 100 trees and approximately approxi-mately 50,000 seedlings and transplants trans-plants of fourteen different varieties are listed in the 1933 price list and order) blank, w-hjich wi,'ll be mailed throughout the state within the next lew days. The kinds of trees available, sizes, and the prices per 100 trees, delivered to the purchaser's postolfice or express ex-press office, are as follows: Siberian elm 18 to 2-1 inches, and Russian olive 12 to 18 inches, $2.50; black locust, 12 to 18 inches and Siberian elm, 10 to 14 inches, $1.50; and all other kinds $2, which included golden willow, 18 to 24 inches; green ash, 12 to 18 inches; in-ches; Siberian pea tree, 12 to 18 inches; inch-es; thornless honey locust, 12 to 18 inches; black walnut, 12 to IS inches; Balm of Gilead, IS to 24 inches; Pon-derosa Pon-derosa pine, six to eight inches; Scotch pine, six to eght inches; Austrian Aust-rian pine, four to six inches; Colorado olue spruce, two to four inches; Oriental Or-iental arborvitae, four to eight inches, i The above trees have all been grow-! in;;- in the state for sometime, and , have been found to be adapted to most j growing conditions, said Mr. Dunn, j i hey are available for farm planting in windbreaks, shelterbelts, and wood- j lots only. The planting stock is dis-tributed dis-tributed at low prices as a result of the cooperation of the state of Utah! with the Federal government under the Clarke-MeXary law. Purchasers of these trees are required re-quired to give the plantings particular care, and to supply the college with information as to growth and survival. surviv-al. Mr. Dunn advises all persons wishing trees to mail their order before be-fore March, as the shipment of trees from the nursery is expected to be made not later than April 1. Living conditions on the Milford Fiat especially, could be materially Lspwvod by a systematic tree planting plant-ing program over about a five year period. Two hundred hardwood trees each year on every farm would add real value to all property. The hard woods are fast growing and valuable timber. I |