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Show f "farmnews notes 1 ! BY LEW MAR PRICE t County Agent j .......... ......-""""-"""""" Sheep Affected With Lip and Lee Ulceration Dr. W. H. Hendricks State Livestock Live-stock Inspector was called into the county on Saturday, February 25, to diagnose a disease affecting a herd of range sheep on the desert, seven miles mil-es south east of Milford. The herd has been suffering for some time from a light form of the disease known as lip and leg ulceration, ulcera-tion, some losses having occurred. The disease occurs, as is indicated by the name, in the form of ulcers on the lips and legs, making it difficult for the animals to travel or to eat. Infection occurs generally by the germ gaining entrance through an abrasion of the skin caused by traveling travel-ing and feeding on crusted snow. The disease responds to treatment which must be given individually. The affected sheep in this herd will be taken from the herd to a farm where they will be treated and fed until they recover. One or 35 Cows A few issues back, 'Hoard's Dairyman' Dairy-man' gave the story ol a man in the "profit business" and a man in the "cow business." A drawing illustrated the fact that 25 cows averaging 302 pounds of but-terfat but-terfat a year earned a profit of $875 while placing 7550 pounds of butter-fat butter-fat on the market. In direct contrast was the drawing of 875 cows averaging averag-ing 1G4 pounds of butterfat per year, earning their owners the same $875 but placing 143,500 pounds of butter-fat butter-fat on the market. The latter group occupied 35 farms, the same size as the first group; thirty-five families were required to care for them; taxes were thirty-five times as much; yet each farmer had less than 3 per cent as much net profit. This illustrates very clearly the value of a 302 pound cow as complied with the 164 pound cow. The survey just completed, shows that Beaver county has a very high average cow. This survey was based on the production during the last half of January, and may not be entirely accurate, yet none can doubt that a high average quality cow is present. Averages do not tell the whole story. We know we have numerous 300 pound cows, and even herds that average av-erage well over 400 pounds. We undoubtedly un-doubtedly have some 164 pound ''cows. An individual production record can be kept with very little time, and no expense. When it is shown that one 302 pound cow makes as much profit as thirty-five 164 pound cows, it behooves behoov-es us to make an effort to locate such individuals. There are enough 300 pound cows in the county that we are justified in aiming at that level for a minimum. Such cows are making a fair profit at present prices, and should not be condemned con-demned if they have stablemates producing pro-ducing below the dead line. The creameries have all expressed a willingness to do the testing for anyone who will take the samples and keep records. Your county agent will supply cards, scales, sample bottles, etc., and the test need be made but .once each two months. Several dairymen dairy-men have already started this record. What about yours? Trees for Windbreaks Nearly 1000 small forest trees have been planted in Beaver county during the past three years for windbreak purposes, according to a report from State Extension Forester Paul M. Dunn. Local persons who have planted plant-ed trees obtained from the Agricultural Agricul-tural College nursery at Logan are W. H. Hendrickson, and Leroy C. Lu-ken Lu-ken of Milford, and Beaver Lion's (Continued on page 5) o ! FARM NEWS NOTES j U BY LEW MAR PRICE I 1 1 County Agent j (Continued from page 1) j club of Beaver. Mr. Hendrickson has planted trees each of the three years. Ten different kinds of trees have been planted, six kinds of hardwoods, and four kinds of conifers, and in all j cases they are surviving quite well, in the opinion of Mr. Dunn, who in- spected the trees last summer. All 'of the plantings bear out the fact that j the hardwood trees wll do better un-j un-j der farm conditions than the conifers j or evergreens. The varieties that j are recommended for most places in the Milford territory are the Russian Olive, Siberian Elm, Honey Locust, Black Locust, Golden Willow, and Green Ash; with the Blue Spruce and Scotch Pine Deng- used under better than average conditions. In the Beaver Beav-er section, the same trees are suggested sug-gested with the exception of Black Locust, and possibly Honey Locust. Young trees and seedlings may be obtained again this year from the college nursery at Logan for farm planting in windbreaks and woodlots at prices from $1.50 to $2.50 per hundred. The sizes vary from twelve to 24 inches for the hardwoods and four to eight inches for the conifers. Your county agricultural extension agent will furnish information relative rela-tive to ordering the trees, and suggests sug-gests that the orders be placed as soon as possible as the shipment of the planting stock from Logan is expected ex-pected to start about the first of April. Animal Fertilizer Contains Necessary Food For Plants By Prof. J. C. Hogenson, Extension Agronomist As time approaches for the starting start-ing of spring work and the planting of spring crops, the question naturally natural-ly arises, "Shall I apply manure to my land from the pile that has been accumulating during the winter months ?" Kvery plant needs food, most Utah soils do not have a sufficient supply naturally available, without enough food the crops will fail to develop and produce profitably. The application of farm manure supplies the food requirements re-quirements of growing plants. The following number of pounds of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash (the three plant food elements which are likely to be lacking in farm soils) are found in each ton of ordinary mixed farm manure: nitrogen, 10 pounds; phosphoric acid, 5 pounds; and potash, 10 pounds. In a ton of cow manure there are 12 pounds of nitrogen, 3 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 9'i pounds of potash. In horse manure there are 121-. pounds of nitrogen, 4 1 b pounds of phosphoric acid and 12 pounds of potash. In pig manure there are 10 pounds of nitrogen, 6 "4 pounds of phosphoric acid and 9 pounds ,of potash. pot-ash. In sheep manure there are 16 pounds of nitrogen, 7 pounds of phosphoric phos-phoric acid, and 17 pounds of potash. In poultry manure there are 20 pounds of nitrogen, 18 pounds of phosphoric acid and 10 pounds of potash. pot-ash. In other words it takes 200 pounds of mixed farm manure to produce one pound of nitrogen; 400 pounds to produce pro-duce one pound of phosphoric acid and 200 pounds to produce one pound of potash. All manure should be spread on the land as soon as possible after it is produced to avoid waste of plant food. |