Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN feeding and caring for hogs A number of tanners farmers have reported that their pigs have not been doing too well during the past few months fattening hogs should receive about I 1 lbs ibs of 0 grain mixture tor for each lbs ibs of nt live weight A fairly good mixture for our county Is ground barley ot of about 10 lbs ibs weight 5 lbs ibs skim milk about 1 quart to each pound of grain fed in fit this proportion hogs will do fairly well it Is well to give a I 1 good protein food to fattening hogs such as tank age at the rate of 0 1 ib to 10 lbs ibs of shelled coin or from I 1 pint to I 1 buarl of skim milk to I 1 III ib of grain food alfalfa hay bay leaves should be fed to the hogs each day hogs this fall all and winter show signs igns or of worms ground worms which are usually from seven to eleven inches long and found in fit the fhe intestines cause a general and digestive A good treatment for worms Is 5 grains of Ca calomel loniel 5 grains and I 1 dram drain of areca tor for each 60 50 to 75 lbs ibs of hogs fed in the grain mash or in capsule form this treatment should be followed epsom salts worms can also be treated with oil of which may be administered either in powder 0 or capsule form forin this treatment may he be obtained from 0 AT franklin serum company west broadway roadway ri salt lake city utah worms can be prevented pie vented by feeal ing a mineral mixture the mixture should be in this liis proportion sal soda 3 lbs bs eliom salts 3 lbs ibs common salt 3 ills ibs sulphur 1 11 ib charcoal Chai coal 4 lbs ibs and copperas 3 lbs his this ini mineral mixture can be placed so go the hogs can get it or rei fed to them with their mash as needed the mixture is sufficient to last a long time or for quite a number of hogs too much of any mineral should not he be given to hogs hoes at ono time thile summary of the briket and grasshopper survey for millard county during the past fall professor C J associate entomologist of utah state slate agricultural experiment station and it II L I 1 shotwell IF entomologist US IA DA bureau of entomology and plant quarantine made a survey of the gras grasshopper and cricket situation in utah millard county showie liv twenty jim ine thousand and thirty two acres that will be badly infested with grasshoppers next year it is estimated that thai six thousand three hundred and ten acres will need to lie he covered with poison bait will take something like thirty two tons of bait at au an approximate cost ohsoo it is estimated that there Is one hundred and thirty seven thousand acres badly infested with mormon crickets during 1936 four foul thousand acres were ere treated with poison and other control methods damage was done to crops on approximately tour four thousand acres six thousand of range land received some damage the entomologists estimated that twenty five thousand dollars was seved by the work fl done lie on cricket control last season A check survey on the egg laying deposit shows that during 1937 approximately fourteen thousand will need to be treated the cricket and grasshopper survey is made by taking an actual count of eggs deposited in the various acres of the county unless the present stormy weather and the cold destroy many eggs we can look forward to a season in which work will have to be done to control these two insects during the past year considerable sid erable was lone done by the use of poison dust also by the use of gasoline and fire turkeys were iii cd in two areas and proved the most effective means of destroying those these pests landscaping and horticulture work mr stark extension horticulturist bioni the utah state agricultural college will spend january 27 and 28 in millard county mr air stark will give a landscape lecture which will consist of slides to illustrate the proper methods of procedure in land heaping home grounds mr air stark will also be prepared to give heir on home gardens horticulture work etc fruit growers of millard county count who may be interested in proper pruning printing and giattino giat ting should get in touch mith the county agents office as soon as possible anyone wishing any help from mr air stark in the landscaping of his home grounds or in III selecting proper fluit varieties etc should let us know at the county agents office the january meeting of the east millard FDA committee will be thursday january H 14 at 1100 A al at fillmore |