Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN FDA committee to meet the may inee meeting of the east millard fda committee will be held tuesday may IS 18 at 9 30 A M FARM PESTS it has been estimated by co competent ampe authorities on the subject that rodents weeds eeds and insect pests cos cost tile the farmers of millard county front from to annually it is a source of satisfaction to know that at the present time there Is a noxious weed and a mormon cricket con ciol program going on oil in the he county we are certainly in need of a rodent control project why canal banks drain banks bank railroad right of ways tence fence lines and barrow pits along both state and county roads be under rodent control farmers are continually spending money to take care or of their land while adjacent land and above mentioned places form a source ot of infestation it would certainly be a worthwhile project for the farmers of tile the entire delta area to urge the various agencies to take care of the rodents on oil the property belonging to them INSECT CONTROL information can be had at the county agents office on oil control ot of various insects affecting the garden and other crops farmers of millard county should watch their alfalfa this spring for both stern stem blight and alfalfa weevil ee vIl stem light blight causes tremendous losses in ili first crop hay lay about the only control measure is to clip early with tile the intention of getting a second and third crop of hay alfalfa weevil can call best be controlled by the use of a poison duster dusting machines lie aie quite xe pensive but will cover from f loin forty to eighty acres per day the poison dust materials material will cost around twenty one cents per acre it if farmers would dust their alfalfa fields it would only be a matter of two or three years until the beyll practically be eradicated if farmers are not going to use dust or liquid spray they should clip their alfalfa early eaily when alfalfa Is clipped early a large percentage ot of the weevil eggs are aie still in the lie alfalfa steni stem unhatched clipping early is not only an air effective way ay of con ti trolling alfalfa weevil but it usually insures a fitle fine quality of first crop hay the same quantity or of course cannot be harvested ll however oever it 1 ia very doubtful if any farm fanner e r by clipping early looses any quantity of 0 hay as the second and third crop will usually produce the difference alfalfa should always be cut when approximately one tenth or 01 less of the bloom can call be seen or when in ili the bud stage alfalfa when clip red at this time will also give the lie best quality of hay lay it also has a better vitamin content Is usually high in mineral and is more readily beadil y digested because of the high protein content when property harvested first crop hay can be used tor for protein food not only for the cattle sheep and horses but can call be fed to the hogs as a substitute tor for bran even the poultry can use it to good advantage watch your alfalfa this spring and clip it at the right time you will only have to teed feed it once and you will be convinced that early clipping is best eat another good way of telling when it should be clipped Is to observe the new crown when the new shoots of the second crop begin to come it is time to clip the first crop regardless of the alie stage of bud or bloom ilay hay cut at the right stage will always insure just as much quantity and a much better belter quality costs bi fluck check flu ck on few feed inasmuch as feed represents presents le about GO per cent of the cost ot of producing poultry and eggs a careful check should be made in each individual pen to see that no teed feed is wasted cautions protestor professor carl intension extension poultry roan nian at the U S A C carefully conducted experiments indicate that leghorn liens in fit average egg production will only eat cat about out 75 toso pounds of feed per bird cpr year and yet records kept ly by utah poultry men inell tile the past six years indicate that feed in axce excess s s of pounds per bird per ye yeii year ii has been fed in several instances he said some ot of the avenues through which many of 0 our poultry men inell waste feed eed are arc first use of feed hoppers that hut are constructed or that are badly in ili need of repair second filling the iho hopper too full when ev over e r a new supply of teed feed is added and third scattering scratch grains in III litter that is not only damp dark aal 1 foul hut but too unsanitary for chickens to work in with safety copies of teed feed formulas or mulas tor for mixing your own feeds blue prints of feed toppers hoppers that waste and bulletins that may help to eliminate some ot of the poor pooi producing birds that are reducing the profits from your poultry flock may be obtained without cot cost from the extension service at the utah state agricultural college logan utah |