Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN RODENT POISONING the scattering of 0 poison for or squirrel control in the old fields on chalk creek will start monday may 27 farmers should get poison grain tor for their own land and be ready to go at the same time the poisoning Is done on the roadways lanes fence lines and waste ground As long as help Is available poisoning can be done on private property providing the owner will buy the grain wo we urge that farmers help helb poison around their own farms arms important cattle meeting saturday evening may 26 25 at 8 p m a cattle meeting will be held at the county court house cattle owners are requested to be present the meeting will be for or the purpose of 0 discussing the taylor grazing act the winters feed supply it you own livestock it la is imperative that you have winter feed for or them moisture conditions at present are such that it looks as it 1 we will raise plenty of 0 oed food for or the coming winter it Is always wisdom to hold bold over part of 0 the surplus hay and feed eed for or the following year by following such a practice the farmer armor la is insuring himself against drought with present moisture conditions it too late to plant barley even if i the barley mature for or grain it can be cut for or hay east millard county should see an increase of at least percent in the corn acreage corn can be matured on less water than most crops if feed eed is not needed for or the coming year the corn can bo be placed in a trench silo and left led as long as desired mr richardson on his lynndyl lynndal farm arm has corn in excellent condition ater after being in the silo for or four our years A trench silo filled with corn would have looked very good this past winter why not plant four our or ive five acres of 0 corn for or silage to carry over to meet the loan lean years to all certified seed growers positively the time limit for or allne filing applications for or seed certification ls Is june 1 the certification fee ee must accompany the application otherwise the application will not be recorded it Is absolutely necessary to make the time limit for or tiling filing applications juno 1 in order that the inspector can perfect his records and be ready to begin making the first beld field inspections ions by july 1 I applications may be lied filed with the state department 0 f agriculture state capitol salt lake city utah or with your district agricultural inspector ELIMINATE ANTS BY USE OP OF CYANIDE if I 1 red stinging or harvester ants are making their beds on the farm arm land the following control measure Is recommended by the extension service of 0 the utah state agricultural college dissolve one ounce of potassium or sodium cyanide in one gallon ot of water locate the center of 0 the bed and thrust a spade in to ull full depth pry orward forward on the spade handle and pour about halt hal a pint of 0 the cyanide solution into the hole behind the spade withdraw the spade as carefully as possible to avoid disturbing the dirt better results are obtained when the application Is made just following a rain to treat tho the entire bed this process should be repeated by working outward from the center ot of the bed the cyanide should exterminate the ants at the first application but it if a few remain within the course ot of a month the process should be repeated using a smaller quantity of the solution caution should be used in handling the cyanide as it Is extremely poisonous care should be used to keep it from coming in contact with the skin akin the small black garden or lawn ants can be controlled by injecting a small quantity of carbon disulphide commonly known as high life into the entrance ot of each nest neat press the foot down on tho the entrance to contine confine tho the gas plants are arc injured or killed it they come in contact with this chemical UME ALAY BE USED TO PRESERVE EGGS although water glass Is the most satisfactory egg preservative there Is another method which can be used when the water glass Is not obtainable I 1 following Is the procedure as outlined by carl ox tension poultry nian of the utah state ag college dissolve two or three pounds of 0 lime in tire five gallons 0 of water that his hag previously been boiled and cooled allow the mixture to stand until the lime settles and the mixture is clear clean fresh eggs should then be placed in tho the clean earthenware oart henwar e or wooden container and the limewater added until the top layer of 0 eggs Is covered with about two inches ot of the solution in some instances salt gait has been added to the lime but it has been found by experimentation that the lime used alone has been more satisfactory it if only fresh clean unfertile unwashed eggs aro are placed in the preserving liquid they may be kept in the home hame lor for eight months or more |