Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN PASTURES much of 0 the land ordinarily considered as waste ground on the everage average farm should be put to a more beneficial use it alt altogether ogeth er necessary that A supply ol of irrigation water waiter be available for the waste ground in order bogrow some grass gras s es as it Is in worth a trip to tho the millard county high school campus to look at the perennial rye grass growing la in the brush and rooks rocks without irrigation crested created wheat grass slender wheat grass blue stem wheat and brome bromus are good to plant on much of the brush ground ot of east millard county FARM BUREAU MEETINGS president anderson ot of the state farm bureau will hold a series of meetings in east millard county during the week commencing june 3 these meetings will be hold la in the interest of parm farm bureau work both men man and women are invited to be present the itinerary of meetings is as follows scipio june 3 8 p m amusement hall holden june 4 2 p ra church hall fillmore june 4 8 p m county court house meadow june 6 2 p m church hall kanosh june 6 8 p m church hall ball RODENT CAMPAIGN storms have delayed the squirrel poisoning work in east millard county it Is expected the work will get under way monday june 3 several crewe of men will go to work monday under the supervision of 0 mr mcfarland ot of the bureau ot of biological survey each farmer u surged to be ready to poison hla his own farm arm while the men are working lf near by help can then be given it desired farmers should obtain poison grain as soon as possible so no delay will take place dairy cows need rest period says dairy advisor by prof george B calne caine head bead dairy department it Is sometimes claimed by dairymen that it Is impossible to dry up a particular cow generally when a cow Is milking extremely well at the close of oc her lactation period it is an aa indication that she Is a good cow but if that is the case this Is no excuse tor for the herds mens not drying her hp it the cow to la hard to dry ott off the first thing to do la Is to change her teed ed it if she Is on pasture getting good green teed feed lock her up in a dry feedlot for or a few days take her green away irom from and milk her at irregular intervals it if in the winter when the cows are in the barn all the time the first thing thine to do la Is to take away the grain change the hay ration from alfalfa to timothy or some other food that Is not so palatable and milk at irregular intervals with cows that are producing only about ton ten pounds of milk per day it Is not ne no lessary generally to do any thing with then them except stop milking 9 them or milk at very irregular intervals with cows that are producing as much as from 15 to 20 pounds a day either one of the first methods mentioned may be employed to get satisfactory results the idea that Is prevalent in the western country that when a cow is dry she needs very little to eat Is wrong and the sooner this practice Is eliminated the better off the dairymen 1 will become and the greater production thy will got get from their dairy cows to produce milk Is just as much a tax on the system of the dairy cow as aa hard work Is on the average draft horse and tor for that reason it requires considerable energy and nutrients to keep up the body it has been proved beyond question that cows when dry tor for a month or six weeks are much better producers than it milked up to within two weeks or a low few days of their calving time |