Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN till FEEDING or OP DAIRY CATTLE dairy calves should receive whole milk until they have reached tile the age float dom four our to six weeks skim milk can then be substituted and tile the amount increased unit unil the calt calf receives sixteen pounds per day or approximately two gallons dairy calves should receive milk until they are from four to six months of 0 age the dairy calf should receive about the same amount ot of milk each day and the milk pall should be scalded at least once per day A fluxion in tile the quantity of milk given is likely to cause indigestion troubles A dalry dairy calt calf should take grain when about a week old whole oats or a mix pounds of 0 grain can call be given to the calf as fast ai we the calf will ill take that amount good quality hay should be given at all times after six sl months of 0 age the dairy better hc lter should receive high quality roughage or have access to green pasture forage it if forage is not abundant bun clant two to six pounds of 0 grain should be fed dally daily older heifers heffers should receive all the good quality roughage they can consume front from six to eight weeks before freshening they should be fed from tour four to eight pounds ot of grain per day depending on their size and condition the dairy cow should receive all the good roughage she can eat it if corn silage Is being fed she should receive from two and one halt to three pounds per hundred pounds of live weight it if molasses Is to be fed to the dairy cow she should be started out with about one halt pound per day and increased until she will take three to five pounds per day it grain to li fed ed to the dairy cow it should be chopped tine fine the cow should be fed ed from rom four our to ive five pounds of 0 grain it 1 she la is producing from rom twenty ive five to thirty pounds of 0 milk and the grain increased to the rate of 0 milk produced salt should be kept before the he dairy animals at all times with grain prices as they are at present it may be the most moat economical procedure to red feed all the good quality alfalfa the cow can consume and only those cows that will pay for or grain should be fed ed grain any hay bay Is worth six dollars per ton barley should be worth wheat corn oats wheat barley mo molasses lassei in this proportion any dairy man mail or beet beef cattle feeder can figure the value of his hay in fit por portion to grain and thus determine tor for himself it it Is economical to feed eed grains when good quality hay can he be purchased at the present price NOTICE TO ARTESIAN OR R GROUND WATER USERS state engineer T it humpherys has proclaimed the closing of 0 wells diverting water front rom underground water sources beginning with november 15 1936 and ending with april 1 1937 in the county of 0 mill arad all persons owning wells wella or controlling artesian or pump wells are required to cap or otherwise shut oft off tile the supply during this period in each and every instance where the water is not required tor for use uhe ube being restricted to culinary and cering purposes water for winter irrigation Is not recognized as benefi caal use and so decreed by the su sit premo preme court in certain instances instance where by reason ot of artesian wells being in running sand where tile the well would be injured by shutting oft off the water application should be made to the state engineer for or exemption whereupon examination will be made by him to determine the facts upon which to base a decision the closed season of underground water has been proclaimed in tile the interest ot of conserving the underground water supply and to provide the maximum quantity tor for next years use As it a result of 0 last years closing order the water in fit most of 0 the tinder underground basins baring ot of utah has raised ten feet thus materially indrea increasing kuig the available supply for next years use strict obedience to this closing order will further increase the supply disregard of tile the closing order is a misdemeanor under tinder the law moreover in fit addition to the usual penalties a disregard ot of the order may result in the underground water user being forbidden the use of the water from its his well AAA WORKING ON rn PAR harmens MEns innas ON ta the ideas of tour four million farmers on the kind of 0 agricultural conservation program which should bo be developed for 1937 are in the mill lu in washington D C where the AAA Is now busy working on the 1937 program george E farrell director of the AAA western division reports these ideas were suggested by tanners arm at county and community meetings or were ic ie ported by county and state committees the ideas of 0 utah farmers were submitted at the regional meeting held in october at pocatello idaho these ideas and suggestions are being worked over to tit fit into a program which will meet tho the wishes ot of a majority of 0 farmers and at the same time fulfill tho the purpose of 0 a conservation program mr air farrell says after the program Is ready tor for the western region it then will be fitted into the general plan tor for the nation welfare at the as a whole washington confab ii being looker looked after by W W owens assistant extension service director ot of the U S A C and J W Gree greeniaw nian of orem member of 0 the state AAA committee A great many different ideas nd suggestions tor for the 1937 program have been made by farmers fan ners mr air farrell says As many of these will be used as are found feasible these have varied from state to state slate depending upon conditions however certain suggestions were made by farmers in practically every state slate and these are the suggestions which are receiving first consideration the first suggestion and one on which the AAA Is working especially la Is that the plan be made more simple avoiding as much paper work ork as possible and making it 11 easier to understand der stand another suggestion which the AAA la Is working to meet is that the plan be completed as soon as possible in order that farmers may make their plans tor for their 1937 plantings another suggestion which was wag made in nearly every state slate was ahat a maximum conservation allowance be made tor for each farm with farmers |