Show county agents column to 0 o lie canior out in ill mallul Mi county during the crop year of 1938 several experiments are to be carried out in millard county commercial fertilizer is being tried out at delta fillmore Ale meadow adow and flowell several farmers are trying new vai idles of seed A new variety of oat is being tried there will also be several patches of velvon barley and plans aie already under way to have at least 5 acres of new hybrid corn grown in several communities new grain sorghum turn will be tried out at Mc mccormick Gormick scipio arid and holden through cooperation with the utah experiment station it is planned to do control on insects particularly control of 0 dygus bit bugs gs one acre of turkestan turk estan alfalfa will also be planted this new alfalfa is wilt resistant and is being furnished by the united states government and will only be available as the department part ment of agriculture can call increase the production farmers of millard county should be interested in it these new crops arid and in some of the it at will be done to help them A N ind break planting of forest trees will also be planted at delta illig aaion conference the recent irrigation conference which was held at logan from feb 28 to march 4 should be of tremendous interest to most ot of the irrigated areas of utah it was pointed out at this conference that two possible means existed for expanding the irrigation of land tit in utah these possibilities were more alore economic use ot of water that is now low available more alore complete storage facilities to make more moisture available stream flow does not correspond to the need for or water we must store water to stab tab alize the low flow it is important that each irrigation company be interested in the stream flow from which they get their water records ot of stream flow for or a long period are very useful in determining the type ot of storage that is necessary utah has almost ai many large reservoirs as she needs our efforts need to be bent toward conserving water through consolidation tion of 0 collateral canals by construction st ruction ot of reservoirs and dams dama by better maintien mai maintenance nten ance of present canals arid and adjustment ot of water rights it was also pointed mil dut at the irrigation conference that farmers need to know more about tile tho legal phase of their occupations it Is of 0 vital importance to the farmers of millard county to look forward to the conservation of all available irrigation water As farm arm people we need to realize that farm life is a wholesome way of living because it is a natural mode of living 00 dr arvil stark specialist in landscaping from the utah extension service will be in millard county during the week of march 13 dr starks sen ices Nices will be available to home owners who may want help in landscaping their own 0 w n homes to communities who want help in landscaping of public buildings arid and beautification of roads dr stark will be prepared to present illustrated lectures in any community desiring this instruction orchard liard owners who want nant help in brunning pru nning demonstrations or suggestions on new varieties should get in touch with the county agents office arid and make their wants known before dr stark arrives arrive 3 |