Show county agents column plans have been completed to make raster faster lamb day at delta on april ath a big success livestock men and women of mallard county cannot afford to miss the education al 11 treat that is in store for them at this show the forenoon of april 8 will be devoted to a tour of some eight feed yards where each tanner farmer is feeding a different feed ration to ills his ewes and tat fat lambs A few groups of baby beet beef being fed by the smith hughes boys will also be shown at 2 30 1 p m we e will meet at the delta high school auditorium where demonstrations on home use of wool ull w il be shown other demonstrations on oil lamb cookery will also be given dean W E carroll and professor esplin from the utah state agricultural college will spend the day at delta with livestock men to discuss problems pl oblenis pertaining to feeding and handing binding of sheep director william peterson has also been invited and will bt be I 1 in attendance it if it lie Is able to so arrange liis ills plans miss miller nd mis ills danows barrows of 0 the extension Exten service are going to boi be in the county to cooperate with the sponsors of lamb day the alie big events of the late afternoon and evening will be a lamb daml banquet balquet 3 sponsored by b y the delta W school hand band mothers and a d wi jya js I 1 1 sponsored sponsored by the sheep growers crowers ba 6 ei 60 clation a everyone Evir is invited you cannot afford to miss this educational and recreational treat RODENTS ground squirrels are out in fit numbers this spring ie from all indications farmers must get busy or they will lose a good portion of their crops the division of 0 grazing and the county will regularly cooperate in taking care of 0 the public domain and public roadways farmers roust must expect to scatter poison on their own land for squirrel control cold stormy days will keep tile the squi squirrels hid up ill A warm sunshiny day preceded by a few stormy days is an ideal time to scatter the poison grain care should be taken in tile the scattering of poison grain to place it ft coll correctly estly so that no birds will be killed we need our bird life almost as much as we need to destroy the rodents poison grain Is now low on oil hand and farmers can call do a teal ical job it if they will only cooperate WE WEEDS E DS the county weed committee lias has mot met in two special sessions to outline the weed need program tor for millard county the weed program for or 1938 should bo be among the best that we vc have ever attempted in the control and eradication of noxious weeds in ili this county the county weed committee is unanimous in its desire to eradicate white top and to keep other noxious weeds under tinder control most farmers see the necessity of protecting the alfalfa seed industry and feel that only through proper handling of a weed program can this industry be saved farmers are being encouraged either to control these small patches patch of noxious weeds by clean cultivation or by the use of chemicals and apply 4 work on oil each such mans artl conservation on program in this SV Y we farmer will be paid tor for doing something that is first of all ills own problem weeds are a public as well as individual problem because the weeds represent a mortgage on the property prop eity it if the weeds eods are not properly taken caie of then tho the mortgage will be foreclosed as tile the weeds will take tho the land the alie state stale weed program as outlined tor for 1938 will make use of quarantine it such a measure becomes necessary farmers are thus urged to meet this problem with witha la spirit of cooperation FAT SHOW are you feeding a calf for or the june show at salt lake city do you want that calf to bo be tat fat |