Show county agents column 1939 WINTER WHEAT MAY BE PROTECTED BY CROP INSURANCE to obtain coverage of 0 crop losses to their 1939 winter wheat crop under policies being issued by the federal crop insurance corporation growers in fit utah must file lie applications with their county AAA committees by august 30 it was announced this week by saul E hyer state elate supervisor it la Is essential to the success of 0 the crop insurance plan for winter wheat that operators apply for or insurance before bufore see seeding dirig time this tall fall the closing dates for or receipts 0 of applications in the various states have been set get by tile the corporation with this in mind in order that tire the insured farmers and the corporation be on the same basis with regard to the outlook for the next years crop WHEAT LOANS 1938 wheat farmers may borrow within the next few weeks on their 1938 wheat crop the exact details have not yet been received at tile the county office however it Is 19 assumed that farmers who are taking part in it the 1938 agricultural program may be allowed to borrow and may store their wheat either tit in the bonded warehouses or on the farm arm it if they have adequate storage the mount amount of the loan will be bared on the grade of wheat and will be available to those farmers who do not exceed their base acres more than five per cent ent or in other words the former farmer requesting a loan cannot have more than per cent ot of his base acres in soil depleting depicting crops WATCH FEED COSTS SAYS since teed reed costs usually amount to from 50 to 75 per cent or more of 0 the cost of producing turkeys it Is important tor for each grower to watch this item carefully advised professor byron alder extension of the utah state agricultural college an ali inadequate or poorly mixed unbalanced feed may bo be expensive at any price it if it is the direct cause of 0 small poorly fleshed birds at market time the teed feed may be well mixed and well balanced but the price may be so high that little or nothing Is left tor for profit after flie he cost of feed is deducted from the selling pico pice ot of the birds records at the state college show allow that it requires front from 70 to 80 pounds of grain and mash to teed feed each turkey front from day old to 29 weeks old I 1 ot of this amount about one third should be whole grains and two thirds mash A mixture of home grown grains such as wheat and barley Is usually cheapest and best corn la is a good grain tor for poultry but supplies nothing that the birds cannot get from other home produced feeds mash alash Is usually made up of from 70 to 80 per cent ground grains or grain products such as bran and shorts in addition it must also supply some animal proteins and certain minerals to make a complete or balanced ration experiments show that after the first tour four to six weeks I 1 the turkey can adapt itself to and do equally well as measured in pounds of teed feed per pound of gain on mash containing from 15 to 25 per cent of crude protein and that rate of growth may be retarded by mashes containing mor or less than this amount since protein supplement is the most expensive part ot of the mash the feeder should be especially interested in the lower rather than the maximum amount necessary to foi good rapid growth |