| Show COUNTI AGENT COLUMN several times during the past few months attention has been called to insect damage during the past few weeks the green stink bug known locally as the chinch bug has done considerable damage to the grain crops through millard county this same bug does considerable damage to alfalfa seed the bug sucks the sap from the stems of the alfalfa burrs causing them to either wither iad fall or the seed to wither and blight some help can be accomplished b using a canvas sweeper similar to the one used for cat claing grass hoppers the canvas should be sat in kerosene the kerosene helps to repel the insects urge the use of the merit register for poultry and a na lional uniform breeding plan adopt ed by the utah hatchers catchers Hat chers and breed ers era association A pleasant surprise came when it seen that the desert ranges re spondee quickly to the precipitation of april and may of this year the shad scale revived by showing great improvement all types of sage age resurrected f from rom dead browse to a live leafy bush and the grass came back only slightly less than the types of brush the teed feed situation it Is thou thought grit will be a trifle better the federal control of the ranges expected to avoid future forage depletion the FERA program will help all utah home owners in the paint pro gram frame rural houses will not endure without a coat of paint in this high temperature and dry air paint preserves prevents insects and tremendously improves appear ances the house should have at pleast three coats parry watts came in from the sheep herd he be was for fred roe near cove fort to spend a few day over the olti his family mr and mrs jess works went to murray over the visit their daughter mrs grant stevens mr emery peterson took lus uis daughter wanda and miss olive hopkins to salt lake city to s spend pend the mrs E D cady returned from california tuesday much improved in health her sister miss millikin also returned with her |
