Show VA arl laava ca ae COUNTY VT V A 1 AVOL 1 T HE M BURE alu all problems of agriculture demand best brains of the country th the a agricultural situation in cache c county ie Is the beet beat in ten years viewed d from tho the standpoint tand point of prospective production crop condition conditions all in all probably never were better at this season of the year in the history of the county return from those chopa alread harvested are re very tory A alfa cuttings oer oner practically all the county are heavy end th taj ye i croy crop now well along in the har bar vet is taxing to capacity the facilities t for 0 r handling the same so largo is the yield the harvesting of our oar very promising grain is about to begin with indications from all fcc u tiona of the county for bumper crops the condition of the sugar beet crop on oil july 1st is reported as percent by way of comparison with other years to the beneficial result results of the tarn bureau activities upon mhd agriculture atri culture ore needs only view the conditions in cache valley during the past decade it is now about ten yeara sine since the farm bureau was organic d in the county while ita its life hist history ary is short its accomplishments are reflected in a greatly improved agricultural situation in cache dunty leei a farmers fan ners organization in its the uwe and nation has long been felt by leading individuals but not until the federal government began a I s riou rious attempt in to improve rural conditions in in america did the organization ot farn era ers become an absolute necessity with the coming of the agricultural Aeri cultural extension service through the cooperation of the U S department bf agriculture ri and uie he agricultural col leges it was readily discovered that the task of the county agricultural agents waa heir heirless lesa without some organization caniza tion ahn agh which they thoy could work this n ed of an agricultural organization i then through which the newly created extension could function accounts for the immediate cause of the rapid development of farm bureau cache county along with other counties of our state and other states has participated and greatly benefi benefited tea by tho the organized effort on the part of farmers to improve rural living con kitiona and at the same time develop better farming methods the result ii it that today every community except one in n cache county has its farm bureau s looking after the welfare und best interests teresta in of its mem bers bars locally the community problems and community programs of or agricultural ri improvement or thi righting of lo 10 tl at conditions are liandi handled cd through farm bureau th tho slogan of I 1 better farms better b barnea otnes and better living is in the job at of farm bureau in each locha unit th the ae local farm bureau unit vf of the county aro are federated together to form he the cache county farm bureau whose function it is to decide upon and work out a county agricultural program upon which all local farm bureaus can cooperate Ope Tate to review in detail the accomplish of chiq organized effort on tho the part of the farmers of cache county and point out the activities of the farm bureau in the promotion of a bigger and better agriculture for the county would be an interesting study for the purpose of this article we can only relate some of the more important considering first the principal grain crops of f the county wheat oats and barley the agricultural agi statistics show that during the past decade there has been a consistent improvement in the quality uniformity and crop yields of these grains through the persistent efforts and the careful cooperation of the farm bureau tlona with the extension service of the utah agricultural college the wheat t growers of the county have come com to realize the th importance of confining their efforts to a few standard varieties vt high quality wheat for winter varieties two standard grains are planted almost wholly in the county these are the hard turkey red and gold coin a soft winter wheat both of these virie varieties ties are known to be grains of a high milling quality the pring wheat growers have almost universally concentrated their efforts on two other standard varieties laneir naneir early baart for dry land prine torine lIng and dicklow on the irrigated lands plant 4 to wheat the value of barley as a a dal dary and poultry feed comparable to corn has come to be recognized as a vei y necessary crop in the county here again th this information has been acquired chrouk through h careful investigations by the experiment station and its dissemination to the farmers has been brought about through the farm bureau organization la in compera co cooperation opera tion with the ex ten tension oi seme service A new kind of barky ky known as or six rowed barley has been brou brought glit into tho county with the result that this now new grain train is yielding wonderfully wherever it as tag been trl arid d farm bureau cooperators in all sections of the this year are growing small tracts of 0 this for certification and next year will probably find our county well aup sup plied with certified barley for all oar our seeding requirements estimates indicate that cache county will produce bushel bushels of barley this year which w aich will be hardly sufficient for our daily and poultry needs reeds sugar beets the jarm farm bureaus relation to the permanent do development elop and stabilizing of ahe he avzar beet industry in cache county is well known out of a 1 lone ong period of or effort and finally the recognition of the fact that for any manu fac enterprise enter prito depending on ae ag ri cultural product products for its raw materials te rials to be successful si ful there mast must be a genuine spirit of cooperation between a the producer and the mandac mano fac much mutual good has come beet growing lim conae come to be ft lod l od ed aa a desirable und profitable crop in our agriculture the experience of twenty year years him lias do d however that cacho valley lands ali rill not go on indefinitely producing on a ingle single crop pro ro arram T through careful and 4 aoudy adi end and demonstration onet on ration we have learned that in sugar beet growing common with the tits effort required to successfully cess fully produce this crop can be obtained only when si proper aftem of crop rotation is practiced the CU coir to the sugar beet bt crop in cache ralley never ever n were batter than this year T to 0 date the crop condition is a per cent as compared with other years and over the whole county the stand Is 80 per cent perfect on the bails basis of one beet a every very twelve inches in the row this means that on the average in cache county there are better than 20 beet plants ila I 1 iu per acre sere this year to ae date taking itic into account all the favorable conditions dit ions these plants should be made ma a to weigh veigh by harvesting time abo about ut one and one half pounds per beet or a it per acre yield estimate for the county of fourteen tone tons on this ba sis cache county will produce upwards of tons of sugar beets this season peas pea the growing of peas in cache county has become a substantial project in our agricultural program this year the growers are enjoying sit a exceptionally favorable sea eon son for this cop the harvesting la in now on and Is being done in n acco d 3 time with practically aY all beinor handled of a high quality this an fn austry is relatively new in the county and farmers are just beginning to learn well the business bui iness of growing as crop seems particularly vas ell 11 adapted to the conditions in cache valley and ard the industry Indu itry circa given every promise e of taking a permanent place aa among cache county profitable a id leading crops returns from harvesting to arte of the pea crop to warrant the conclusion that the average yield in the thio county this season will approximate 2500 pounds of 9 at belled peas per acre sere with close cooperation between the field represent natives of the manufacturer of this crop and the grower in the preparation of seed bed planting carier cari if for and harvesting a high at ylia to will be tha the reward of the growers of this crop in the couii cou rity tv for climatic conditions are particularly favorable dairying in the whole field of farm arm bureau activities the results of group effort are perhaps more apparent and outstanding in the dairy in justry of the county than most other farm arm programs through the farm bureau cooperating with the extension service a real program of dairy is under way for a humber of year years in the county the importance of breeding tor for milk production had been stressed As a result the past decade has witnessed a very marked improvement in the dairy herds of the co county n t mot 10 a it fa herds have been conar converted t aj wholly into purebred animals much more important por tant however is the very general improvement in practically all the herds of lie the county as evidenced br by increased milk production through concerted action on an the part of the farmers within the past few years four cow testing associations have been formed in the county they art am of great value in stimulating keen keen interest in better production and indirectly in better feeding methods these cow testing associations are a by the he farm bureau and their their officers and members are loyal farm bureau members another development of the cache county dairy industry during the past few years through the efforts of the farm bureau and the county agent has been the formation of bull associations ciati ons A number of these organizations are going concerns in the county and are sure to be the economical means of further greatly improving the grade of dairy cattle of tho the county better breeding better feeding and better care of our dairy animals is the farm bureau slogan for this phase of our agricultural program of great interest and satisfaction to the dairy and livestock producer producers of the county is the placing of cache county on the accredited free of tuberculosis area of the united states by the combined effort of the state and government cache county the farm bureau and the extension service through through the county agent together with the splendid cooperation of the livestock owners themselves this re alt sult was accomplished for cache county the pat three months through a thorough tuberculosis test of all the cattle in the county by state and government veterinarians all these activities indicate the program of farm lureau relative to the bet betterment tennent of the agricultural situation in cache county aside from the production phase of farm life tn anu farm bureau Is greatly conc concerned erred AS a to the welfare of its and farmers generally in other particulars it if ita its algan for better farms better homes ind better living is to be realized the organization must interest a t itself I 1 in n the educational social and recreational welfare of its members in this direction tho the farm bureau has done much and at all times is ready to sponsor helpful educational and recreational programs among its members to date the e effect feet of this i rational iati onal feature of farm bureau is wid quoting from an editorial of recent date educator Edu caton and Fa the writer has bas thia this to say ay it augurs well for agriculture in the west to find that there are a constantly increasing number of men and women of higher education returning to the farm for their work today there is no farming district in the state of utah in which there is 19 not to be found graduates of our agricultural colleg college e and universities boino sovie also hold degrees from other In institutions we find these men and women operating poultry plants engage 1 in fruit industry market dairying and even in general the value of higher education edu caron in any field of human end endeavor avor cannot be gainsaid gain said it is encouraging n g to note that agriculture holds induce indue menta for educated men and women of the best types it ii Is also good for the science of turo to have these within lie its fold the problems of agriculture today are or of euch such a character as to demand the best brains of the country an ar intelligent and prosperous agri cultural population esthe I 1 the salvation of the human race throughout the world you will find the deepest co tent and greatest prosperity ame aag ig those who live upon and till their own soil considered in the large the area of the earth affords only a limited number of acres of arable land seas it mountains and deserts occupy a large part of the surface Bur face intensive soil culture ana alto the he raisins raising of maximum cr chopi becomes omea ss only a necessity but ine ae rightful ut end and aim of tree true agricultural agricultural cultural science the earth and t gri the f fullness is enesp thereof is man for ue use it is a human heritage and contains no secrete secrets which searching may not find out |