Show I AGRICULTURE OF STATE IS PROGRESSING Weber County Condu ts Tests on Source of Seed Items Gleaned l ITem From Monthly Re Ke- Ke ports ts of Field Workers Exten Jon slon lon Service Utah Agricultural College ic Weber county potato grower this year are planning to deter deter- determine min deter mine the th relative merits of the sources of supply from which they obtain their seed sed potatoes Three peck ck samples of seed sed potatoes have been collected from each of thirty different sources One pock peck sample from each ellch ach of the thirty sources source 1 will nih be planted In each ach of three thre different communities communities ties namely Roy noy Farr West Veat Wc t and North Ogden Olden Each sample ac- ac according ac cording to County Agent A A A L L will wll be b gro cronn n under an Identification number known only to the th county agent ent and the agricultural Inspector L LeRoy Roy Marsh Yield ld records will be kept and the th percentage of disease in- in infection In Infection noted From the th potatoes grown In these thes tests teats also an ex- ex ex exhibition will bo be b prepared for tor di dis display play at the th Utah Intermountain Seed Show to be bo held In Ogden next winter Box Elder Eldor county Is In interested In tho 1110 growing of sod seed beans beana ac- ac according according ac cording to County Agent H Ii IL II who reports that 46 farmers are aro testing 13 different varieties on II a n total of 16 1 6 acres of land Last year nine varieties were tested with encouraging re- re re results suits despite cool wet fall weather weather er which made mado good threshing difficult A great many Cache Cach county farmers this spring planted corti- corti certified tied fied seed of wheat barley and Swedish select oats County Agent It R L Wrig- Wrig ley Icy ley reports Some teed seed which was sent Into the tho th county as a certified but which was not officially tagged was wa found later to bo be b In- In in in tested with wild morning glory seed sed eed Fortunately this thi discovery wu was made mado mad before the th farmers had sown sewn their fields and while there therewa was waa yet time tim to prevent the th use of the th Impure seed ced WOMEN OMEN WORK Cache county women are arc Inter Inter- este In salad especially vege vegetable table salads of which there ther seem to be b scores Cores of ot variations One day last month for example 40 women of Richmond met and made forty varieties of vegetable salads while In tn the th near-by near com corn community community of o Nibley 11 ladles ladies made 31 varieties This is typical of the Interest being shown hown through out ut the th county according to Miss Myrtle DavIdson district home demonstration agent Davis county's county cooperative vegetable marketing plans for tor this year are arc being developed with a aview aview aview view to handling onions green ereen to to-matoes to matoes and potatoes says ay a ye- ye report re report port from front County Agent Arent W V J Thayne The plan calls calla call for tor the cooperative purchase of contain er ers the establishment of uniform rades grades and brands and the th adoption adoption adoption tion of standard packs besides cooperative shipping and market marketing ing ing- The Mills Stills district In Juab coun coun- county coun- coun county county ty promises to become becom an Important important Important tant point In the Grimm alfalfa seed ced and production Industry of the state Through h the th office ottic of County Agent A E Smith eight Milis farmers have hav secured enough GrImm seed eed to sow ow approximatelY acres One One fourth fourth of ot this ac ac Smith reports will wll be bo sown with special short pedigreed seed the record of which shows hows that It itis Itis is 11 only once one removed from the original Grimm fields of Minne Minnesota sota Iota MORGAN TESTS Some dairy farmers near nar Mor- Mor Morsan Morgan can Mor-can san gan have hav made mad a II beginning In cow testing testing- according to De Dc D Lore Nichols agricultural agent Only four tour s a month will willbe be weighed to begin with and only one on test teat made mad for each co- co cooperator Co operator co-operator operator but an Increase to eight and two tests teats each month i Is expected This begin begIn- begInning beginning beginning ning It Is I believed will lead Iad to the establishment of ot regular cow testing work In Morgan Morsan A livestock feeding association Is being organized In Salt Lake county Says ays a report from Coun Coun- County County ty Agent V L L who re- re reports reports re reports ports that the proposed tion wilt will III purchase feed and sell both lambs lamb and cattle Three meetings meeting held during March Marc MarcIn Marc In Bennion Riverton and South Jor- Jor Jordan Jordan Jor Jordan dan resulted In tho th appoIntment of Committees to meet jointly for forthe forthe the early arly perfection of ot organization organization organization tion plans Lamp shade had decoration poly poly- polychrome polychrome poly poly-chrom chrome and wicker basket mak- mak making In In ing are ar occupying the th attention of the th farm bureau women of Salt Lake Lak county according to Mrs Ivy L L Hall home horn domonI demonstration demon domon- I agent g who calls calIs call attention I to the th fact tact that this project has ben been adopted by the th farm bureau women n Independently of the ox- ox exI extension ex extension tension service program They I desired at least one on project to put over on their own account says ays Mrs Sirs Hall flail and decided upon lampshade decoration polychrome and nd basket weaving because they have ha In their membership some lome ome women who are ar especially trained In this work and who are ar capable or of training leaders for tor the th var- var various ious loul communities that are ar Inter inter- ested The bos bo's bo and girls of ot county are ar coming to realize that they have a a part to play and slId a avital avital avital vital place to till fill In the th agri agri- agri- agri agricultural agricultural cultural life liCe of ot this thi county says C 0 O Stott county agent arent ty se clubs he reports are aro be ing organized org this year yar In eleven dIfferent rent communities of ot Sanpete which are ar al also sent nt nn club leaders to the th recent clu elu leaders leader school chool at the th Agricultural college colleg DAIRY D CATTLE Dod Boyd Buchanan president of the Dairy association n No I 1 recently returned 1 from front Oranger I Washington with a a carload of dairy cattle for tor distribution among Sevier Seier county dairymen Most ot of these cattle callie were bred heiferS Three of or them were grades crade and the remainder purebreds In this shipment also was an eighteen months old bull to be used by bytho bytho bytho tho newly organized org Dull Bull at Aurora of ot which Harvey Harwood Is president and Ralph Anderson Andrson caretaker Ac- Ac According Ac According cording to County Agent S R H Doswell the Holstein bull owned by the Richfield Bull association was sold for tor bologne after he had almost killed d his caretaker noy Christenson Three communities tics In Tooele county are ar taking an interest In Inthe Inthe the production of ot seed fed potatoes according to a 0 report from Coun Coun- County County ty Agent Hugh Hirst who vho ho Is working with Interested farmers In the selection of tubers tuber for tIlls this I Purpose Seed production will bo be thoroughly tested this year and andIC if IC It proves pro successful says there Is a a possibility that the Tooele communities Interested wIll wll wIllin willIn In future devote much of their acreage to seed iced potatoes Uintah county Is displaying a special Interest this year in itt field crop Improvement Three hun bun hun hun- hundred tired dred acres In the th Ouray valley alley are being planted to Grimm alfalfa for tor seed red purposes 1000 pounds of seed Beed ced corn 00 pounds of wheat GOO pounds of barley and 1000 pounds of oats have been Import Import- Imported Imported eu ed and abd pounds at oJ sugar beet seed ha has been sent sont Into the th county by the th Amalgamated Sugar com corn company company pany to be b planted In halt half halt test teat plots plot by a number of differ differ- different different ent farmers The Th sugar beet 1 plantIngs according to County Agent U C Peterson are ar being made mad by way of determining the of beet culture In tah tah I Lettuce growing crowing Is 11 being under under- undertaken i taken cooperatively by a a group croup of farmers In Midway Wasatch county according to Lyman H HRich Rich county agricultural agent who has assisted In securing the seed for this project It Is plan plan- planned planned ned fled to plant the lettuce at a uniform time tim and to care for all of It In a way Vay ay to insure ure uniform growth ko hO as to have hav quantity of ofa ofa ofa a typo available for co- co cooperative co operative o marketing |