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Show ? RATS MULTIPLYING SO RAPIDLY IN UTAH AS TO RECEIVE THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT MAN J The progeny from two normal mfs In to years may grow into the im-m im-m mensc family of 2.556.000 ratp. e.ocord- jng to B. B Richards specialist in ro-. ro-. I ! dent control of the United States Blo-" Blo-" logical suryej who submitted this statement this morning at the county l agents convention in calling attention h f to the necessity for exterminatory l I measures against these pests. Mr. y ' Richards gave an address ou rodent ff, f pests in the state of Utah and in Hie I roursc of his remarks said that rats. I heretofore comparatively uncommon . here, were gaining a foothold and, if I not extreminated, in a few years would X;nr-.-' 'I inini end to end. He Mj f irrfi 'I .'-nt.- in rert every effort I possible to exterminate these pests and submitted figures showing the fin I prolific manner in which rats multiply. A normal rat lives to see eighteen generations spring from itself, he said. The first liner is born wher. the f ! male rat is about three months old, f and there are from 9 to 12 rats in a ? j Mr Richards declared the present lf- bountj law In use in Utah la inade- I quote and inefficient toward controlling controll-ing the rodent pests. He declared that the fund used to pay bounties on am- I mals ought to be used for scientific I I ind systematic work in exterminating I the pests by the state. He advocated ttji !.- t r hi- law and the adp' ion II ?1 I !- ::i pr 'p'SC 1 Increased Crops. J W Taxman delivered an interesting interest-ing address on "Dry Farming." He said . I that prospects at the opening of this a ; n indicated a production of 1 c mere bui-liels of wheat this ' year than in 1917, but the recent hoi . ! spell had made the outcome somewhat ! doubtful. Despite the heat, however, I he said the production would greatly exceed that of last year, There are IS many areas in the state thought, which yjjM could be farmed successfully by the JW dry-farm methods. I Mr. Paxman urged the agents to lm-fa'M lm-fa'M pressor! I. Pr l irmers the nece-sit y i J of not ov rworkins their ground. Areas l'l used one year ou-ht to be allowed to I rest the next, he aid, and other areas I used. He also explained several meth- iMB ods of dry farming and gave a technl-I technl-I cal description of the work. R. J. Evans, county agent leader for I the state spoke on the general prob-I prob-I lems for the county agents and the de-pan de-pan men! Ol agriculture specialists to I consider in their co-operative work Enjoy Dinner. The visitors to Ogden were given a trout and chicken dinner Tuesday I evening at Huntsville, by the Hunts-I Hunts-I vllle Farm burpau, and enjoved an I evening of music and speaking. The dinner was served in the Relief society r hall D. D. McKay, president of the state farm bureau and the Weber county bureau, acted as toastmaBter. I Other speakers were Robert Stewart. agent for Box Elder county; J. L. Rob I r son, Plain City, director of the local I H bureau, and J. W. Jones, sugar beet I I specialist of the Department of Agrl- culture Appreciate Reception. After the dinner a meeting of the two bureaus of Huntsville was held Speakers at this meeting were J. H. Wilder of the Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Mr Whltcley, secretary of the I Box Elder bureau and Mr fanes, Music has furnished by Mr-. Charles Pelt and Miss Moselle Renslrom. The convention will be concluded foria by an afternoon meeting be-tween be-tween farm bureau officers and county agents at which the questions What is wrong with the county agents and extension division?" and "What is wrong with tho farm bureaus?" will be considered. All of the delegates to the convention conven-tion have expressed keen pleasure lover the reception of the local bureau and for the hospitality of the Weber county farmers who have entertained them during the three days they visit - led farms in the eouui |