Show i H Farm Work Of County Agent Emerson Staples' Staples called at nt my office the other day to show me his records 18 and tell me how his cows S were doing reported County Agent Leo Lee Guymon You know five live years ago Emerson had Just Justa a little better than average herd pro pro- production production around pounds butterfat per cow per year ear There were reds roans I brIndles etc The county average In 1944 was pounds No Emerson EmerE n was not I satisfied With high feed prices a a. home to complete and a family to raise he had to have higher production Records culling and better be ter breeding seemed to tobe tobe tobe be tho the answer answer to his problem so he started out Well last year his nine cow cowherd cowherd cowherd herd averaged pounds butterfat and this year It looks like they will hit pretty close to to his records ids he pointed pol ted out each cows CoWs production and then said Now look at porkey's record 58 pounds butterfat for a month and look here at Peggys Peggy's 76 pounds butterfat and so 60 on down the list he went Then with a beam In his eye ho pointed to Porkey's Peggys Peggy's and records and said Im Tin saving my heifer calves out of ot these cows Through my records Ive I've found out which are arc my best foundation cows cows' and It wont won't bo be bolong bolong belong long until practically all of ot my herd will vm be built around these top cows cows' Well what's pounds additional I butterfat to a a. cow Lets Let's see multiply It by Emersons Emerson's nine cows and then by per pound the present price of at butterfat and It means more Income per year to help finish his home and furnish more opportunities for his Ills family Yes Emerson Is converted to testing record keeping better breeding and best care caro possible He likes his I I Jerseys Jerse s 's and Is aiming at nt higher and higher production through his dairy i herd Improvement program Needless to I say Mrs Staples and five lve children are I I back of ot this program and are willing cooperation in ii doing the work I Five years yeara is a mile mUe stone for Ivan Andrus and his son John too states states states' I County Agent Guymon Just five years ego ago this fall Ivan had a n flock nock of white whiteface whiteface face tace sheep that were Just average Well I last Saturday Prof Prot A. A C. C Esplin Sheep and Wool Specialist and the county agent were there for the fifth time and j helped grade the ewes for mating with I Ithe the two rams of somewhat different dlf rent type i and select 75 of ot the top quality ewe ewe lambs to keep in the breeding flock i When John and his father look over the flock the lock flock of ot ewes now and see their big bodied thrifty Columbia bred ewes I I I with heavy good quality fleeces ces they I dont don't hesitate to say that their cooperative cooperative cooperative tive Improvement program Is worth while During the past five years their J I wool production has increased approximately approximately two pounds per head their lambs I havo Increased in weight and their Col Col- Columbia Columbia Columbia crossbred ewes are worth more per head This adds up to several hun hun- hundred hundred hundred dred dollars more income with very little moro more expense If It you asked John what their program Is he would put It about like this I knew that our flock was not as profitable as It ought to be My experience as a a. H 4 and member ember helped mo me see what needed to bo done Through my GI I became In Interested In- In Interested interested In tho the Columbia sheep and decided that a a. good Columbia ram along with a sound Improvement program was what I needed So I contacted the coun coun- county county county ty agent for tor the tho help I needed He sug BUg suggested BUgg suggested g sted tho procedure and got Prof Prot Esplin Sheep and Wool Specialist at atthe atthe atthe the to help out We first went I I down i and purchased a good Columbia I Iram ram from Mark Hansen at Spanish Fork Next Prof Esplin went through our sheep and selected the best to put with the tho Columbia ram The first crop of or lambs was a big Improvement Then when these were two years old the county agent weighed fleeces at shearing time There was wad a a. big difference in the Improved and their mothers Then too we have sprayed for ticks with DDT Since we bought the first ram we wo have purchased one from Mark MarkI Bradford and then last fall got an out out- outstanding outstanding outstanding standing ram from the Agriculture Col Col- lege We also purchased a a. few purebred Columbia ewes at tho the Ogden sale but I most ost of at the lambs have been bucks so sowo sowo wo are not getting Into the purebreds very very fast My younger brother Kenneth is with a purebred Columbia ewe for a H 4 project After five lve years of at Improvement my father father and I can see some real progress and are pleased with ilia tl e results We I appreciate the help we have received and Intend to keep on until all our sheep are Bre fine lne quality and high producers Yes the Andrus' Andrus out at Marion Marlon are doing a real fine lne Job job of of ot sheep Improve Improve- Improvement Improvement Improvement ment and the results are paying off ort In greater net profits per ewe I Last week Mr R. R Scott Zimmerman of at the Fish and Wild Life Service and County Agent Lee Guymon lymon worked with I Mayor Harry DeJonghe poisoning rats In various Park City homes and business I houses Also the city dump grounds were retreated The following day Mr I Zimmerman instructed Mr DeJonghe I and others in the of poisoning pocket gophers I Since at the tune time Mormon crickets i were reported this year ear It was too late I to get effective control treatment was not followed up this year Those who have seen crickets around their homes this year are urged to watch wat h closely next season and as soon as any crickets are seen report to the city health officer or city clerk They In turn will report to the county agent for poison polson bait for control I Mr and Mrs Corlett Ball of ot duff Cluff I have ha their home about finished follow tollow- following I ing the plan worked out for them by Mr Joseph Coulam Extension Construction Construction tion Engineer They are delighted with the convenient and attractive arrange arrange- I meats ments Mr and Mrs Laddie Laddle Russell of or Kamas 1 are about ready ady to start remodeling their home using the plan drawn by I j Mr Coulam Mr and Mrs Russell re- re remarked remarked remarked marked that they had been working for I months trying to work out a a. plan and andIn l i In a few minutes Mr Coulam saw the I possibilities and drew a plan which they like very much County bounty Agent Lee Guymon reports that he will be in Denver Colorado October 1st attending the Nation Nation- National al nl County Agents Agent's Association conven conven- convention tion don He Is a member of the National County Agents Agent's committee on Agricultural AgrIcultural Agricultural tural Planning On Sunday the Colorado agents assisted by a a. commercial firm I are aro treating all convention agents to a afree afree I free dinner and a a. mile mlle tour through h the tops of ot the east of ot De Denver v vOn On the return trip the Utah agents s will visit the famous Wyoming Hereford d Ranch at Cheyene Wyoming the day before their big annual auction sale Miss Naoma Jensen Home Demonstration t tion Agent assisted by Extension Secre Secre- Secretary Secret tary Mrs Delia Della E. E will be beIn bein bein In charge of ot the County Extension office oHIce |