Show I 1 CLEAN am REPAIR implements NOW these semi sem 1 winter days are good times to clean up repair and grea 12 all farm and garden implements so that they will be ready tor for use when the time comes suggests professor J C II Il ot of the utah state agricultural college extension service apply app ly to 10 the garden soil I 1 and lawn it this h hs hg s not already been done at the same time make a fairly heavy application ot of manure ure as a mulch to the perennials such as rhubarb asparagus rasp berries blackberries and currents i this mulch will protect the plants throughout the remainder ot of the winter and should be worked into the soil in the spring this Is an excellent month in which to repair hotbeds and cold frames or to construct new ones get them ready now and plantings will not unnecessarily delayed late spend some ot of these long every eveni ings inga studying the seed catalogs otheir their contents are instructive inspirational spi rational and fascinating secure catalogs from the seeds men now this Is the time to start planning you garden in the opinion of professor hogenson the y five farmers of iron county who are cooperating in the corn hog bog reduction program received their second payment checks during the week this second payment represents for each hog grown under the allotment the first payment was equal 1 to per hog grown under the al allotment and the third payment will be 2 per hog minus the administrative expense which has as yet not been determined but which will gedly adly be around per hog the 1935 corn hog program campaign is now under way and the number ot of contract signers in iron county will be determined very largely with respect to the growing of corn for silage purposes it if corn production Is restricted to the ex ident j tent that iron county farmers will not be permitted to grow all ot of the acorn corn tor for silage possible with the amount of 0 irrigation water available it Is doubtful it if many cooperators will be obtained for or the program during 1935 A A definite ruling on the production ot of corn tor for silage to fit it the special needs ot of this area has as yet not been handed down although the ruling has been formally requested by the county corn hog control association through state director william peterson ot of the AAA program |