Show F 0 0 D abarm 1 farm WAR NEWS all land in iron imn county except that lying within the boundaries of incorporated cities has been beclar ed within lt h m a fired fire district I 1 as of may 1 rep reports 0 r ts S C lamb sheriff and ana ex officio deputy fire it warden A special proclamation issued by Prof professor essaw J whitney floyd exten ten sion forester and chief forester female makes it unlawful to set fire on any land within closed districts from may I 1 to oct 31 im without a permit from the chief fire warden or one of III his B deputies and oil complying fully with the terms and conditions thereof this precaution is being taken to protect the state of utah from any danger of forest and range fires explains sheriff lamb during the critical war period it is only natural 1 that th at we turn to our minds to was more than ever before to the protection of our watersheds ranges and for ests esta from careless and thoughtless burning more mom the than 6 acres of the estimated 9 million acres of private ly owned rangeland in uth will be under a definite program of range improvement and conseur conservation this year according to J vern hopkin member of the state AAA committee assigned to range program mr 1 it hopkin said that approximate ly 1300 ranchers have signed up to cooperate in the conservation comer pro gram of this number about lave have submitted range management plans as a apart part of the special con trolled strolled grazing pree practice tice offered for the first time this year this pran une tice is aimed directly at balancing the number of livestock to the a mount moun t of forage produced on the range which chith will protect the range from erosion bud and at the same time produce a maximum of livestock products he said i there them is an urgent need for conserving a livestock feeds especially I 1 those of high protein content warns warm J M palmer chairman of the iron county int ty USDA war board an all pro fr tem ingredients should be rd ft d with other feed to obtain the most effective conservation co tation farmers and ranch rich 1 ers cis should me the fee feeds best beat suited to mdavid individual ual conditions however the chairman said if they buy ready mixed feeds the percentages of protein will be automatically limit ed through a feed industry agreement with theu the U S department of agriculture I 1 if protein ingredients are purchased they should be mixed in the same propositions because Bec auie of the sharp increases in livestock numbers over the past 2 years feed reser reserves vea are expected r to disappear much faster than usual there is now the largest lation of cattle on record with 22 per cent more hogs 0 attan than w a year ago A revised ased farm machinery rationing order not acted upon as yet by the state USDA A war board author mes izes the board at their discretion to cancel county y quotas on quota q ma bun ith aut alc mat howry if this is authority t it y is used it will vill mean a purchase certificate for far i particular machine is good anywhere in a the state where such a malaine is located led in the same T or ler der county USDA war boards were given iven the authority to place a time limit on purchase certificates and to revoke them if the machinery isbit isn t purchased aur chased within the time limit the order also increases the thep per er vantages ven cen of specified farm equip ment which manufacturers may distribute without restrictions C except pt for eor rationing ration at the consumer level new provisions deal with fencing drawn wire pipe bale ties in mill fabricated water well casings and farm scales to avoid possible shortages of ei ci vilian supplies of butter and cheese during the low production months next winter the war food adain admin has acted to have peak buying 9 of the government cover the of 01 may me months y high production during this 1 tim 50 june and july per cent of the butter and nd ad 70 oer in be cent of the cheddar cheese will be set aside for go government e wient purchase water conservation in iron coun ty means as much I 1 in the production of food as does soil conservation so sometimes ruc times more said herman E bayles member of the county AAA commit committee t a in emphasizing the importance of cf the two wrig irrigation tum practices offered under baider the 1943 farm program mr bayles said he t mean that conservation of the soil should be relaxed hot but rather the that t the conservation of water and soil usually working together should be continued ue d as a s a means m ea m of increasing i n cr 1 g the production 0 d w tio n of v vital altal w war a r im foods d s aid in to conserving irrigation we wa ter through cooperation in the 1943 AAA program is offered under two types of practices one the margin of the irrigation gation system on the farm and the other by controlling the amount of water wed used at each application under the practice to reorganize the farm irrigation system a farmer may earn a part or all of his production practice allowance for such projects CS as changing the Is literals laterals late rals for more efficient use me leveling his crop land or constructing blumes flumes and cui cm aerts e is and lining his ditches the other practice offers it payment up to the full amount of the production product production aon practice allowance for far controlling irrigation water to pre ent t erosion and ad leaching under this practice the farmers must keep records of the use of water mul and the crops it is used upon and no payment will be made if ex erosion results from the use of water or if any one application exceeds six acre inches mr bayles urged formers of iron county to use both of these ces wherever they can not 0 only to conserve soil and water but to p pro fort duce more food for the war effort ef 4 A county war boards are am an authorized zed to issue permits to ers era of e lub club calves sheep and hogs sold at abic auction I 1 ion in junior livestock shows t to cover the actual of head purchased at such auctions these permits are am to be limited to the number of head purchased by each individual purchaser he is to be provided with an extra copy of the permit to be given the person who does the slaughtering for him if he has it cus custom done one inexperienced gardeners are advised that only the simple familiar tools steel rake a common gaw garden dec hoe bee a spade or spading fork and a garden hose are essential and in tune time of metal shortage only such tools are being advocated nest pont grows grow th the U S military academy at W west est point opened in 1802 with ten ca cabets cadets bets the authorized at strength r ath is now baw 2 2596 winter winter spraying makes later spraying more effective because it kills kill the spores pairs of fungous troubles before they germinate and become became widespread |