Show county farm news uy by tito the county agent every irrigation farmer should acquaint himself with ith the benefits of such practices as control of stock denuded sp spots ana re seeding and terracing on steep hillsides hill sides in the national forests declared james 11 barker utah state intension tension 0 ix irrigation specialist alist following a recent irrigation inspection tour in millard county eighty per cent of the errig irrigation a water of utah falls above feet elevation he reported flash floods start right at the top lop of the range on steep hill hillsides sides where grass and other vegetation have been destroyed by overgrazing and the soil boll has been washed away leaving n nothing except gravel and clay 1 De silting works av at the maths mouths of a number of canyons concrete control structures devises land and leveling irrigation methods such as sprinkling systems and use of siphon tubes were all view on the inspection I 1 tour which was made last by farmers stockmen stoc kmen ranchers and officials of the utah state extension service sen ice forest service and soil conservation service fifty pounds of extra beel beef for ten cents worth of ablo DDT without need for extra feed to effect the gain hils aas been achieved by several hundred progressive gres sive utah farmers this year declared ur dr G F knowlton utah state extension entomologist dairy farmers have profited inthe same way by destroying and housefly annoyance through spraying dairy cattle and barns with da r neater water sprays two or three times during tile tho summer the entomologist reported P arted this results in increased milk production and cleaner milk at very little added cost often the gain in ill milk production has hae equaled a 10 to 20 per cent in m crease as compared with production due tion of cattle seriously annoyed by tiles flies it Is riot not too late in tile the season to derive benefit from spraying cattle hogs and barns with dul DDT water sprays he advised such control now reduces winter death loss of 0 range cattle ana improves health conditions in livestock generally it Is especially important for sanitation purposes that tiles flies be controlled during the fruit processing season dr 0 F knowlton utah state extension entomologist warns barns while thousands of utah citizens have successfully controlled I 1 arol led flies around their homes bombs and on their farms many people still are neglecting tills this simple and important program ur dr knowlton reported with typhoid and dysentery being spread by bk flam and the threat that tiles flies may be a transmitting in agent for infantile ra ia ra lysis tile the entomologist strongly advocates an immediate cleanup of flies files throughout utah there Is no reason why all homes yards schools grocery stores restaurants and ana other places cannot be made tree free flies files P fly control Is being practiced in many places throughout plute pluie county by spraying windows doors out buildings animals and any other place where fit tiles 0 s congregate gre gate twice tilts this summer bummer spraying has been beed done on the farms of hyrum jensen jay applegate App legato and mckinley morrill of junction Jun cLlon J R westwood of Cir circleville cleville cloyd morrill of kingston raymond moore and van wiley of antimony and herbert of angle many others have used 60 50 per cent DDT as a spray tor for livestock to kill horn tiles flies and mosquitoes the college sprayer will be used again this saturday sept 13 at the following places lor fly ly control 4 J it westwood continued on last page county farm news continued from page one cloyd Ar arrill mckenley morrall jay applegate and hyrum jensen anyone desiring to get information concerning the value or spraying may contact any ot of the above people or others who have hava used DDT sprays in the home boma or yards yarda county agent burtenshaw said |