Show IV j aa 6 I 1 1 9 I 1 op 4 service SERvI cr bmw PLANNERS SCAN BOAN A wise farmer plans his operations as would a man in other business pursuits to adalize the farmers business and point the direction pi he should follow has been tile the purpose of the county extension planning meetings with farm people during the past month me ill stated ray burtenshaw pluto plute county agricultural agent five meetings have been held on loa the following subjects crops hild and land use poultry youth 4 H 1 1 dairying and beet beef and swine following Vol lowing are somo some of the county facts pointed out in those metAl from which discussions arose and recommendations tor for continued on last pace paged BEB 61 VICa 1 nova adla ww A cluny az cor 9 L continued from page ono one pil agricultural program were made farmers it you tiro are discouraged with pluto countes Coun tys bil ittes it if you would like to smove move somewhere else in the Sta teto go into the ithe tanning farming en you should scrutinize the fo toU flowing owing figures taken froni the 1946 1945 census and rl reconsider consider your move pluto flute county farmers in 1946 1945 had in art income of this Is an average farm in come collie ot of per farm compared with a state average of and county averages as follows millard u utah weber rich nich I 1 am aad d grand pluto plute county farms anna had an aa average of 60 acres of farmed land compared with ich a state average 0 of f 63 61 acres enterprises in the county rank in the following order according to income potatoes dairy beef sheep poultry and swine aland as ahe only cash ash crop with an income 0 of ap Toil in 1946 Othero kotlier crops ot of main awil importance Ul til though marketed through live tock block were alfalfa hay valued at and barley at 93 although poultry stands pretty y well toward the end ot of the list taken on oa an average year in 1945 brought the highest income ot of any enterprise exceeding potatoes with an income 0 ot t swine although listed last brought t to 0 county farmers far mera the committees gave gave the following recommendations as a guide for farmers to u use s s to increase production per acre and per animal unit crops land uso use committee each bardier should do the following 1 level land 2 proper seed bed preparation 3 rearrange irrigation system turnouts and head ditches 1 4 shorten runs of irrigation water 5 6 use certified tilled seed for po alfalfa and brains do not use the small email end ot of the potato ato crop for seed 6 use green manure barnyard manure and commercial comme iclal fertilizer ti 7 rotation ot of crops 8 do not graze alfalfa and pastures lato into the tha ground leave 3 inches of growth 8 9 control rodents and pests pesta as gopp hers hors ground squirrels rock chucks magpies sparrows grey squirrels weevil pers pera cutworms cut worms and rabbits 10 spray noxious weeds with A good practice Is to spray weeds la in grain as aa no serious ef e sects are shown on an tho the grain crop 1 I 1 11 remove willows by spray ing 12 irrigation comp companies anleo should improve diver diversions Blons turnouts 13 spray canals to kill moss and nd increase flow of water 14 drain wot wet lands and slant plant more palatable grasses and legumes t 15 16 study canal seepage and alino ditches in places of most loss los a 16 all ail steps shou should d be taken to ilo malfe avail available aole water as ao development of ui r ground water and drainage 17 develop overnight water storage where possible dairy daliy pluto plute county dalry dairy cattle have dropped from 1669 1569 head in lio me head in 1917 1947 the average butterfat production per cow is ila ibs ibb comp compared axed gitil with the state average of ibb iba becom lons ions were to ito In increase creaso herds heras to normal this would give a better dairy unit on each farm farat bind and increase use of fertilizer on pie efte farm arm 2 replace barbwire shed ched by modern milk barns barna ii 3 test cows tor for butterfat cull low producers feed according to production and thus increase the income per head of 0 dairy stock fed 4 with ark an increase of loo lbs ibs butterfat butter tat per cow now on farms the dalry dairy income would increase 60 50 per cent this would equal the income from lambs or of awine it would almost equal athe the sale from beet beef 6 investigate artificial insemination of dairy cattle sad it possible breed some of tho the best cows by this method C 6 treat slow breeders bleeders bre eders tor for watch all sanitary methods to keep ma stites out of bierds 7 remember the dairy bull la Is the biggest part ot of the herd uso use good bulls from high producing stock poultry farmers could diversity diversify their income more by adding flocks ot of hens A good market Is da now developed in the western states for all utah eggs previously shipped eist the market in this area will expend still further camers were encouraged to ito bblain good oad laying stock practice good sanit sanitation atlon cull closely uso use deep 66 litter and ume lime in laying house ause and treat for lice and mites 4 lh 11 clubs it was proposed that 4 11 club enrollment be increased that parents cooperate with the program more fully that more leaders be trained tor for 4 1 11 work and that more publicity be given for the accomplishments of the members during the meeting it was aras pointed out that there are boys and girls in the ithe county eligible for 4 11 work of this number only 87 were active last year lear beef and swine A program of lice fly and grub control should be practiced where bangs disease Is present farmers should make an effort to clear it up A good sire biro Is most of the herd buy graded bulls bulls should be so BO placed on the range that adequate service Is uval available lable one farmer stated he bad increased his calf crop from 10 40 per cent to 70 per cent the first year by eliminating bangs TO te motors and placing another bull on the range |