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Show News In Brief News In Brief TUo or three sugar beet plants to the hill grow as single plants providing pro-viding the plant population .er acre is net increased, recent tests by the United States department of agriculture show. This finding suggests the possibility of material savings in hand labor costs, says J. C. Hogenson, extension agronomist of Utah State Agricultural college. In a recent experiment, instead of spacing single plants 10 inches apart in a row by hand thinning, cultivators were set to cut oirtJ.fe' inches of row .ajjcJeave fbiuMnch blocks on2n-jch centers. The eereihinned with a hoe to & or three plants, giving about the same plant population per acre as singles spaced 10 inches apar.t. This process cost only $2.80 per acre and the gross yield from two acres was 34,638 pounds as compared with 30,955 pounds from two acres which were hand thinned, and sugar yield was 6300 pounds as compared with 5770 pounds on the hand-thinned plot. Heceipts from sale of principal Utah farm products, including federal fed-eral paymlents totaled $38,358,000 as compared with $45,115,000 in 1937 and $40,697,000 in 1936. In December, 1938, the total income to Utahns was $3,854,000 as compared com-pared with $4,282,000 in December, 1937. Of the total 1938 income $1,-933,000 $1,-933,000 was in government payments; pay-ments; 1937. $994,000; and 1936, $1,-142,050, $1,-142,050, figures released by the federal fed-eral bureau of economics show. L One of the principal reasons apple ap-ple trees go on "vacation" every other year has to do with the food reserve in the tree, as a great deal of reserve food and tree energy is used by the tree to mature a full crop, explains Dr. A. L. Stark, extension ex-tension horticulturist at Utah State Agricultural college. To check tflis condition Dr. Stark recommends ap-1 ap-1 plication cf fertilizer, barnyard ma- nure being the best all-around fertilizer fer-tilizer for all fruit trees. This can be a; plied up to ten tons per acre every other year or in smaller amounts am-ounts every year. Poultry manure may be used if not applied too oeavily. Amhionium sulphate la the best known commercial fertilizer fertil-izer for Utah fruit trees. Members of Utah 4-H clubs enrolled en-rolled in food preservation or dairy production projects will have an opportunity to participate in 4-H canning achievemnt and dairy pro-oiuction pro-oiuction contests on three levels this year, says Miss Fern SrtiPiGyY assistant sta; Boys' and girls' titl70a"dEi. The three levels will te county, state and national, with winners of the two lower levels being be-ing graduated to the next higher level. County, state, and national prizes will be awarded to winners. The national dairy demonstration contest will be held in San Francisco Fran-cisco at the World's fair, and the canning contest will be in Chicago at the eighteenth National 4-H club congress. |