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Show Extension Agronomist Issues Information On Spring Planting Professor J. C. Hogenson, extension ex-tension at the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural College, advises niter-mountain niter-mountain farmers to have two things this spring at seed planting time: a fine and mellow, yet firm, seedbed, and the best seed obtainable. obtain-able. '"A well prepared seedbed i :"urnishes an abundance of room for the penetration of plant roots. ' provides a larger store of available avail-able plant food, and a greater; reservoir for water three things essential in making a maximum crop yield. It provides close con-; nection of seed with soil grains so that germination will be quick' and even," Professor Hogenson (explains. 1 Professor Hogenson advocates 'the use of certified seed because j :t is guaranteed by the state and is obtainable only in sealed and la i;ed bags. The tag contains the I ereuitage oT purity germination :;:i:d impurities if any. "Use the variety of seed bos', adapted to your soil and climate: jsiotl that is viable and that is ; lire as to variety and free from .r.sease," he advises. Also, ho recommends re-commends treating seed before plant Jig according to the stand-:ui'.l stand-:ui'.l t:atment recommended by iho Kxp. riment Station and Extension Ex-tension Service. "1: those two precautions are taken; if the soil is reasonably ,'erlilo and moisture can be sup-' vied as needed during the grow-, ng siason, ami if weeds are kept' down by cultivation, then a good clean, reasonably profitable crop should result," promised Hogenson. Hogen-son. The size of day-old chicks is determined de-termined largely by tho si.o of ".he egg from which they hatch. ! FUiffiness of down, due to incubator incuba-tor conditions and breed characteristics charac-teristics may eftect the appearance appear-ance of the chick, but its actual 'weight is determined by the a- mount of egg contents it has been allowed to absorb. Chicks hatched 'rom exceptionally small eggs are handicapped for tho iirst few weeks, but in la. or life 'they, usually overcome thi ; handicap, experts state. i |