Show 0 jf COUN niti health specialist gies Lec in county victoria B christensen state health specialist st spent two days of the last week of april in sevier county and gave lecture demonstrations ons on health problems at glenwood and central there was a large and 1 in i n tei ested group of ladies attended t the lie meetings and they expressed having received considerable information pertaining to health conditions in the home mrs christensen left on sunday for a tour of plute and glarfield garfield counties where she will give lecture demonstrations to the ladies in that district cm inhere ted in pule pine seeds and dair dairying ing j county agent holmstead Holmst cad spent monday of last week at koosharem Koo sharem inspecting the ground upon which tile the farmers are going to plant certified seed grains and potatoes for this bears i ears crop the people of 0 em realize their disadvantage of being so far tram fram the market therefore they have determined to raise a more high quality product in order to bring the price up sufficient to justify bringing their product to the market they are attempting the seed industry and there is no reason why they cannot make good in this industry it if the proper care and attention is given to the selection cultivation and care of the plants county agent reports that he is still preaching dairying and cheese factory to the people of koosharem Koos Koo barem sharem and that they have selected their committee to work tor for the organization of a dairy bull association and to secure an animal tor for service tor for the dairymen in the very near future they are now shipping cream to salt lake city but the reports are that the price they receive is f from rom 8 to 10 cents less per pound than is received by the local producers A home industry in the form of a cheese factory should remedy this difference and an endeavor is being made to accomplish this during the coming year baby chick losses light in sevier As a further demonstration that sevier county is an ideal place for poultry production the losses sustained by the poultry men in the baby chicks they have received to date have been very small in visiting the poultry men who have received chicks from california and discussing their losses the writer finds that they average from three to tour four per cent considering the distance from which these chicks are received it is remarkable to raise them beyond the tender stage iNith without out heavier losses the poultry men have been very interested in the industry and have paid close attention to the baby chicks and fed them properly which accounts for the splendid success the majority are having some reports from other counties are that losses are running very high and as a rule neglect or carelessness is responsible for this condition the growers of sevier county are to be congratulated on the splendid ability they have demonstrated in their attempt to make this one of the successful industries dus tries of the county cow cov testing records interesting county agent holmstead has been successful in getting a number of men at venice to keep production records on their milk cows and the results are very interesting during the past three months boyd buchanan newel washburn ray C cowley lewis gardner and george brugger have been keeping such records and now when anyone visits these men and talks about the cows they can tell them exactly the production of each individual the following is a report from the lath of march to the lath of april of the herd of boyd buchanan cowal cow no 0 I 1 produced 1855 lbs ibs milk testing 32 or lbs ibs butterfat or lbs ibs butter cow no 2 produced 1020 lbs ibs milk testing 37 or lbs ibs butterfat or 47 lbs ibs butter cow no 3 produced 1013 lbs ibs milk testing 37 1 7 or lbs ibs butterfat butter tat or lbs ibs butter cow no 4 produced lbs ibs milk testing 38 or lbs ibs butterfat or lbs ibs butter cow no 5 produced in 23 days lbs ibs milk testing 36 or 27 lbs ibs butterfat or lbs ibs butter among the last three cows mentioned it would be very difficult to determine by looking at the animals which was the best cow but an examination of their production records plainly proves that there is a vast difference in the economy of keeping the different animals cow no 1 is an exceptional cow and has produced as high as 73 lbs ibs of milk in ill one day mr buchanan is as well as the other men keeping records is well pleased with the information that they are getting by tak ing ex extra tra interest to weigh the milk at each 1 1 milking time as they state it Is the most interesting part of the farming operations to know which v aich coas cov s are bringing the greatest returns chrisia bus buns high producing cow E D buchanan of venice recently discovered a remarkable cow in ills herd by giving tile the animal a chance and lie he began keeping records since the beginning of this lactation per period the cow in question Is a grade holstein Holst eln she produced her ath calf on tile the of april and during the past week she has been producing near SO pounds ot of milk per day with a test of about 3 per cent E C who is a poultry producer appreciates the value of milk for ills his chickens to the extent that I 1 he 1 e purchased tills this animal from mr buchanan and now has it at his farm in richfield between mr and county agent holmstead they are determined to make a record from this cow and they are studying every available feed in order to give the cow what she needs to produce a lot of milk to organize bull As association ocia tion the dairy bull association work to organize richfield glenwood venice sigurd vermilion koosharem Koo sharem and monroe lonroe B into an association is progressing satisfactorily and it is expected to complete details of the organization during the coming week H A mathiesen Math lesen field agent for the holstein friesian association of america has agreed to spend next week with county agent holmstead and chariton to assist in completing the organization work the dairy committeemen of each of 0 these towns are working faithfully in order to perfect such an assoria as socia tion |