Show COLUMN hilling killing of T B cattle county agricultural A age g e n nt t geo F holmstead reports that he was present in salt lake city at the slaughtering of part of the cattle infested with tuberculosis chipped to salt lake city from sevier county with him dr L I 1 L witnessed the inspection of 0 the slaughtered cattle out of 58 animals killed hilled thero there were only five that did not show tubercular lesions on from two to four different parts of the body three of the carcasses were condemned as unfit tor for use as food mr holmstead and dr found the demonstration highly instructive tive and educational the inspection of the tubercular cattle when slaughtered js Is very close and is supervised by gov government ern inspectors there thene were five government inspectors on the job during the time the sevier county cattle were gone over not all of the animals were slaughtered in isalt alake lacity 3 carloads being forwarded to oakland california w where here they will be slaughtered under government inspection and the post mortem report will be forwarded to the county agents office anyone witnessing the slaughtering terin g and examination of the tuberculosis reactors would never question the possibility lity of an animal not having havi na tuberculosis when they react to the test given according to mr bir he holmstead im the people of sevier county are very much pleased that they have had the test completed so they can feel reasonably safe in using lising the dairy products with out the danger of spreading the disease into the family dairy specialist encourages koosh abern cheese factory ben R eldredge dairy specialist utah agricultural college spent monday tuesday and wednesday of this week in sevier county with county agent holmstead in the interest of dairy work the chief purpose of mr eld dredges visit was to meet with the koosharem Koo sharem people and try to prove the necessity of a cheese factory in their community koosharem Koo sharem has long been in need of a cheese factory or creamery in order to concentrate cen their dairy products so that transportation would not eat up a large portion of the returns conditions are favorable for or a cheese factory at koosharem Koo sharem according to reports the community produces sufficient milk to operate a factory to good advantage providing good management and good cheese makers can be secured of 01 course it is taken for granted that the milk must be delivered clean and sweet to the factory before a cheese maker can make a high quality product mr holmstead and eldredge were at koosharem Koo sharem tuesday and redmond wednesday mr air eldredge leaving tor for pluto county by train wednesday evening where he w wih 14 assist county agent mckay along dairy improvement lines better seed better crops I 1 HIM film to ile be shown hero hera friday and saturday county agent holmstead is just in receipt of a novice notice aiom the college to the effect that he will receive from the department of agriculture a one reel film on better seed better crops on march 14 and 15 and he is making every preparation pa ration to have as many farmers see this film as possible the better seed better crops is a new film prepared by the united states department of agriculture which tells the fhe story of crop improvement in pro work as it has been carried ajeo on in various states through the medium of certified seed the film was made in cooperation with tile the michigan agricultural college the picture tells the story of bill taylor who faunde found tile the growing of poor wheat unprofitable and see how his neighbors produced bumper crops while his hardly produced the cost of planting bill made some inquiries and was told tod about the crop improvement work the scenes carry the audience to tile the state experiment farm where is shown the actual working out of the certified seed plan bill is told how the seed is handled and in the end ile he climbs on the bandwagon band wagon and sews his acres with certified seed mr holmstead Is working with moroni smith high school agriculture te teaches achet in the details of the program club leaders training school information was just received that sevier county will be entitled to select C G boys and girls who are arc willing and capable of assisting in conducting club work in the county this year to attend the annual club leaders training school at the IT A C during april 7 to inclusive the extension office and county high school teachers are cooperating on the selection of the boys and girls who will represent this county at this school this is a splendid opportunity for students to meet students from other sections of the state and gain valuable information on organizing and conducting club work with a group of younger boys and girls the selection of the students will be made in the near future and their names will be published himy training school miss rosanna skidmore clothing specialist of the TJ A C was in richfield last week to cond conduct act a three days millinery training school six communities had three r representatives each hero here to partake in tho the course and each lady present completed a spring hat the extension course was given under the supervision of mrs joseph hansen county president of the homo and community section of the sevlar county farm bi bureau bur ur cail eaU tf venice farni farm bureau tue the small farming community of venice Is very proud of the work ad interest being taken by its local farm bureau this little community has but fifty families it has 43 form owners and 10 tenants thirty nine of the farm owners are members bers of the farm bureau and three of the other farm owners are represented in the farm bureau by their tenants as farm bureau members bight of the ton tenants are farm bureau members and one of oe the other tenants is represented in the farm bureau by his land owner owne r so this leaves only one tenant and one farm owner not represented in the farm bureau in other words per cent of the farming interest of the community is represented in the farm bureau in 1923 only two and seven tenths per cent of the members failed to pay in their dues aud and already this year per cent have paid up their dues in full this community has 44 4 t bald up tip members men ibers in the state tax association and all feel to stand pat for a p in taxes at a meeting held last week the sevier county fair association presented rep a petition to this venice local which was voted down this wa was s a petition asking the county commissioners to levy a two tenths mill additional tax for sevier county fair while the members present were highly in favor of a county fair being held each year they felt that inasmuch as the county commissioners in ners have been appropriating sufficient each year in the past to make the fair a success that to ask them to levy an additional tax would be entirely out of keeping with the spirit 0 of the tax association and 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