Show 0 0 o agricultural news I 1 by county agent S R rosanell Bo bos radl sANell j 0 Q sevier county farmers raise 1 more core barley during last four years livestock feeders of sevier county have learned the value of barley as a substitute for corn in the livestock ration since 1923 the utah agricultural college and extension service has encouraged cou raged the growing of bailey that year the county agent had five cooperators operators who ii planted the variety known as average yields of f 67 bushels per acre were secured in 1924 the project was at a standstill due to the change of extension service agents the pre present ent agent in 1925 secured certified seed from illano for 14 cooperators that thab year the average yield was 63 bushels per acre in 1926 the count county agent had 53 cooperators of this project in ten communities muni ties seed was avas secured from various places in utah and idaho the a average e rage yield per acre was 64 bushels bushel s N while lie i common barley yielded only 55 bushels per acre livestock feeders fellers reported that barley was superior to any barley they had tried for feeding purposes during the year 1926 the county agent gave assistance to 87 cooperators in 11 communities by helping them to bet seed this year several cooperators reported yields of bushels per acre the average yield of all cooperators reporting was 77 bushels per acre common barley yielded on the same farms or neighboring farms 54 bushels per acre it is estimated that SO 80 to 85 per cent of the barley barlev fed 0 farms now in this county is of f the variety in the future grain growers will plant and livestock men inc including poultry men will feed treb because of its early maturity maturity increasing yield and superior feeding qualities the status of barley in relation to ilia other grain crops of the county is shown on the fol following louing table furnished by frank andrews agricultural statistician of salt lake city all wheat 1924 bushels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 bushels oats 1924 bushels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 bushels barley 1924 bushels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 bushels the 1927 figures are secured from the threshing machine reports furnished by county agent S R basu boswell ell it is interesting to note the threshing report of one machine operating in elsinore in 1924 this machine threshed no barlev in 1925 bushels 1926 2114 and 1927 bushels the great increase in the barley rop crop of 1927 was due to the partial callura cal failure lure of the sugar beet crop i reports of grain threshing in sevier county 1927 for the first time since the world war threshing machine operators of sevier county have cooperated with the county agricultural agent and furnished detailed reports of ing operations the reports for the year 1927 have been received and summarized from the following thre shermen rodney cowley venice loris chidester redmond elden A lorrey joseph lester buchanan venice melvin kay annabella N E nielson and son elsinore arthur poulson richfield floyd farnsworth richfield clarence I isbell ibell bell richfield lero curtis aurora john A dastrup salina john nielson salina B E mattsson salina owen dastrup sigurd south bend thresher monroe irwin olsen olaen momoe elvin eivin christensen koosharem Koo sharem mort bagley koo s sharem h ar em lawrence asay monroe louis sorensen I 1 monroe NI onroe R F D summary of the reports furnished by bv the above thre shermen follow total bushels wheat total bushels oats total bushels barley spring wheat 1924 bushels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 bul bushels els oats 1924 bushels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 bu bushels hels barley 1924 bushels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 bushels bushels winter wheat 1924 ibrus bels 1925 bushels 1926 bushels 1927 2000 bushels |