Show CACHE COUNTY AN AND D THE FARM BUREA U problems of agriculture demand best brains of the country the agricultural sit si tuition in cache county is the best in ten years scars mew ed cd from the standpoint of prospective prospect ne iv production crop conditions all ir in all probably never were better at this sea season seaon on of the year in the history ol of the county returns from those crops crop already harvested are very cry satis fac tory alfalfa cuttings cutting over practical ly y all the county are heavy and the pea crop now veil inell alo along ng in the barest is taxing to capacity the facilities ti e a foi handl handling iniz the same so large is the yield the lia harvesting nesting of oui very cry promising grain chops is about to begin with indications from all see eions of the county for bumper crops the condition of the jhc sugar beet crop on oil july is as percent by way nay of comparison companion with othea ceals to le cognize the beneficial results of the farm bureau activities upon the countes coun tys agriculture one needs only view the conditions in cache valley nalley during the pst past decade it is now about ten years jears since the fain faim bureau was oi gamed in the county abile hile its life is short its accomplishments aie reflected in a greatly improved a agu ij cultural situation in cache counts count it is to be noted that need of a farmers organization in the state and nation has long been felt by leading individuals but not until the federal government began a serious attempt in n 1910 to im improve proc rural conditions in america did the organization ot of far farn ners become an absolute necessity with the coming of the agricultural Agn cultural extension service through the cooperation of the U S department of ag and the agricultural colleges it was readily discovered that the task of the county agricultural agents was helpless Nit without hout some oi 01 through which they could work this need of an agricultural organization then through which the newly created extension service could function accounts for the immediate cause of the lapid development of farm bureau cache county along with nith other counties of our state and other states has participated and benefited by the organized effort on the part of farmers to improve rural living ining conditions and at the same game time better farming methods the result is that today every enery community except one in cache county has its farm bureau organization looking after the Nel welfare fare and best interests of its members locally the community problems and community programs of agricultural ri improvement or the righting of local conditions are handled through farm budeau committees the slogan of better daims better homes and better living is the job of farm bureau in each local unit these local farm bureau units of the county aie federated together to form the cache county farni farm bureau whose function it is to decide upon and work out a county agricultural program upon luch all lo 10 local cal farm bureaus can cooperate to review in detail the accomplishments of this organized effort on the part of the farmers of cache county and point out the activities of the farm bureau in the promotion pio pion motion lotion of a bigger and better agriculture for the county would be an interesting study for the purpose of this article we nie can only relate some of the mole moie important developments considering first the principal grain crops of the county wheat oats and birley the agricultural statistics show ih di I 1 1 during the past decade has been a consistent improvement in the quality uniformity and crop yields fields of these grains through the persistent efforts and the careful cooped ahon of the farm bureau organizations with the extension ser service serice ice of the utah agricultural college the wheat growers of the county have hane come to realize the importance of confining then efforts to a few standard varieties of high quality wheat for winter varieties two standard grains are planted almost wholly in the county these abc the hard turkey ked and gold cold coin a soft winter wheat both of those these varieties arie ties aie known to be giaino of a high milling quality the spring wheat grow era have hae almost universally concentrated their efforts on two other standard stan stand daid jid varieties namely early baart for dry land planting and dicklow on the irrigated lands planted to wheat the value of balley bailey as a diny daily and poultry feed comparable to coin has come t to be recognized as a very naces eary crop in the county here again this information has been acquired through careful investigations by the experiment station and its dissemination to the farmers has been brought about through the farm bujeau organization in cooperation with the extension service A new kind of barley known as grebl or six rowed barley has been brought into the county with the result that this new grain is yielding wonderfully it has been tried farm bureau cooperators in all sections of the county this year are growing small tracts of this for certification and next year will probably pio bably find our county well supplied with certified bailey for all our seeding requirements estimates indicate that cache county will produce bushels of bailey this year which will be baiely sufficient for our dairy and poultry needs sugar beets the farm bureaus relation rca tion to the permanent development and stabilizing of the sugar beet industry in cache county is well known out of a long of organized effort and finally the recognition of the fact that foi any manu manil enterprise depending on agricultural ri products for its law ma jenals to be successful there must be a genuine spirit of cooperation between the producer and the manufacturer much mutual good has come sugar beet growing has come to be fixed as a desirable and profitable crop in our agriculture the ence of twenty years has demonstrated d however that cache valley lands will not go on indefinitely producing on a single crop program through careful and cocchi collective c study and demonstration on nc c have hae learned that results in sugar gar beet growing bommen with the effort required to successfully cess fully produce this crop can le be obtained on only y alien a proper system of crop rot rotation aaion is practiced the prospects for the sugar beet chop in cache valley ne never neer er were better than this to date the crop condition is per cent as compared with other years and over the whole county tile the stand is 80 per cent perfect on the basis of one beet aver amel twelve c inches in the row this means th that at on the average in cache count there arc better than beet plants per acre this car to date taking into account nil all the favorable conditions dit ions these plants should be made to weigh by ha nesting time about one and one half pounds per beet or a per acie yield estimate foi the county of tons on oil this basis cache county will produce upwards aid of tons of sugar beets this thi season sea ion peas the growing of peas in C cache ache county has become a substantial project in our agricultural program this vear bear the glowers are arc enjoying ang an exceptionally season for this crop the ha harvesting resting is now on and is being done clone in record time with practically all peas being handled of a high quality qui lity this industry austry is belati relatively ely new in the county and fai f aimers are just beginning to learn well nell the bu business biness of growing pis this crop seem ems i ell adapted to the conditions in ill cache valley and the ind industry astry gives gines deiy eveia promise of taking a permanent place among cache countes coun tys profitable and returns from har bar vesting esting to date of the pea crop seem to warrant the conclusion that the average yield field in the county this season will approximate 2500 pounds of shelled peas per acre with close cooperation between the field representatives of the manufacturer of this crop and the groweg in the tion of seed bed planting caring for and ham harvesting esting a high yield will be the reward of the growers of this crop in the count county for climatic conditions are particularly favorable dairying in the whole field of farm bureau activities the results of group effort are arc perhaps moie apparent and outstanding in the dairy industry of the county than most other farm programs through the faim bureau cooperating with nith the extension sen aenice ice a real program of dany daily improvement is under way for a number of years in the county the importance of good breeding for milk production had been stressed As a result the past decade his has witnessed a deiy marked improvement in the dairy herds of the county not a few beads heids have been converted conier ted wholly into purebred animals much more important M por tant however is ib the very nery vencial improvement in practically all the herds of the county as evidenced by increased milk production through concerted action on the part of the farmers within the past few years foul cow testing associations have hae been formed in the county they are of great value in stimulating keen interest in better production and indirectly in better feeding methods these cow testing a associations are sponsored b the farm buican and their officers and members are loyal local farm buscall budeau members another development of the cache county dairy industry during the past few years scars through the efforts of the faim bureau and the county agent has been the formation of bull asso ciati citations cia lions ons A number of these digani lations are going concerns in the county and are sure to be the economical means of further greatly improving in the grade of dany daily cattle of the county better breeding better ft feeding eding and better care of our dairy animals is the farm bureau slogan for this phase of our agricultural program gram of great interest and satisfaction to the dany daily and livestock producers of the county is the placing of cache county on the accredited biec of tuber mea of the united states by the combined effort of the state and government cache county the faim bureau urcal and tile the extension seri service ice through the county agent together with uth the splendid cooperation of the iii livestock estock owners them themselves seles this IL ic alt was nias accomplished for cache county the past three months through a thorough thoi ough tuberculosis test of all the cattle in the county b by state and government ov veterinarians all these activities indicate the pro grain of faim bureau illative lela tive to the of the agricultural situation in cache county aside from the production plo pi aba phase e of farm life the faim beleau is greatly concerned as to the Nel welfare fare of its members ind and farmers generally in other particulars if its slogan for bottei farms bertei homes ind and better living is to be realized the organization organisation must interest itself in the educational boci soci al and recreational of its membris in this thib direction the farm bureau has done much and at all times is ivady to sponsor helpful educational and recreational programs iams among its members to dite date the effect of this educational feature of farm bureau is widely helpful quoting from an editorial of recent date education ind and faiming Fainn ng the writer his has this to bay it augurs well vell for agriculture in the west to find thit that there aie a constantly increasing gumbei of men ind and women or of highfi education le ic turning to the farm for their life today chec ib no farming district in the state of utah in which there is not to be found graduates of out agricultural college and universities some also hold degiers from other institutions we find these men and women omen operating poultry plants engaged in fruit industry market gardening gai dening dairy dair ing and even in general farming the value alue of higher education in any field of human end endeavor cavor cannot be gainsaid gain said it is encouraging to note that agra agriculture culture holds inducements for educated men and women of the best types it is also good for the science of agriculture to have these within luthin its fold the problems of agriculture today are of such 1 a I character ras is to demand the best brains of the courtly an intelligent and prosperous agricultural population is ib the salvation of uie ile human race the world orld iou aou vill nill find the deepest content and gica test prosperity among those who lie upon ind and till their own on soil considered in the large tile the area of the girth carth affords only a limited number of acres of arable lind land seas sea I 1 mountains and deserts occupy a large part of the sui su ilace face intensive soil and the raising n kofl of maximum arnum crops becomes not only a necessity but the rightful end arid and ann aim of true agricultural the earth and the fullness thereof is man mail for use it is a human heritage and contains no secrets which aich searching may not find out |