Show sevier agricultural A agent 9 ent G gives ves timely farn farm fad facts L S by S R BOSWELL county agent richfield room federal phones and A new and moie accurate method of measuring hay in stacks has recently been announced in leaflet no 72 united states department of agriculture this information is based on studies in actual weights and measurements of hay in in stacks in california colorado idaho minnesota nebraska nevada south dakota and utah part of tho the information was collected in sevier county and was furnished by hay growers in redmond and salina the is NN written ritten by W H host hosterman erman associate marketing specialist division of hay bay feed and seed bugeau of agricultural economics for a number of years vears farmers and stockmen stoc kmen and buying hay lia have ve relied upon the quartermaster rule which has been used by by the united states slates army anny this rule has not been satisfactory from the point of the seller as well as the buyer to make this more satisfactory the department of agriculture undertook the experiments peri ments in this leaflet the new rule for measuring hay is very accurate it was found that by dividing hay stacks into three types based on their shape a rule for each type averaged the same as the actual volumes of tho stacks and in no case was there an error of over 25 per cent the three types of stacks with a rule for each type are as fol foli I 1 lows for square flat topped stacks 0 W WL for high round topped stacks 0 W WL for low round topped stacks 0 W WL in these rules 0 equals the over W equals the width and L equals the length anyone interested in using the above mentioned rules may call at this office for copy of leaflet no 72 roger babson eminent economist who predicted the big stock 1 market crash of october 1929 now has an encouraging word for agriculture he is quoted as saying the farmer in 1931 will I 1 have the benefits of better organization iza tion he will collect one big dividend from the depression I 1 he will come out of it with one great lesson learned that is that he be can do nothing alone rules for producing quality cream by bv charles hassing milk cows aws in clean well ventilated barn wipe off udders adders with damp cloth beaole milking wash your hands clean before milking keep cans and all other utensils spotlessly clean wash and scald separator each time it is used use water of the same temperature as milk in flushing out separator cool cream down as rapidly as possible after separating put the flesh cream in cold water at once do not mix cream just separated to cream in your shipping can until it is cooled to the same temperature pera ture as the cream in the shipping can stir cicali cicani in shipping can several times each lay day and be sure to stir thoroughly while adding each separation to the cream in in the shipping can keep your cream in a tank of lunning bunning water if possible if not keep beep your shipping can sitting in a small barrel or tank of water and change the water frequently separate a cream testing around 40 per cent it keeps better than thin cream keep your cream where it will not take on a stale musty taste or odors of vegetables and other farm products deliver as often as possible not less than two times per week your cans are returned to you in in a clean condition the butterflies which caused so much consternation in richfield clifield Ri and surrounding territory last week have been identified by dr W AV henderson head of the department of zoology and entomology ni utah experiment station dr henderson says as follows the butterflies which you sent me are known to science as vanessa cardui linn this species is known in common language as the painted lady or thistle butterfly and sometimes as the cosmopolite butterfly it gets the last name from the fact that it has practically world wide distribution trib ution it seems to be quite as much to home in one country as another except that it is not found in the arctic or antarctic regions the larva is a hairy caterpillar which feeds on thistle principally but may be also found on burdock blue pine nettle marshmallow various kinds of weeds and other plants it is not known to be excessively destructive and is not the parent of the army worm as some suppose perhaps the most interesting feature about it is the tendency of the butterflies to migrate in immense flocks like birds to warmer climates for winter and then in aprin sprin spring g to return again in immense numbers to more temperate regions |