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Show THE REAPER RICH COUNTY Utah, under the Act of Mar. 8, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Year in Advance Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop. matter Feb. Entered as second-clas- s 8, 1929, at the post office Raadoloh. Study Methods of Drying Hay Fast Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers ELKS HONOR HERO. BEETLES DEFEATED. , DIVORCES INCREASE. CUPID TAKES BEATING. TAX FREE CITY IN UTAH. FLOCK PROFITS BY CHANGE IN RATION OGDEN, UT. Records of the Weber county clerks office show an increase in divorces, and a decrease in marriages the past year. Figures from the city engineers office Indicate less building during 1931 than at any time since 1920. A total of 141 marriages were dissolved in 1931, including 137 divorces and four annulments. BRIGHAM CITY, UT. This city boasts of being the only one in the state which will levy no assessment for municipal purposes in 1932, suf- flcient revenue accruing from the c system and municipal water the system to pay all expenses and leaving a balance of unbudgeted funds of $6831.18, officials an- Method Said to Increase Egg Production. , WHY IT WAS GOOD Bristow was showing his neighbor over his house. Theres my equestrian portrait, he said, pointing to a picture on the wall The neighbor gazed critically at It. A very fine snapshot indeed, he replied. "But what makes you think It Is a fine snapshot? asked Bristow. Well, youre still on the horse,' came the reply. MATERIAL FOR BABY . hydro-electri- nounce. LOGAN, UT. A total of 303 arrests were made in 1931 by Logan City police, which is low compared with figures six years back, according to Chief Gilbert Mecham. Arrests In 1930 were 378. , IDAHO IDA. The FALLS,. frozen body of Ralph Fikstad, 21. was found in the shelter of a rock of a mile from ledge his ranch home near White Owl butte, 20 miles southeast of two-thir- three-quarte- rs Rex-ber- LAS VEGAS, NEV. Erection of a flagpole and setting of an appropriate plaque in a prominent place ' Clerk Did you wish about a yard of this material, madam? Lady No, Ill need about three; you see Its not for myself, ts for baby I i Prepared Mother Now, Tommy, Fm sure you can eat another cake. Tommy No, thank you, mother ; I am full up. Mother Well, , put one In your pocket for later on. . Tommy I cant; they are full up, too. Macclesfield Times. Tactlesa Well, said a young lawyer, after hearing- a clients story, your case appears to be good. I think we can secure a verdict without much trouble. Thats what I told my wife, said the man, and yet she Insisted at first s that we ought to engage a London Star.. lawyer first-clas- 1 Not Bad Business Have you any faith In life insurance? Mrs. Oidbride Yes, Indeed. Ive ralized $100,000 from my two husbands, and they werent especially good ones at that Mrs. Newbride . t Dangerous Pastime Mother, I dont want my picture taken. Why not, dear? Ive been looking at the family album. Errors of Affluence Neighbor Er Mrs. Brown youve got odd stockings on. Mrs. Brown Yes, dearie, that often appens to ladies what ave got more than one pair. London Opinion. above the Hoover dam project on the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington is the plan of members of the Elks lodges of the seven Colorado river basin states. The visit here of Harry S. Joseph, exalted ruler of Salt Lake Lodge No. 85, is expected to result in the formation of definite plans for this ceremony in which it is hoped that Elks from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, California and Nevada will participate. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. General property taxes received by the state during December amounted to $1,--' 802,772.44, State Treasurer A. E. Christensen announces. Of the entire amount, $527, 000, will go to the fund and $1,300,000 to the state district school fund. The total amount of $1,802,772.44 represents about 35 per cent of the states receipts from this source during the year. BOISE, IDA. There were 750,- -. 000 acres of winter wheat planted in Idaho during the fall of 1931, or 7 per cent more than the 1930 total, of 701,000 acres, a federal crop report reveals. The report announces an Increase of 30 per cent in the size of Idahos fall pig crop of 1931 over that of 1930. OGDEN, UT. The annual convention of public school superin- tendents of Utah will be held here BEND, ORE. When science inet failure in attempting to stem the tide of pine beetles, which were making heavy inroads into a stand of timber here, Nature took a hand. The beetles have been attacked by a plague which has griatly reduced their numbers and saved millions of board feet of timber. It is expected the plague will continue until the beetles are wiped out. NEV. With the six RENO, weeks divorce law creating an unprecedented rush of the unhappily wed, Renos divorce mill ground out 4248 divorces during 1931, to establish a record. The previous record was set in 1930, when 2149 divorces were granted. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Alfalfa was Utahs greatest crop in 1931, being valued at $8,219,000, by the annual report of the Utah state farm bureau. Sugar beets were second and wheat ranked third. More than 500,000 of the 1,120,000 acres were used for alfalfa, with 49,000 acres of sugar beets yielding to the growers. Wheat was " vahied at $2,527,00 and was raised on 2&W0 acres. SALiiyLAKE CITY, UT. Foreign bornlresidents of Utah In 1930 numbered St8, 015 as compared with 59,200 in 1920, it was revealed in figure? of that bureau of census recently released Of the foreign born residents in 1931 there were 43,772 white residents, 12 negroes and 4231 of other races. A total of 30,227 were naturalized, 3842 had taken out first papers, 12,924 were aliens and no record was available on 1382. , AMERICAN FALLS, IDA. Fifty thousand small trout have been placed in the Snake river by the sportsmen of Cassia county. PRICE, UT.-Aairport is being planned for this city by the chamber of commerce. 00 Do you think you did right kissing me? He Well, I cant be blamed for my technique. Im young. High Cost of Oxygea Did you take my advice and sleep with the window open to cure your ' . cold? ' Yes. , Did you lose your cold? No, I lost my watch and my ' Vart Hem (Stockholm). . . pocket-boo- k. Anyone who is troubled with the Inclination to feed the young chickt as soon as they are hatched can cure himself of this notion by cutting open and examining a chick that has just been hatched and then examining another that is 'about 72 hours old. In the first case you will find that the digestive organs of the chick are very small and undeveloped and that the larger portion of the chicks body is filled with yolk. One of the last things a chick does before breaking open the shell is to enclose the unabsorbed portion of the yolk into Its body. The chick at this age does not have room in Its body for additional food; furthermore, the digestive organs are not enough developed to digest other food In the next three days after hatching is a rapid change. The yolk is gradually absorbed and as this process goes on the liver, heart, gizzard and other organs show rapid development. 15-1- -- She Changes in Chicks Body jpen-er- al January One principle of success in feeding for egg production is to change the feed often, says a successful Vancouver island poultryman. He feeds a laying mash made up of 100 pounds of shorts, 100 pounds of finely ground barley, 50 pounds of cornmeal and 25 pounds of pilchard (fish) meaL Island clam shell is used instead of oyster shell to supply lime. For greens he uses anything available. In October his hens get wild English mustard, later they have kale, roole and cull vegetables. Three times a week he gives a feed of boiled barley and occasionally a feed of scalded wheat in place of hard grain. About as much wheat as would be given as hard grain Is scalded and let stand an hour or so. For scratch he uses equal parts wheat and groats, fed In the customary proportions per hundred 'birds. Groats make good bone and are high in vitamins. Hullless oats are the same thing as groats so far as a hen is concerned. This egg producer feeds the grain In troughs instead of in litter, except for the breeding flock. When he is able to get milk the fish meal is cut out of the mash. Feeding rations on this plant are cut to the bare essentials, no fancy fixings are included in the laying mash, but the pullets were laying satisfactorily and were in good shape. High feed and low egg prices are stirring up a lot of poultrymen to cut the eost of laying rations. Nor West Farmer. DISTINCTIVE Government Experts Work on Problem of Eliminat- -' ing Moisture. PROGRAMS States Department (Prepared by the UnitedWNU Service. ot Agriculture.! To determine some of the mechanical and economic factors Involved in artificial drying of forage crops, the bureau of agricultural engineering of On Your Radio 'FRIENDSHIP TOWN" the United States Department of Agriculture has Installed at the Iberia live stock experiment farm, Jeanerette, Lil, an experimental hay drier. Methods of hauling the green material to the drier, of getting It into condition to give up moisture quickly, and of handling the dried product are a few of the problems which the engineers are studying. Green hay contains a great deal of moisture and is bulky Id volume and weight. To reduce the weight in hauling and the cost of drying, engineers are considering the cutting and wilting of the crop !n the field. To eliminate the moisture as quickly as possible at the drier, they are studying methods of preparation which include chopping or crushing of hay, or both. They are also determining the maximum temperature at which drying can take place without injury to the product Hay that is chopped or crushed comes out of the drier In fine pieces and has to b sacked or baled for marketing. The baling process requires special equipment, according to the engineers. Hay is a crop of relatively low market value, and driers at present are expensive. Engineers of the department are striving to develop machinery that will produce a quality of product that, will help offset the cost of drying. Agronomists are experimenting with different varieties of forage crops such as alfalfa, soy beans, clovers, pasture grass, and crotalaria, to work out a cropping system that will enable the owners of drying equipment to operate It over a long period of the year. Feeding trials are being made to ascertain the nutritive value of artificially dried hay as compared with that of hay dried under natural conditions. FRIDAY, 7:00 P.M.,m.S.t. NBC Coast to Coast Network Vaseline RIO. U. COUNT VON LUCKNER sea raider, who spins yarns of the seven seas in the radio series Adventuring with Count von Luckner. Will Show How Crop Estimates Are Made New Alfalfa Varieties Found Wilt-Resista- Crop Reporting Board Will nt Take Listeners Behind the Scenes. Alfalfa wilt has been taking Its toll of the crop In many sections of the United States. Many growers were of the opinion that Grimm, the hardy variety which has been so satisfactory in many places, was resistant to this disease. Tests, however, have shown that this is not true and that Grimm is quite snsceptible to alfalfa wilt On the other hand, at least two varieties have shown resistance to this new disease. Hardlstan. a variety which was recently named In Nebraska and which originated from Turkestan, is highly resistant to the wilt disease. This variety Is also winter hardy and apparently offers Get a Reputation great possibility wherever wilt Is a Whether a poultry man ships two, factor In alfalfa production. Lndak, ten, twenty, or forty cases of eggs a another new variety, has been quite week he can create a reputation for resistant to the disease, although not his eggs for uniformity of size, qualas desirable as Hardlstan. ity, and for careful packing. Poultry Alfalfa' wilt is a disease caused by men who get the top quotations or a bacteria. Apparently these bacteria premium, must have a reputation or get into alfalfa plants, which are subthey cannot get such a high price. jected to freezing. It is of Importance A reputation is not made merely by in areas where wilt is a factor, theresending one or two shipments care- fore, to grow not only varieties that fully graded and packed. Every shipare resistant to the disease, but also ment must be the same, and after a varieties of alfalfa which are winter time buyers find that the eggs are de- hardy. Apparently both Ladak and pendable. . It takes longer for the Haridstan offer great possibilities. smaller shipper to build a reputation, Idaho Farmer. but it results In bbth higher prices and a steady market Michigan Effect of Superphosphate Farmer. A report recently received from Dr. G. Kruegel, director of the experiSex Determining ment station of the International SuD. C. Warren, Kansas State Agriinstitute, Hamburg, Gerperphosphate cultural college poultry department, results secured by many, presents says: Many rules and theories have many investigators in Europe which been proposed for determining the show that the use of superphosphate sex of the chicks at hatching time, or not increase soil acidity. This does even from the egg. To date most idea was somewhat prevalent among methods have proved unreliable. In farmers In this country some years the Barred Plymouth Rock breed, the but reports published by a numago, size of the wOrspot on the head ber of investigators Indicate that the may be nsed to separate the two use of superphosphate even if consexes with some degree of accuracy. on the same land for many tinued The chicks with the large head spots in no Increase in soil are usually males. In the crossing of years results In fact, this was the best acidity. certain breeds .the sex of the chicks for the change of terminolmay be separated .with a degree of argument acid phosphate to superfrom ogy accuracy on the basis of color and phosphate. growth of wing feathers. Listeners will be taken behind the scenes to hear an explanation of how the government Crop Reporting Board prepares the estimates of crop and livestock production which its members announce regularly in the National Farm and Home Hour when W. F. Callander, chairman of the baord, speaks in the Department period of the National Farm and Home Hour on Tuesday, January 12. Callander will describe graphically how the Board analyzes statistics collected from 300,000 farmers, and from this mass of data makes the monthly estimates which are considered the most authoritative in the world. a group of three economists will explain the recent course of prices for beef cattle, hogs, and sheep, In the program of Wednesday, January 13. ; The Federal Farm Board will continue its series of talks during 1932 setting forth the progress made In various lines of Orgad izatlon. . Future Farmers will hear their special monthly program on Monday, January 11, and on Saturday, January 16, there will be a broadcast of v the monthly program by the National Grange. Thirty-twmeasures of music writ- ten during the closing announcement of the National Farm and Home Hour, is the speed record of Harry Kogen, director of the Homesteaders orchestra. As the announcer began, Kogen became aware of the fact that two of his violinists did not have the music for the Homesteaders Waltz, the closing theme number. Kogen wrote and finished it in the nick of time. o Ultra violet rays are necessary for winter egg production. They also affect egg fertility and promote healthy growth of baby chicks. Sunshine provides the needed elements in fine .weather. On wintry days, however, when hens must be kept on the inside with windows closed the direct sunshine is not available, since ultra violet rays cannot penetrate ordinary glass. The rays can be brought to the hens by using glass substitutes, which ' V" ' drought-re-slsta- Aiming to stress the importance forest fire prevention the United States Forest service will broadcast the second In a series of dramatic skits on Thursday, January 14. With Uncle Sams Forest Rangers features episodes In the life of an old- ranger and its youthful cub assistant. of Sweet Clover Increases The rapidity, with which sweet clover is gaining favor among farmers of the western states is well illustrated in the last report of the Kansas state board of agriculture which gives figures for sweet clover grown for hay in Kansas during the years 1929 and 1930. In 1929 the acreage was 195,031, while In 1930 the acreage had increased to 236,660. The qualities of sweet clover will no doubt cause a further rapid increase in acreage of this excellent honey Diant durinz the next, few veara. , ' i . Direct Rays Bring Eggs ' For stockmen, . " PAT. OFF. PREPARATIONS . - . The Future Farmers of America will present their regular monthly broadcast in the National Farm and Home Hour on Monday, January 11, featuring news of Future Farmer activities and talks by their leaders. |