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Show V THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Fw-- r Editor and Prep, SUBSCRIPTION $2.0u i'er )t ear in Advance matter Feb, Entered as second-clas- s 8, 1929, at the post office Randolph, Utah, under the Ac'c of Mar. 3, 1879. Bernard U I i News Notes It a Privilege I Soy Beans Win Fame for Illinois to Live In Popularity of Crop Brings Inquiries From Eight Different States. CHEAP FEED MADE UTAH LOGAN Hogs on Utah farms were estimated on January 1, 1929, as num bering 98,000, compared with 75,000 in 1928 and 60,000 in 1927, HEBER CITY The total value of the cattle, sheep and hogs in Utah on January 1, 1929, is estimated at $60,000,000; and one. year earlier it was $53,000,000. An increase of in one year. TOOELE The number of sheep and lambs on Utah farms and ranches on January 1, 1929, is estimated at 2,866, 000, compared with 2, 730,000 one year before, and 2,650,000 on January 1, EARLY MOLT NOT RIGHT FOR EGGS Careful Feeding Will Encourage Hens to Lay More. Poultry keepers who fed a wet mash in addition to the regular grain and dry mash kept their hens laying heavily last year, says L. M. Hurd of the New York state college of agriculture. Hens should be kept in production through careful feeding during the summer and early fall so that they will molt rapidly and soon return to producing. Records of the Missouri College of Agriculture show that early molting hens lay fewer eggs during the following winter than those hens which moit 1927. LOGAN Abnormally warm temperthe eastward movement of the atmospheric depression and in Salt Lake recently the mercury mounted to 98 degrees, mark-th- e second warmest day of the year. The mean temperature of 86 degrees was the higest daily mean of the year,, eclipsing the record t Wednesday by two points. MONTICELLO County commissioners of San Juan county met with members of the state road Commission recently for the purpose of discussing early procedure on the project from Peters Hill, north of Monticello to Thompson. The San Juan commissioners assured the state officials that they are ready to match federal aid funds for the completion of the remaining link of three miles. A new record for heat LOGAN was set in Cache county Wednesday, when the thermometer registered 96 degrees, according to officials at thJ Utah State Agricultural college. four degrees was the minimum reported for the night. The high point for June was 92 degrees in 1929, while the highest temperature recorded for June, 1928, was 89, and for July, 1928, 93 degrees. PLEASANT GROVE The pleasant Grove Canning company has employed more than 200 girl; and boys to pick beans. Lehi, American Fork and Pleasant Grove supply most of the hoys and girls. A number from Tooele, Sandy and other near-bplaces will help for picking forty acres of beans, the largest acreage ever handled by the local Concern. New machinery has been installed at the plant. SPANISH FORK Cherry producers on the east bench announce that the cherry harvest is practically over. Sherman McGarry, one of the heaviest producers, has cold much of his crop to local dealers and housewives. He shipped one carload aud several smaller shipments to the Mt. Pleasant Canning company. Owing to the thinning of the trees in Mr. McGarrys orchard, the production was much less than in previous years. SALT LAKE Crop conditions throughout the United States are below those of las; year in quantity, reported Frank Andrews, federal agricultural statistician for Utah, who returned recently from Washington D. C. where he served on the July crop reporting board with other specialists of the United States department of Mr. Andrews repeated agriculture. that nearly all crops showed a decrease, wheat being one of the few above average. PAROWAN The annual meeting of the stockholders cf the Southern Utah Dairy company, which has its head-- ; quarters in Parowan, will be held, in the courthouse, Monday, August 5. This organization is selling its whole milk to the El Escalante- dairy In Cedar City, and is in good financial shape. The dairymen also are rectiv-- ; ing greater returns for their milk than heretofore. All milk sold at retail in Cedar City must now be pasteur-- j atures have followed , . late.' In the summer and fall, hens should have an abundance of tender, leafy green food, shade,. and fresh clean water at all times. Hens that do not re-- , spond to good treatment should be removed so as to give the others a better chance. Skim milk or semi-soli- d buttermilk, at the rate of one or two pounds to a hundred birds should be used. A good plan for feeding this, is to mix it and enough water with the regular dry mash. This mash should be fed In the afternoon, just before the night feeding of grain. The hens should have only what they can eat up in twenty minutes. If milk is not available, fill a pail half-fuof dry oats, fill it up with water, and let It stand from one afternoon .until the next. Then add enough of the regular dry mash to take up the remaining moisture, and feed as described above. After September 1, poultrymen have had good results from using lights to prolong the laying season. Late In the fall this should be discontinued to give the hens an opportunity to molt before cold weather, and rest for the breeding season. Sixty-- ll y ? Avoid Changes in Feed for the Pullet Flock It Is surprising how important some poultrykeepers are when endeavoring to secure eggs from the pullet flocks. Unless the yield goes up by leaps and bounds, they imagine that there must be something wrong with the feeding, and forthwith begin to change the ra- tions. This happens at Irregular intervals, and In consequence the birds never have an opportunity of getting accustomed to any particular ration. There is nothing more detrimental to egg than these production frequent change. Of course, it would be unwise to persist in feeding a ration which had proved to be unsuitable, but until such unsuitability has been definitely established changes should be avoided. , Duck and Goose Eggs Require Much Moisture It depends pretty much on the operator whether duck and goose eggs hatch as well in an Incubator as under bens. They require more moisture than hens eggs and - usually need to be fairly drowned" the last two weeks. It would not be practical to try to hatch hens eggs with goose eggs in the ordinary small incubator, owing to the difference in size which would give a slightly different degree Ized. of heat on the small and large eggs. PRICE George B. Jensen, agent for the Utah state road commission for Emery county, reports that the road, which has been almost impassable since the first winter, snows, is now open to traffic, als condition. A though not in Spade up the yard frequently. number of earth slides occurred last week, and they are now being cleared. Fowls stand cold better than dampMr. Jensen predicts that the road will ness. be open soon unless further damages Provide a nest for each four or five occur. Opening of this highway makes a clear path all through Utah. hens. PROVO The fourteenth carload of Make the house dry and free from broilers was shipped from Provo for out of state markets, recently, by the drafts, but allow for ventilation. Utah Poultry Producers, Inc. This is Get the hens out In the sunshine an Increase of eight cars over the enand feed plenty of oyster shell to get tire shipment last year, according to J. T. Harden, manager of the plant. good strong eggshells. v Each car carries about 8000 birds of Market eggs at least twice a week a total weight of approximately 12,000 in summer. pounds. Each carload shipped brings to local growers $2180, or a total to Build the so that it pro date of $29,520 for this years shipments. The cars shipped have gone tects feed from rain. to San Francisco, Kansas City, Omaha, , I Select the best growing and most Iowa City and Los Angeles. vigorous cockerels for breeders. ! 1 - I What baked beans did for Boston, soy beans are doing for Illinois making her famons, says J. C. Hackleman crops extension specialist of the col lege of agriculture, University of Uli nois." Because of the widespread rep utation of Illinois as a soy bean producing center, Hackleman recently received within the short space of a few days inquiries regarding soy bean seed or the commercial utilization of the crop from eight states and one foreign country. Brighter Day for Beans. Incidentally he considers the letters as additional evidence that an even brighter day is dawning for soy beans. What popularity the crop already has gained in this state is indicated by the fact that Illinois last year produced slightly more than 3,000,000 bushels of soy beans, which was more than any other two states and about a third of the production for the entire country. The recent inquiries which the college has received about the crop came from Montana, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio, Arkansas. Texas and Porto Rico. ' Riding high on the wave of soy bean popularity now sweeping Illinois is the Illini variety, a new high yielder developed by plant breeders In the experiment station of the University of Illinois College o i Agriculture. This past year it again proved superior to all other varieties grown at the experiment station and produced the highest yield ever recorded for a soy bean variety on the station plots. Tliis was 42.5 bushels an acre In a rotation grown on rich soil. In a rotation grown on rather light soil it made 30.8 bushels an acre. Seed Distributed. Seed from the new variety is gradually being distributed over the state, farmers in 31 counties growing it this past year. Reports from these farmers indicated that the new variety averaged 25 bushels an acre, or about live bushels an acre more than the average for all other varieties. Superiority of the Illini variety as a seed producer is especially marked on the more fertile soils of the central and portions of the state. north-centr- Fertilizing Value of Manure Is Overlooked Many farmers who pride themselves on their farming technique, their fine homes barns, and their and gardens, neglect their barnyards. Too often the manure pile blocks one or more of the doors into the cow barn, and the cattle going In and out cover themselves and the barn floors with filth. ' Too often the litter carrier is broken or absent and the pile starts at the door and grows in all directions, uncontrolled. Every farmer realizes the fertilizing value of his manure, but not so many know that the most valuable part of it is the liquid which more often than not is allowed to drain or leach away. An ideal setting for the manure pile would consist of a high shed with a cement floor which would conserve all the liquid manure, placed at least 40 feet away from the barn. But few farmers can afford such a building. The next best plan Is to level the barnyard so that the drainage can be controlled and led off to benefit some part of a nearby field or garden. Keep the manure at least 20 feet away from tbe cow barn and surround the pile with a light fence to keep the animals from tramping over it. good-lookin- self-feed- er ( v. Big Expense of Labor. (Bv BERT Agricultural Hints d 1 silo-fillin- use arations for eradicating, walks and driveways. panups Milk d, . weeds - of OF HER H0T1IER Praises Lydia E., Pinkh&ms Vegetable Compound 8,000 One way of avoiding calf troubles Is to keep the barn ventilated. Foul air Is a great disease carrier. Wetmore, Colo. When I was mar14 years ago I was in bad health for a couple of years and when I tried to do anything .1 would get ried tired and worn-ou- t I have taken Lydia B. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Dont breed the cows to freshen in ' spring. 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Next time a hearty meal,' or too rich a diet has brought on the least discomfort, try costs higher than necessary and the work of filling harder than they liked, these dairymen and feeders turned their attention to cutting costs and lightening labor. Rather than allow their silos to stand wastefully Idlt? and to operate without a feed which gave them 30 to 35 per cent greater returns for their com crop, they managed instead to eliminate a great deal backache of .unpleasant and to make this cheap cornbelt roughage still cheaper. The old silo filling ring has passed out of the picture in many sections of the cornbelt and the small crew of two, three, or four men has taken its place. Under the old method, the silo owner was compelled to Spend two or three weeks exchanging work with his neighbors every fall. With the new plan he fills his own silo when his com is ready without waiting for anyone else to finish first and without hiring extra men. How It Was Small, individually owned and operated ensilage cutters driven by the Magistrate And you had words farm tractor or an electric motor have with your wife about it? Defendant No, sir. Not with er made possible this minimum expenditure of man labor. Present day, from er. cutters will small or medium-sizeNeed Them take feed very nicely without a man at the feed table, experience shows, "Mamma, why do elephants have while it is becoming more generally such big trunks? conceded every year that a tramper Well, they have to come all way inside the silo is unnecessary. Thus, from India." the man on the wagon is the only one needed at the silo. He can start the tractor or motor when he comes in with his load by the turn of a erank or by closing a switch and can level out the ensilage in the silo after he has nnloaded if he wishes. In many instances farmers have filled silos alone in this way. although crews of two or three men are more common. Evidence is accumulating that the weight of silage in itself insures proper packing. The extent of settling is a measurement of packing. r. Too many silos stand empty the year round. They ought to be filled or torn down. - - Sours high-price- Dairy Notes , VJhenFood Farmer.) The proteins in foods are chiefly used by the animal for the production of lean meat and the repair of tissues, i. e.. for growth and maintenance purposes; but they may, if sufficient in quantity, also be used for supplying heat and making fat. though they are not so economical for these purposes as starch and sug-a- Plans make the money go farther on the farm and in the home. Some folks in the Dakota d Men who cannot afford cut to who had expenses and feeds on every corner have been the most loyal and enthusiastic friends of the silo. When they found silo filling i . S. GITTXNS, Proteins in Ration of Dairy Cows Important first-clas- . Small Silage Cutters Reduce g Ephra-im-Orangvil- le Poultry Facts CHEAPER BY SILO ; r. off and on all these years and have - , Dont fail to carry a notebook. It Is easy to forget but It is very necessary to keep tab on breeding dates. It is an easy matter to produce clean milk if one has tbe information at hand as to how to do it, and will follow the very simple rv)s that are necessary recommended it to hundreds of women. I have . given birth to six children and have taken the Vegetable as a tonic, before child Wrth. It has done me worlds of good. My mother had taken It several times and she recommended It. to me. Mas. Jobs BaassEA, Wetmore, Colo redo. pPand Q |