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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Bernard H. Ewer, Editor and Prop. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 Per Year in Advance matter Feb, Entered as second-clas- s 8, 1929, at the post office Randolph, Utah, under the Acc of Mar. 3, 1879. 'Cottage Type Bungalow Makes Ideal Design for Narrow Lot . I News Notes I UTAH i qff MEW5 LIBERAL FEEDING OF BROOD SOWS LOGAN Logan city water is of good quality bacterially and organic ally, according to work received here from L. H. Male, sanitary engineer of the state board of health. The analysis was made on the request of William Ewer, superintendent of the city water department, who sent samples of city water to Mr. Male. MYTON According to the record of rainfall as compiled at the government station of the Uintah irrigation project in Myton, the precipitation for July was 1.14 of an inch, while for the same period in 1928 it was .10 of an inch. LOGAN According to Cache County Agricultural Inspector Harry C. Parker, already this season 10,000 pounds of weed destroying chemicals have been placed on noxious weed beds in the county. Six thousand more pounds of chemical will be sprayed on noxious weeds before the close of the years campaign, Mr. Parker said. A terrific freak windRIVERTON storm played havoc with trees along the paved highway between Riverton and South Jordan at 2:30 a. m. Wednesday, completely blocking the road for some time. Two poles were also torn down and indications were that Riverton would be without telephone and light connections Wednesday night. KAYSVILLE Utahs onions, tomatoes, cauliflower and green peas were all farther below normal in July than at the same time last year, according to the truck crop report issued by Frank Andrews, agricultural statistician. Onions were reported 71 per cent normal, tomatoes 76 per cent normal, cauliflower 88 per cent normal and green peas 71 per cent normal. VERNAL A decidedly optimistic outlook for the sheep industry as a whole was expressed by R., H. district, in addressing the h ledge, district forester for the Basin Industrial convention, held recently. However, he said that on the basis of Utah conditions, expansion in range sheep is not desirable either from the standpoint of the individual operator or the industry as a whole. HEBER CITY Utahs production of green peas for canning in 1929 is estimated slightly smaller than last years crop in a report issued recently by the United States bureau of agriculture. The estimate for 1929 is quoted at 24,367,000 pounds, while that for last year was 26,035,000 pounds. The report also shows Utahs crop is surpassed only by those of Wisconsin and New York, which states supply half the nations yield annually. PROVO Dr. F. E. Stevens, state inspector of the U. A. C. experiment station, was in Provo recently and in company with A. B. Call and H. V. Swenson asisted in cutting the grain in the different plots of Utah county to be taken back to the experiment station and compared with other grains. The plots located in Manila and Mapleton were planted with different varieties of wheat, oats and barley on April 2, and 3. , OGDEN A new state rearing pond in Weber county will be sought of fish and game in Weber county, it was decided by the directors of the Weber County Fish and Game Protective association in meeting with J. Arthur Mecham, state commissioner. and State Hatchery Superintendent William Whitney will survey possible rearing locations, starting next week. The vicinity of Huntsville is mentioned as a possibility. OGDEN The Utah crop of onions, tomatoes, cauliflower and peas are all below normal, according to the July truck crop report released by Frank Andrews, federal agricultural statistician. The pea crop, which is reported as only 71 per cent normal, is lowest on the list, with a total crop forecast 8 of 12,184 tons, as compared with 76 1923. at in Tomatoes, reported per cent norma!; onions at 81 per cent, and a cauliflower crop forecast at 88 per cent normal, are the chief deficiencies mentioned in the report. SALT LAKE Freshman registration at the University of Utah will open September 26, with preliminary instruction for first year students continuing September 27 and 28, it was announced recently by Theron secretary to Dr. George ThomSecond, third and as, president. fourth year students will register September 30, with regular classes for all students starting October 1. Work on remodeling several of the buildings on the campus to provide additional classrooms . for the anticipated increase in freBhman enrollment is progressing at a rapid rate and Is expected to be completed in time for the opening of the fall quarter. Generous Rations While Nursing Pigs Profitable. . RIGHT FEEDS AND GOOD MANAGEMENT Fowl That Consumes Most Rations Is Best Layer. Have the early hatched pullets started to lay on the range? This is the question that leading poultrymen in New Jersey are asking themselves, as the method of handling these birds has everything to do with their production record this fall. The men know that the expected molt can sometimes be avoided if the weight of the pullets after they come into production is maintained by feeding plenty of scratch grain. Just before the pullets begin to lay or when they are laying about 10 per cent on range, they are removed to their permanent laying quarters. Here the poultryman endeavors to get them In prime condition and, once be does so, trys to maintain it Proper feeds and a good system of management have been found essential If maximum feed consumption is to be secured. To lay eggs, feed is needed and the bird which consumes the largest quantity of a ration, lays the most eggs. Some poultrymen will be disappointed in the pullets unless the birds have been carefully managed during the growing period, asserts L. It Black, poultry specialist. It takes from five to six months to grow a Leghorn pullet properly. Longer than this Is required for heavier breeds. According to Mr. Black, birds starting to lay at a younger age are often small and undersized and their Give the eggs are likewise small. birds time to develop, furnish them with the necessities for proper development, he says, and then have pullet eggs which can be sold as extras." well-balanc- d early-hatche- Deformed Baby Chicles Caused by Incubation ' Spraddle legs and deformity among baby chicks are usually a result of the eggs having been kept too long before incubation. Eggs are at their best when only four days old and depreciate at a rate of approximately 5 per cent daily after they are one week old. Another condition often responsible traces back to the health and vitality of the hens in the breeding flock. If there had been some disease in the flock or If all of the birds were not in the best of physical condition the consequent lack of vitality often results in an unusually large number of deformed chicks. Food of Greatest Importance Muscle-Buildin- g Many losses in raising chicks result from failure to furnish an adequate amount of the right kind of protein feed. If chicks are to make a profit for the poultryman, their growth must be rapid. This requires a large amount of material. Therefore, the ration should consist of an adequate supply of either milk or meat scraps. Milk is regarded as the most efficient form of protein that can be given to chicks. If it is available, it should be kept before the birds all the time. and dried buttermilk are good substitutes for liquid milk. muscle-buildin- g Semi-soli- d Poultry Hints . in Inter-Uinta- Me-cha- m 13,-01- - Feed table scraps and kitchen waste. Also feed grain once or twice a day. Purchase er than hens. well-mature- , d pullets rath- Eggs should be marketed at least twice a week. Par-mele- Watch growing pullets for intestinal parasites. . Oats are not at all suitable feed for geese or ducks. Keep hens free from lice and the house free from mites. The oftener one can get the eggs to the market the better. e, a Porch 80"XI7'0,,W J2 Floor Plan. This cottage type bungalow contains only four rooms and bath. However, the living room is designed so that it makes a combination living and dining room. This is an excellent design for a home to be built on a narrow city lot ; it is only 26 feet wide and 26 feet deep. By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining , to practical home building, for the readers of this paper. On account of bis wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Adlress all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only inclose stamp for reply. two-ce- nl Home! There is magic in that word. It brings thoughts of a place that is your own a place where you and yours are happy a place where you forget your cares and business problems where your wife may rear your children and where, as they grow into young manhood and womanhood, they may have their friends. .Home' at once brings to mind the comfort and companionship that Is found only at ones own fireside. Then, too, there Is the mental picture of the grounds surrounding the home. The lawn is smooth and velvety; there are flowers In beds along the walk and the driveway; at the back is the garden where you may grow vegetables for the family table. Truly there Is magic In the word home. Thoughts of home may be turned into a realization of a home of your own by firmly resolving that you will have a home, a lawn and flowers, and a garden. Building a home is a considerable Home Builders Need Help of Experienced This Is the open season for Indoor building, architects say, but they are distressed at the way the game laws are desregarded. It is now that people, planning to build homes or to remodel those they already have, are busy with paper and pencil and blue print. Two things amaze me, said one One is the real ability architect shown by so many novices. The other is their stupidity regarding obvious and vital details, which they so often utterly overlook. He went on to explain stairways in the wrong place, necessary closets forgotten, plans for artistic lighting equipment and the placing of this equipment Ignored, doors in the wrong spots or not at all. any number of grievous and costly errors. "This is particularly true of light furnishings, the architect said. People generally dont appear to realize how necessary it is to have lighting equipment in harmony with the house and its furniture if the bouse is to have the cham they seek. Apparently they dont know that colonial wall brackets clash with a Spanish type dwelling; that period furnishings require lighting equipment of the corresponding period. They are apt to nse any old thing, just so .it gives light . Especially was this the case, he explained, when the owner of a house decided to remodel and refurnish it undertaking but millions of other American families have achieved homes of their own, and what millions have done, those who have not yet secured a home of their own, may do. Begin now to know the pleasure ol living In a home suited to your own requirements and to know the satisfaction of owning your home and get acquainted with the magic in the word home. It need not be large or expensive. We look at the larger estates and Liberal feeding of brood sows while they are nursing their litters declares B. W. pays big dividends, Fairbanks, associate professor of animal husbandry at the Colorado Agricultural college. Excellent rations can be balanced with skim milk or buttermilk, Ijran, shorts, ground oats, wheat, barley, qr corn, he adds. A little leafy alfalfa hay builds up the quality of the proteins and supplies vitamine A. In' discussing the weaning of pigs, Fairbanks says that when the pigs are two to three weeks old they will drink from a trough in addition to their nursing. A shallow trough placed in a pig creek Is Ideal for the feeding of additional milk. Fresh milk is generally fed the first day or two, and then skim milk Is substituted. Middlings or shorts may be mixed with the skim milk and fed as a thin slop twice daily. When the pigs have learned to take freely of the shorts or middling slop, they are ready to wean, according to Fairbanks. This usually occurs when they are seven to ten weeks of age. If skim milk is not available it will be necessary to keep them on the ' sows longer. After weaning, a slop of shorts or middlings or corn meal is offered twice daily. At first the pigs should receive a ration with a liberal supply of protein, but this may be reduced slightly later. Operations on Lambs Pay in Real Dollars Docking and castrating will add materially to the receipts from the lamb crop. Either operation is simple and the risk negligible when performed on lambs at ten days to two weeks of age. lambs sell on the market for 25 cents to $3 a hundred less than docked lambs, says W. E. Morris, a live stock specialist with the agricultural extension service of the Thin longUniversity of Minnesota. tailed lambs are classified on the market as cull feeder lambs and suffer the largest cut in price. Ram lambs sell tor $1 to $3 per hundred less than wether lambs of the same quality. Fat ram Iambs sell on the market at a cent a pound below fat wether lambs. Thin ram lambs are classified as culls and sold to the packers as such, at about $3 a hundred less than they would bring as feeders if they had been castrated, Long-taile- d mansions and admire them and perhaps borrow an idea here and there, but It is our own little home that really arouses our enthusiasm. A small home can be added to and improved year after year, and every investment of money or time and labor is not lost, but becomes a real and growing Improvement for years to ' come. , we show a love Today nest, and how can love fail to endure and thrive .in so lovely and cozy a bungalow. Every room has cross venFeeding Breeding Pig tilation, are all of generous size, and for Efficient Growth the arrangement Is all that anyone could desire. Pigs retained for breeding purposes should not be fed and handled in the As a writer once said: same way as those to be sent to marThe little white gate stands open and ket. Young breeding stock should be rambler roses beckon, To rest within the little house where grown rather than fattened. Strong time doth never reckon. feet and legs and strong backs are Truly there Is magic in the word, more essential than fat In the develhome. opment of gilts for brood sows. They should be fed only enough corn to keep them in a good thrifty condition. "The owner and his wife are so The rest of their feed should consist likely to let the ld light equipment of shorts or oats with sufficient tankstay, said the architect age' or skim milk to balance thq ' Theyve heard them called fix-ration. tures and they believe It They have an untru picture of great expense in Horse Feeds removing the old equipment They Figuring really are more concerned over that at Cost of Production than about the relative inexpensiveMany farmers by figuring their ness of the new fittings which would horse feeds at cost of production find harmonize with the new furniture. that they can keep a horse 'per year In very satisfactory manner at a feed Floors Must Reflect cost of $50 to $60. To cover all costs of keeping a horse for a year includArchitectural Plan ing care, shelter and veterinary servA floor should always be selected ice, you would be entirely fair to the for its suitability. No successful tractor side of the argument and reaarchitectural and decorative treatfair to the horse by allowing sonably ment of a room is possible unless the a set charge of $100 per year as the floor harmonizes with its character total cost under farm conditions ot and individuality. keeping a good work horse. It must conform to the architectural design of a room, which is the key to its decorations and furnishings. Whether the proper floor would be antiqued oak plank floor or one of rich colorful tiles. Is a question for It pays to summer fallow land beyour architect to determine. fore sowing it to alfalfa. , ' four-roo- well-know- m n " , .. Live Stock Facts Try Many Experiments With Metal Shingles Many experiments have been tried with sheet metal shingles. Interlocking patterns have been invented, and you will see roofs covered with copper or zinc pressed into these shapes. The latest is the sheet steel tile, covered with lead. No one doubts the durability of these metal roof Sixty per cent of all pigs in March, April and May. arfe bom The use of is the most satisfactory system of growing hogs. self-feede- rs - A good ram should never be considered an expense but as an excellent Investment that will bring a high percentage of profit when proppure-bre- d erly handled.- - s |