Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-03-21 | Page 9 | The County Agents Report

F r t I The County Agents Report I Duchesne County Farm News By Robert Murdock and Lloyd Smith I WINDBREAK TREES R Now is the time for Duchesne farmers to order their windbreak or trees from Utah State Agricultural Your County Agents have order blanks for this Farmers must order at least 25 trees of any kind This year six softwood and 1 1 hardwood species are ranging in price from to per Softwood trees available include eastern red rocky Utah blue spruce and douglas Hardwood include green Siberian Russian black golden lombardy common Japanese rose and Farmers must agree to protect trees from grazing or other They must cultivate and Irrigate them for the first four Upon cooperators must furnish a report to the college showing the condition of all trees they received and No such trees may be resold as rooted stock or used for ornamental f Extension Service circular Planting on Utah is available on t FARM MACHINERY r You can reap better service from your farm machinery if you put it in first class operating condition before using it in the advises J. Donald extension agricultural engineer at Utah State Agricultural says plows should be cleaned and loose bolts and nuts If plowshares need to be they should be removed and taken to the blacksmith The basic blunt and un is peace or But mankind and our civilization will not Of that I feel Ralph J. Bunche Moldboards should be protected with a coat of Rolling coulters should be and bearing washed and Wadsworth says hay mowers should be cleaned and the cutter bars checked for register and badly worn You can run your finger along the ledger plates to determine if the are badly You should check for excessive wear throughout the Spike-tooth harrows should be checked for alignment and rigidity of Teeth should not track They should all touch the floor when teeth are If they arc dull and have not been turned they can be removed and turned through If this already has been they should be removed and sharpened by a Tractors should be and each unit should be checked for loose or missing cap screws and Valves can be checked by cranking the engine slowly when it is warm and as each piston nears the end of its compression allow it to rock backward momentarily against the compression Check the electrical and cooling