| Show V-'S The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News By Robert Murdock and Lloyd Smith MAJOR INDUSTRY The forage and pasture program in the Duchesne district is of major importance to the majority of the farmers in this This is so because the majority of crop acreage in the Duchesne district is either in pasture or forage explains agricultural Approximately farmers were assisted by the extension service in some way during 1956 in their hay and forage Help was given in the kinds and amounts of fertilizer needed for alfalfa and also the use of the chemical in the control of Most of the damage done to the hay crop in this district during 1956 was done by the pea which in some cases destroyed the second crop and in other parts of the district curtailed considerably the yield of the second crop of Approximately 50 acres of alfalfa were sprayed in controlling the aphid to provide a second cutting m this many of the farmers had to cut their hay earlier than they would have because of the damage brought by the There was marked damage to the first crop of alfalfa by the alfalfa weevil in the Altonah and ML Emmons areas the past FRUIT PRODUCTION Commercial fruit production is on a very small scale in the Duchesne Most of he farms have small orchards for their own use but not enough for During the past the Du- agents worked with in the Emmons and Bluebell providing in- formation pertaining to spraying of their orchards and the planting of trees as well as pruning This past summer we discussed plans with officials about the possibility of starting on orchard nursery in It was advised that more research be done on this project before any trees be The along with state Paul the past summer visited three of the farms in the Duchesne area that had Two experiments were set up using iron chelate on trees and Twenty other individuals in this area of the county received assistance from the extension service with problems relating o disease of fruit insect infestation and outlook Lloyd Smith BANG'S DISEASE Duchesne County is making sub progress in eliminating Bang's Disease among livestock Your agents report that of the dairy herds in the the majority have been blood tested to Tests showed that very few cows show Also the majority of the beef herds have been tested or are in the process of being Weber and Morgan counties already have been designated as A. in charge of disease eradication for both state and federal now is recommending Davis and Piute Counties be The Utah Purebred Dairy Cattle and the Intermountain Veterinary Medical Association are backing the Bang's this backing is says Lyman H. extension dairyman at Utah State will recall that a number of years ago the infection percentage as high as 8 per cent for cattle Today it is less than 2 per It is hoped this disease soon will be reduced to the required minimum for state |
