Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-02-28 | Page 12 | The County Agents Report

The bounty Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News By Robert Murdock and Lloyd Smith AMERICANS WILL EAT WELL IN 1957 U. S. civilians were dished up a record high plate of food in They look advantage of it by eating 13 percent more per person than they were consuming before World War II The menu for 1957 should be equally except a. small reduction in beef and pork With employment and wage rates higher than demand for all this food should continue we will probably spend a little more for food in 1957 due to slightly higher retail at least in the first half of the But on the will continue to spend just about one-fourth of their in- come for as they have been doing in recent While there will be a little less beef and more poultry meat and eggs are expected to be available in 1957 than in Plentiful are also in pros and there will be heavy supplies of edible fats and Food grains also will continue in abundant BULK TANKS Dairymen should consider ten important questions when they are thinking about buying a farm bulk advises A. J. head of the Utah State College dairy industry Is the herd of sufficient size that a bulk tank will be Is the milk house big to house the tank and big enough to operate Will the bulk tank meet with the approval of local and state regulatory Will it meet Is the tank large enough for future expansion of the dairy Is the tank easy to clean and Is the tank guaranteed against sagging and bulging so it will not need to be Is the calibrated S. Is there a suitable guarantee on working parts such as the compressor and control Are the operating mechanisms and controls readily accessible for adjustment and Is there dependable local service available for the tank when repair service is ARTICLE ON DUCHESNE COUNTY A special article describing agricultural resources and research work in Duchesne County is contained in the latest issue of Farm and Home a quarterly publication of Utah State Agricultural Research on problems related to range and water resources is conducted at 11 field stations and on more than experimental plots in various parts of the state as well as in research greenhouses and on farms on and near the campus at A preface to the issue points out that while only a small portion of Utah land is 85 per cent of the land produces water for and other A copy of Farm and Home Science Is on file at the local