Show i The County Agents Report j Duchesne County Farm News By Robert Murdock and Lloyd Smith jj CONSUMED LOCALLY I All grain produced in the Duchesne District is consumed locally in the feeding of report the county agricultural agents for the Utah State University Extension Usually the livestock owners need to ship into the area to meet local consumption Crops grown in the Duchesne District are alfalfa grain arid corn Grain and corn silage is in acreage as well as yield in this due mainly to fertilizer moisture and soil the agents All seven set up for the Duchesne District for 1957 for crops improvement were completed by the Extension Service in cooperation with the local These goals farmers to plant corn silage for the first four farmers to plant new varieties of corn six farmers to plant now varieties of twenty-five farmers to spray for weeds in fifty farmers to proper methods of irrigation and soil 10 to the value of and have soil ests three farmers to establish test DAIRY RECORDS Records used by Utah dairymen in the Weigh-a-Day plan will be processed on IBM machines at the Regional Computing this This was announced by Lyman H. extension at Utah State who supervises dairy record keeping in the Approximately 14 percent of Utah's more than dairy cows are enrolled in some type of record keeping Under the Weigh-a-Day dairymen weigh milk of each cow on or about of each butterfat tests are involved with individual the average butterfat production for the herd is figured by using average milk plant test the breed Rich Weigh-a-Day records will be handled for a total cost of about per cow per with each county to set its own final cost Feed records and feed costs will be tabulated by ithe computing service if the dairyman provides the information on the monthly barn West Duchesne County dairymen should see county extension for details on the His office is located at the Duchesne County Duchesne Herds entering program after February 1 generally will be charged at the rate of 8 cents per cow per AGRICULTURE should provide protein supplements where feed is deficient in phosphorus at this time df cautions George R. animal husbandman at the in range plants are low in a key mineral in the processes of animals and Lowered delayed calf unsatisfactory calf weights and generally production result from phosphorus-deficient he stock which are provided a protein supplement can utilize poor quality hay and even weeds and next few months are critical ones for range Because of their long hair they appear to be in better condition than they really They usually are much thinner than they appear to be at this time of Cows should be supplied 2 or pounds of well-cured alfalfa daily if their diet does not provide Steamed bone meal should be available to cattle all of the A of salt and bone meal saves much other feed and pays big A protein supplement provided with low quality roughage can be very cheap and economical the specialist |