Show The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News by Lloyd Smith and Norris farmers are beginning to recognize the Importance of planting good reports Lloyd County Good seed has three in It is an adapted high in and free of weed Certified of is It is grown under strict regulations and tested and The tag tells you exactly what you are getting in germination and A variety that is adapted to the expected conditions is important It should be and of good Extension Circular Crop Varieties for can be obtained from your local county Agent It provides Information on varieties adapted to various INSECTS checks in Duchesne County indicate that insects have survived the winter in vast boxelder bugs and alfalfa weevils are among the survivors which will soon commence their destructive warns George F. Entomologist with Many farmers have cultivated and sprayed their new fa growth to kill the are applying pre-bloom sprays for mite scale and mildew Homeowners are spraying early ton control snowball elm elm leaf clover mites and other such destroyers of shrubs and According to early control soon after insects hatch in spring is important Contact your local county agent for further on insect problems which you may USE A PENCIL most useful tool farmers can use for increasing their net returns costs the least That toll is a reminds Lloyd Duchesne County Extension Agent with in Improve decisions is the really valuable purpose of a pencil on a but it must be pushed with a Smith Push your pencil purposefully next time you have to make a farm or home decision involving probable costs and In making the Leon C. Extension Farm Management Specialist at suggests using your pencil to do the Write down the change you are thinking about making as buying a bulk an automatic additional a hay or planning a different crop such as List and figure the added receipts you expect from making the questioned List and figure the reduced costs you List and figure any additional costs you might List and figure any possible reduction in receipts you might Add numbers 2 and 3 and number 4 and Subtract the latter from the The difference should represent your best judgment as to the effect the proposed change will have on your net You will probably benefit from making the change if the added receipts and reduced costs 2 and are greatest It is also wise to consider and make this test on other possible uses for your or and then select the use which will return the greatest |