Show t The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News by Lloyd Smith and Norris CORN LEAF APHID Corn leaf aphid and brown wheat may be controlled by or spray if applied before grain head reports George F. Extension Large fields of small grains may be protected from damaging populations of mites and to be profitable to the spraying must be done before the crop heads or the spray cost may not result in a Eight ounces per acre of actual parathion quart of 25 per acre is applied in adequate to control the brown wheat Only six-ounces per acre is as a to secure a good control of the various grain infesting Dr Knowlton Duchesne County beef producers will be happy to hear that the United States Department of Agriculture is adapting a convenient method of screening beef herds for According to Duchesne County Extension Agent with Utah State the new method has been approved for use starting this summer in the western cattle Testing cattle on the range has been a time-consuming Under the new dry and cull cows are block-tested for on the way to or during commercial When reactors are steps will be taken to eliminate the infection from the herd of Origin will be traced by means of thin plastic identification tags giving county and Utah is a modified- This designation comes from having not more than one per cent of the animals and not more than five per cent of the herds infected with the Certification is for three under the old system it has been necessary for beef producers to round up and re-test at least a fifth of all herds every three Under the new a range county can be if at leat fifteen per cent of the breeding cows going to or at slaughter centers are blood-tested during a three-year and if other indicated requirements of certification are convenient test is expected to help beef producers move more rapidly toward the national goal of It has the advantage of convenience comparable to what dairy producers have enjoyed for several years in the milk-ring test Lloyd Smith IRRIGATION CHANGES The best time to consider changes for making better use of irrigation water is during the present reminds Lloyd According to Paul D. Extension Soil many of the state's farmers can make better use of their available water by changing their irrigation These changes to be considered realigning lining the building of concrete and leveling the Farmers can best determine the changes that will bring the greatest benefits while they arc Questions to be considered in making irrigation improvements Is each field irrigated Are these salty spots which could be leached in this fall or early next spring to make the land more Is there water running to waste off the end of the Is the water being used to best Farmers planning changes would do well to contact their local committee for details on possible Where there are salty spots and there is an excess of water available this it can be used to good advantage to leach the alkali It is also well to keep in mind if there is water in the fall or it can be used to irrigate and fill the soil to be available for crop use the next growing To help obtain the most value from available water during the present irrigation the county agent advises farmers to concentrate efforts toward controlling salt and other non-economic water-consuming plants on all ditch canal banks and other |