Show J The County Agents Report i Duchesne County Farm News by Lloyd Smith and Norris WHICH SPRING WHEAT VARIETY SHALL I PLANT by Lloyd agricultural agent at Duchesne for the Utah State University Extension Service It is impossible to predict the extent of Stripe Rust We do know that last summer it was very heavy in parts of southern Idaho and was found to some extent in and Box Elder Counties There may have been infestations in other but we didn't observe any nor was any reported to Last fall was very favorable for the development of this and it was observed in Cache County and Idaho on fall It we have a moist spring we could have an extensive infestation this Here are some items to consider when choosing a wheat variety to plant this HARD RED SPRING VARIETIES for dry KOMAR or THATCHER are probably the most Stripe Rust resistant of the varieties available in the Intermountain The supply of seed is usually limited in but considerable of these varieties were grown last year in southern is only fair in Stripe resistance We have heard there was some seed of this variety produced in Utah It should also be available in The above three varieties are primarily for dry land plant-in SOFT WHITE VARIETIES for irrigated BAART is listed here but is actually a semi-hard variety and is to Stripe Rust 59 has fairly good Stripe Rust There should be a fairly good supply of seed in LEMHI 53 and LEMHI 62 All are to Stripe in the absence of Stripe Rust they will ordinarily out-yield any of the other varieties listed Damage from Stripe Rust can sometimes be avoided by early spring planting which allows the grain to develop before the invasion of Stripe Rust spores in the Unless the occurrence of Stripe Rust is especially early planting of Lemhi may help avoid the BARLEY AND OATS are not affected by Stripe Where consider the possibility of planting them instead of The best solution of the Stripe Rust problem or Irrigated land is to wait and plant fall varieties where this can be white fall varieties such as Brevar or Gaines or the hard red all carry moderate to good Stripe Rust C-A- FARM SHEEP FLOCKS ADD NEEDED INCOME Does it pay to keep a flock of sheep on a small or medium sized family County Agent Lloyd Smith says that question has frequently been asked managed a small farm sheep flock may be an important supplemental declares Russell sheep and wool He cites interview studies done in Montana by U S. De-pal of Agriculture D. C. in cooperation with the experiment station In his study he found that the average farm flock included 60 ewes and 2 These produced an average of 72 lambs Annually this herd or 70 per Most of the flocks were originally started in order to use idle land or pasture lands which were not quite good enough for cash Myrick thinks that sheep would be equally adapted to family farms in Utah that have similar feed or land He says available pasture necessary to make these sheep operations of value to farmers sheep live well on forage that most other livestock They find much grazing in harvested along ditch banks and field borders and on waste As in the flocks figure on good bright green alfalfa hay making up the main rations from 60 to days during the winter when sheep are in corrals and Feed small amounts of grain 2 to 6 weeks before lambing and increase it until pasture is |