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Show Farm Notes jcre Conservation Urged "Complete conservation practices prac-tices and carry out other prac-' prac-' Sees not started but listed on the arm Pn," advised Wm. O. T arsen chairman of the Du-rhesne Du-rhesne County Agricultural Conservation (AAA) Committee. He said that now that funds have been made available by Congress for the 1947 program, Duchesne county farmers and ranchers can go ahead with prac- tices approved by the County Committee with the assurance that the farm allowance, will be the minimum payment, Purchase orders can be used for conservation materials and services. Mr, Larsen said now that some crops are off the land, the land can be leveled and put in shape lo make better use of water next year. One of the best ways to reduce the loss from drought is to put the land in shape for more : efficient use of water. Rangeland will not suffer I drought nearly so much if pro-1 perly handled by maintaining enough vegetation to hold the 1 moisture that falls and with enough stock-water reservoirs to provide water where it is need-'. ed for livestock. Considerable conservation work can be done vet this year and now that funds have been provided for the pro gram farmers should use the money to good advantage. Lar-1 sen concluded. Wool Price Supports Resume August 15 The Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture resumed the price support program on wool August 15, 1947. The program will continue through December 31, 1948 Wool owned by producers on August 15 will be eligible for purchase. The program will operate op-erate through wool handlers who will act as agents of the Commodity Com-modity Credit Corporation in purchasing and handling wool. The support price schedule is in line with 1946 supports when the average grower price was slightly more than 42 cents ?. pound, grease basis. Some adjustments ad-justments will be made this year between prices more will be paid for fine wools and a little less for the lower grade wools for which there is less demand. The program was re-established under new legislation passed by the 80th Congress and approved ap-proved by the President. This legislation v provides for price support at the 1946 level but makes it possible for CCC to sell its stocks on a competitive basis. Previous legislation required re-quired such wool to be sold at not less than parity. However, because of current generally good demand for finer grades of wool, an increase in the CCC selling price of 1 to 2 cents a pound for these grades has been announced. This action is based on indications that the world supply o ffine grade will be short and demand continues strong due to heavy domestic demand for fine wool products and to resumed textile mills operations op-erations in war-torn countircs. j Growers should get in touch i with their regular handlers regarding re-garding disposition of their 1947 clip. I Ryegrass Seed j" ,The Government is moving some of its stockpile of 18 mil- , lion pounds of common ryegrass seed from the Pacific Northwest nearer to the South so that it will be more convenient for Southern farmers and seedsmen when the time for planting winter win-ter cover crops arrives. From present indications there will not be enough common ryegrass seed of this year's crop in places where needed when it comes time to plant winter cover crops. The Government is offering all of its stocks of common ryegrass, wherever they are, for sale. Seed is offered in carlots of at least 60 thousand pounds and packaged pack-aged in 100-pound vbags. The price of the seed will be $8.10, a hundred for top grade sfed f.o.b. the Pacific Northwest, with the freight and Federal Transportation Trans-portation Tax added to the price of the seed. Farmers or seedsmen who anj interested in getting ryegrass seed should get in touch with their county agricultural conservation conser-vation committee.' Two-Thirds Grain Crop Combined Over two-thirds of this year's large crop of small grains will be harvested by combines a decade ago only a fourth was so harvested, according to the Bureau Bur-eau of Agricultural Economics. In 1945, a survey by crop rer porters showed that 80 per cent of the wheat, 40 per cent of the i oats, 65 per cent of the barley, 50 per cent of the rye, 60 per cent of the flaxseed, 35 per cent of the buckwheat, and 40 per cent of the rice was combined. In 1938, combines harvested only half the wheat and a tenth of he oats. About 400,000 combines were used in the 1945 harvest, and at least 20 pen cent more will be used in 1947. Most of the combines com-bines on farms have been bought in the last ten years. In the late twenties sales were fairly high and reached a peak of 20,000 in 1929 then dropped and remained re-mained low for several years, not reaching the 1929 figure again until 1937. Since then farmers have bought about 40,-000 40,-000 combines a year. Beggars find it easier to bamboozle bam-boozle the public than to work for a living. When you feel like giving money to charity, be sure that you give it wisely. |