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Show Farm Conservation Report Farmers Urged To Feed -a Instead Of Grain ' in the effort to save grain, U. c riPDartment of A&riculture au-Point au-Point out that the var- h,K kinds of legume hay can be 3 to replace grain in the diet Of hSS- , u e j For years farmers have fed their hogs, particularly brood sows, alfalfa meal, alfalfa hay and red clover hay. In areas where alfalfa or red clover are not available soybean or lespe-deza lespe-deza hay may be fed. T we U" S- Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture Experiment Station at Beltsville carried on experiments u ?pVrmin P?rod six years to determine de-termine the value of meal made trom soybean hay and lespedeza y, fls compared with-alfalfa meal They found that any of tne three could be used as a source of protein in the diet of Ti?gsu As much as 20 Per cent of the hog ration may be made up of the hay meals but the best results come. from feeding 5 to 10 per cent. As to feed value it Was fOUnd that Ihn cntrKno - l proved to be the best of the three, alfalfa was next best and the lespedeza was a poor third Titles Don't Hold Land "You may have the most legal deed or lease possible and still it may not hold your farm," says ?T .erHopkin chairman of the Utah State PMA Committee. He uses this point in urging farmers to use the Agricultural Conservation Conser-vation Program to help them with the most needed conservation conserva-tion practices on their farms. Speaking as a farmer, he states, "Too often we think that because we have a deed tucked away, our land is safe, while actually act-ually we. may be losing the farm by letting the top-soil get away." "A deed won't stop melting snow and heavy rains from carrying car-rying away the most valuable part of the farm the top-soil. If the land has been plowed up and down the slope and the drill furrows run the same way, a deed won't keep the water which falls on the land from following I these furrows down the hill taking tak-ing the soil with it. "The legal description gf the 1 land, giving the boundaries, may not change, but through erosion, the farm can change from a prpr ductivc farm to a gullied, eroded, worn-out piece of land, "The value of the farm depends de-pends on its ability to produce, What it will produce depends primarily on how much moisture and fertility there Is In the top- soil." The chairman points out that the Agricultural Conservation Program primarily is a means for helping cooperating farmers protect their land. Poultry Purchase Program Announced A purchase program to help speed up the reduction of poultry poul-try flocks in this country has been announced by the U. S. Department De-partment of Agriculture. This program was established at the request of poultry industry groups and national farm organizations, organ-izations, including the National i Grange, the National Council of I Farmer Cooperatives, the Ameri-; can Farm Bureau Federation, the National Farmers Union, and the National Poultry Producers Federation Fed-eration and its member Qrganiaa tlons. The program calls for a reduction reduc-tion in the laying hens of the country by about 91 million be- All, U.XL14. UIVCSLV fore January 1, 1948. Producer prices for live birds and prices for "New York" dressed Grade-A fowl which will be. purchased by the Department are: For live birds of 4Vi pounds or above, 20 cents a pound, and for dressed birds, 28 cents; for live birds weighing from 3Vi to 4V pounds, 15 cents a pound, and for dressed birds, 22 cents .a pound. No live birds will be purchased by the Department-vendors Department-vendors offering fowl are re- i quired to pay producers at least ; above live prices. I - 'Terraces Included In 1948 Program Because of their effective and direct method of stopping erosion, ero-sion, terraces again have been included in the State's Agricultural Agricul-tural Conservation Program. Under Un-der the 1948 program, farmers may obtain direct assistance to help them carry out this conservation conser-vation practice, Wm. O. Larsen chairman of the Duchesne County Coun-ty Agricultural Conservation Committee, announced this week. Assistance amounting to about half the cost of constructing the terraces will be available to farmers who sign up in the program pro-gram and who carry out the practice according to approved specifications. He explained that a terrace is a broad ridge of earth constructed construct-ed across the slope of the land m such a manner that it will intercept in-tercept the run-off from above the terrace. Construction is such tjhat the water is absorbed pr) back wHhyu; Vvertopping thia fidgej ar is carried off the field at velocities that will prevent pre-vent channel erogigh, Proper outlets out-lets are essential. u ?uCh9Jrman explains further that the height and spacing of terraces are determined by the slope of the land and the amount pi run-off expected. The steeper, the slope the shorter the distance dis-tance between terraces. The . Li greater the run-off the higher the terrace. Before going ahead with the construction of terraces for which assistance is expected, farmers should check with the County Agricultural Conservation Conserva-tion Committee. A properly constructed terrace should not interfere with normal farming operations, Mr. Larsen said. Terraces fit in well with contour farming. They help to hold both soil and water on the farm where it can be used to grow the needed food and fiber crops. |