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Show Farm wotes program i , county farmers par- to ACP Put 550 000 of Phosphate on hayland : Zfin 1946, thereby con-' con-' j.Pf9Unrd improving the land Vng thei? yields and in-JId in-JId improving the nutri-. e, "due of their crops ac-l "k c more than last year, he KutSUmes what It J 1044 But, he added, sur-t"iB sur-t"iB dfow that the minimum diphosphate spreading for . ! l.itural conservation and lm- Sent in this; county annu-:'' annu-:'' fchould be twice as much as ! i J applied during this year. -1 inerts now agree that there t fX certain quantities of V minerals in the soil if ?i to continue," Chairman '! Jn explained. "These miner's miner-'s Ym numerous and some are r M in only small amounts, :. iobosphorous along with ILa potassium, and calcium : t needed in large quantities." si Larsen said that applica-p applica-p of phosphate is only one of several important soil-building practices carried out in Duchesne county under the Agricultural Conservation program. ACP aims at more arid better food for all consumers, as well as better land, higher yields, and profits for farmers. Chairman Larsen said that about February 1945 county farmers will be getting together with farmcr-committeemen to figure out their conservation plans for 1947. Farmers are ex-l ex-l pected to put more phosphate on their land next year. Other major ma-jor soil-building practices in the county will be land leveling, laterals lat-erals and headgatcs and seeding Under the ACP. the govern ment shares with farmers the cost of carrying out soil-building practices and water-conservation measures. Farmers in the ACP program will receive 4 and 5.5 for applying phosphate on certain cer-tain crops, Mr. Larsen said. In-I In-I formation about this practice and others can be secured at the county office in Roosevelt. 1945 ACP Figures During most of 1945, farmers were still greatly handicapped by a lack of labor, supplies and machinery But here are some significant facts about the 1945 Agricultural Conservation Program Pro-gram that indicate significant accomplishments: Applications were filed on about 3,000,000 farms including almost 315 million acres of cropland, crop-land, more than 68 per cent of the U. S. total. Farmers constructed more than 279,000,000 linear feet of terraces. Green manure and cover-crop practices covered nearly 19.000 -000 acres. Nearly 95,000,000 cubic yards of earth were moved in constructing construc-ting dams and reservoirs. More than 2,400,000 tons of 20 per cent superphosphate equivalents in phosphate materials mater-ials were applied. Over 17,000,000 acres were devoted to contour farming and t drilled crops. Summer fallowing was protected pro-tected against erosion on more than 14,000,000 acres. Surplus Spuds Farmers are reminded that potatoes po-tatoes are a good livestock feed used as part of a well-balanced ration. And since the record crop this year exceeds all avail-) avail-) able outlets as human food or industrial products, use as feed may prevent a great waste of feed nutrients. Starch, the chief nutrient in fresh potatoes, varies in content from about 14 per cent for early to about 22 per cent for late varieties. Here's how fresh potatoes compare with other feedstuffs in actual feeding feed-ing tests conducted by agricultural agricul-tural experiment stations: 400-450 pounds of potatoes are equal to 100 pounds of grain when fed to cattle, sheep and horses; 400 pounds of potatoes (cooked) (cook-ed) are equal to 100 pounds of grains fed to hogs; 100 pounds of potatoes are equal to 100 pounds of corn silage sil-age for dairy cows and beef cattle; Potatoes contain about twice as much digestible nutrients as wet beet pulp or beet tops, but only 1-3 the nutrients of alfalfa I hay. I Farmers who have used fresh J potatoes for cattle feed report i that they stimulate digestive ac-Uions ac-Uions and keep the animals in good condition so they can absorb ab-sorb large quantities of concentrates. concen-trates. Only sound potatoes should be fed because the toxic content in decayed, frozen, sprouted, or green potatoes may be high enough to be injurious. . Feeding should start in small quantities and be gradually in creased, and potatoes should be cut or chopped to prevent animals ani-mals from choking on the whole potatoes. When potatoes are fed for milk or beef production, they should be used raw or in silage. When fed for pork production, pro-duction, the starch content can be utilized successfully only when they have been steamed. For home farm consumption or use in the immediate area, culls and surplus potatoes can be fed at low cost. The county Triple-A office can help farmers obtain supplies of potatoes for feeding, as well as additional information in-formation about the feed value of potatoes. .No July Milk Payment Production payments to producers pro-ducers for milk and butterfat delivered during the, period July 1 to 25 would hot be in the public interest, Stabilization Director John R. Steclman has informed the Secretary' of Agriculture. Agri-culture. The Secretary had suggested sug-gested that the government make the period when price ceilings were suspended pending OPA legislation, as a means of offsetting off-setting any possible lossV Mr. Steclman expressed the opinion that statements made to milk producers by the governr ment were based on a promise to maintain 1946 returns at the same levels as 1945, and that the price increases which have since taken place on dairy products will boost returns for the whole year even higher than in 1945., WFO 135 Revoked The Duchesne county ACA has been advised that effective February 8, 1847, WFCM35 will be revoked. Accordingly no new veteran's preference certificates can be issued after December 9, 1946. County committees may, however, make extensions for certificates which are outstanding outstand-ing on December 9, but no extensions ex-tensions may be made bevond thp termination dale of February 8 1947. ' Wool Stocks Large Large carry-over stocks of wool will probably remain a problem for some time, although the recovery of wool consumption consump-tion in many countries has been encouragingly rapid. World slocks of wool were estimated last June 30 at 5 billion, pounds, three times as much as before the war.-- Of. this .amount, 2.6 billion pounds ar owned by governmental gov-ernmental organizations 81 per cent by the United Kingdom and the balance by the Commodity Commod-ity Credit Corporation1 in the United States. Outlook for disposal appears better than a year ago, because large quantities of British Dominion Do-minion wool have moved from governmental to private ownership owner-ship during 1945-46. World wool production in 1946 is expected to reach 3.7 billion pounds, about the same as the 1945 output and the prewar average. As one means- of meeting the situation, the formation of an international in-ternational wool study group "to keep the world position under inter-governmental review was proposed at the International Wool Talks, recently concluded at London, Delegates from 13 nations attended the meetings. |
