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Show AGBICClTl'Ill BOM CONOM- By Loots A. Jensen County Agricultural Ayeni This year the English sparrow population seems to be especially especial-ly high. These birds cause considerable con-siderable loss and damage. They consume great quantities ol grain and are 'quite a nuisance around a faring These birds can best be controlled at this time of year when the snow, prevents them from picking up seeds and other food from the ground. Poisoned wheat" gives good co: trol. The best method is to' make a feeding place from boards or by using something likei&n old door. Suspend this froni the four corners under a shed or pother place where the sparrows commonly com-monly come. Feed ordinary grain on this for a few days and then change, to . the. poisoned grain. . It. is a good' practice to dispose dis-pose of . the dead birds, since sparrows are suspicious of eating eat-ing where dead ones, are laying around. Poinosed wheat or; this purpose. Is made- available thru cooperation of 'the -Fish, and Wild Life Service aridnhe Duchesne Du-chesne County Commissioners with the County Agent". It may be obtained from the janitor at the County Court House? in Duchesne Du-chesne or from the County Agent's Ag-ent's office" in Roosevelt. One of a farmer's greatest problems this time of year is preparing his income tax return. I have assisted a number of people peo-ple with theirs this year and each" time I become more' impressed im-pressed with the necessity of keeping a good set of farm records. rec-ords. Those who have done this find it quite easy to maker their income tax ' return. Those who have not kept a detailed record have to' do considerable guessing guess-ing and remembering, resulting in confusion and worry. Any method of record keeping which provides for accurate information informa-tion on farm income and expenses expens-es is satisfactory. The Utah Farm Account Book has been designed to make .record keeping ' easy. Anyone who would, like, one of these record books may obtain it from my office at'a- cost'of 35 cents. |