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Show FARMwHOMEfe UTAH STATB EXTENSION BEBVICf By Louis A. Jensen County Agricultural Agent Our annual Dairy school held February 21 and 22 was very outstanding. National 4-H Club Week will be observed March 3-11. All over the nation people will be made better acquainted with 4-H Club work through radio programs, news -articles, window win-dow displays and local 4-H club activities. This is an excellent time to organize for the coming year. Club members and leaders wanting want-ing information, help or suggestions sug-gestions for the observance of this week should contact me. Dr. P. V. Christofferson, veterinarian, vet-erinarian, is making plans to spend one day each week in Duchesne county, if there is sufficient suf-ficient work to warrant his doing do-ing so. He will be here on Thursday, March 1. Anyone wishing his services should contact con-tact my office. Here is some information and suggestions for poultry-men. poultry-men. From all outward appearances, appear-ances, the coming year should be a fairly good one for chickens. chick-ens. This prediction is based on the expected increased demand from the armed forces, and the fact that the poultry population is reduced from a year ago. Buy good chicks as early as possible. Wise poultrymen will purchase about IV2 times as many sexed pullets as they wish to house next fall. This allows for culling during the growing season. If straight-run chicks are bought, order three chicks for each good pullet desired. Investigate In-vestigate the source of chicks and buy them on the basis of established quality instead of price. There are no such things as "cheap chicks." Now is a good time to repair and prepare brooding equipment equip-ment for later use. It is also a good time to buy or build feeders feed-ers and waterers. Chicks one day old to eight weeks old should have one inch of feeder space per bird. This should be increased to two inches inch-es when they are eight to twelve weeks old. and to four inches when they are over twelve weeks. A plentiful source of good clean water is as important as good feed. One hundred day-old chicks will consume about two gallons of water per day. Mature hens will ' consume about six gallons per day. There is profit in poultry if managed properly. |