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Show FARNf3naTlOfE& UTAH STATE EXTENSION SERVICE ACIUCULTI'RS - BOMB ECONOMIC By Louis A. Jensen County Agricultural Agent Our bull grading demonstration demonstra-tion and beef tour last week was well attended. Everyone present was invited to try their hand at grading to see how they compared with each other and with the official grader. George Hendersen. livestock specialist from Logan, did the grading for the following breeders: breed-ers: James Bacon, 1; Emil Munz, 1; Jerry Merkley, 8; Lloyd Re-mund, Re-mund, 2; R. S. Lusty. 39; Win-terton Win-terton Bros., 20; W. W. McCon-kie, McCon-kie, 23. These breeders have some excellent ex-cellent bulls. Some of them have been ..sold, .but here are still many good ones available. Local range men should take advantage ad-vantage of this and take care of their needs while good bulls are still available. If you don't have a good place to store fruit and vegetables, it would be well to consider building build-ing one this fall. Underground storage is excellent if you live where the water table is low enough to permit. If a high water wa-ter ' table, .or other conditions make underground storage impractical, im-practical, it is easy to build excellent ex-cellent storage facilities above ground. The two important conditions necessary for good storage are 1 insulation and ventilation. Ventilation Venti-lation may be provided by proper pro-per openings to allow intake and outlet of air. There are many good materials that can be used for insulation, including many of the commercial insulations such as Rockwool, Cork Board, powdered gypsum, etc. Even Sawdust or shavings are good. We will be glad to furnish plans and other assistance on construction of storage facilities. Many pieces of farm machinery machin-ery that have been used during the summer will be idle until next spring. These should be put in a machine shed. If you do i not have a good machine shed, you should consider building : one. The money saved on depreciation de-preciation of the machinery on i the average size farm will pay for the shed in a few years. If you don't have a shed or i find it impossible to build one, , why not select a spot in the farm yard to stand your ma-I ma-I chinery. Gather all machinery at this one spot and line it up in an orderly fashion. Although this will not prevent rust and depreciation it will look better and will not be as dangerous as having machinery standing in various places all over the farm. YOURS FOR THE ASKING. . . Most of us will be bringing dur buckskins home within the next week or two (we hope). Besides the fun of hunting, most' of us expect some -good eating. Our bulletin "Venison, It's Care and Cooking," gives useful hints on caring for the meat from shooting to serving. It includes a number of time tested recipes. Come in and get your copy while the supply lasts. "Managed Milking" is the name of the new Extension bulletin bul-letin which outlines the proper procedure in milking cows by machine. It can be read in ten minutes. Maybe it will give you one or two new ideas. Culling is the key to profits in egg production. Poultrymen will find our new bulletin "Selecting "Se-lecting for Egg Production," useful. The average farmer who' raises rais-es a few hogs, often does a very poor job of balancing the rations ra-tions and providing what the hog's need. A diet of water and grain is very common for hogs in this area. An animal source of protein, such as skim milk, tankage, tank-age, meat, scraps, etc in the rations ra-tions will make an unbelievalbe difference in the gains. Orr bulletin bul-letin "Profitable Swine Raising In Utah," tells about this and other points of value to anyone raising hogs.y. |