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Show ITT AH ITATS MTKN810N SEK VI. ( E ( ACWCOITVR - HOMi ECONuMi'. By Louts A. Jensen County Agricultural Agent ATTEND 4-H CAMP Our county was well represented repre-sented at the recent 4-H Club camp in Logan for older members. mem-bers. Those attending were Eth-eline Eth-eline Burton, Talmage; Pleasy Lewis, Tabiona; Renae Eldredge, Roosevelt; Joanne Goodrich, Bluebell; and Cline Campbell, Ioka. These young people received re-ceived a lot of valuable training in leadership work, including group, recreation, handicraft, conducting' discussion groups, camp skills and techniques. They will assist with our county 4-H Club camp later this summer. sum-mer. ' COUNTY 4-H CAMP 4-H Club members, leader?, and parents should take note of the following information about our annual County 4-H Club camp. It is being held at Wolf Creek Forest Camp on August 14, 15, and 16. All 4-H Club members who have enrolled this year and have their work up to date are invited to attend. Leaders Lead-ers should accompany their clubs. Each club will be responsible re-sponsible for its own transportation, transpor-tation, camping equipment, food etc. At least one adult must accompany each club as a chap-erone. chap-erone. Written consent to attend the camp must be obtained by eacn club member from his or her parents. Forms for this will ba provided to all leaders. Insurance Insur-ance vill be provided on eacn person 'attending camp at a cost of 5c per day. Activities at camp will include in-clude lessons in camp craft, various var-ious forms of group recreation, nature study, handicraft, competitive com-petitive sports and other things of interest being planned by a committee composed of 4-H Club members and leaders. More detailed information will be sent to club members in the near future. TOUR OF FARMS On July 3 a tour was conducted conduct-ed to observe the results of local loc-al experiments on the control of dodder. The following information infor-mation is given for the benefit of those who were not able to make the tour. Test plots are located on the following farms: Tom Shisler, east of Roosevelt; Smith Johnson, John-son, North Myton Bench; Louis Hardinger, South Myton Bench; Frank Monks, South Myton ;Bench; Nathan Allen, Pleasant Valley; and Howard Roberts, Pleasant Valley. Spraying was done after the first crop of hay was cut and removed from the field. This took place between June 20 and 23. Following is a list of the chemicals used, together with the cost per acre of the chemical, chemi-cal, and the estimated kill obtained ob-tained on the Dodder two weeks after spraying: 1. Sixty gallons per acre Richfield Rich-field Weedkiller "A," $22.00 per acre. Good kill. 2. One hundred twenty gallons gal-lons Richfield Weedkiller "A," $44 per acre. Good kill, slightly better than light rate. 3. One hundred twenty gallons gal-lons per acre No. 3 stove oil, $16 per acre, poor kill. 4. One to ten mix Wasco Concentrate Con-centrate per acre, 12 gallons -108 gallons water, $14 per acre, good kill. 5. One to 20 mix Wasco Con centrate per acre, 6 gallons-104 gallons water, $7 per acre. Good kill, slightly poorer than heavy rate. 6. Dinitro, 3 pints - 20 gallon fuel oil - 100 gallons water -one pint wetting agent per acre, $12 per acre, fair kill. We know these observations are only preliminary- and final conclusions must not be drawn until later. These test plots will be observed closely throughout the season and another tour conducted con-ducted to see them the first part of August. Where the spraying was donj within a few days after the hay was cut, the new growth of alfalfa al-falfa was retarded just slightly and was almost comparable in growth to the unsprayed plot.;. SHOULD BE SPRAYED Most second crop alfalfa seed is now in the bud stage and should be' sprayed to control lygus bugs and other harmful insects. Three to four quarts of 25 per cent LLT per acre is recommended. First crop seed should be observed closely and sprayed when necessary. Toxa-phene Toxa-phene is recommended for most insects in second crop seed. DDT and other chemicals harmful to bees should not be used after the bloom stage is reached. |