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Show By Robert S. Murdock Counly Agricultural Agent HAY During the past few weeks there has been a lot of what 1 would call our very valuable resource leaving the county. I am thinking now of all this fine hay that has been grown in the Uintah Basin and has traveled to outside markets. In Checking with a number of farmers over the County I find that most of them on the first cutting only received about 25 to maybe 55 per cent of the, normal stand of hay, and I believe be-lieve we can safely say that most of this has been sold out of the county. At a meeting of some of the Agricultural Leaders of the county the other day, they felt it advisable to point out the seriousness of the hay situation, especially here in Duchesne County. We know we had a very small first crop and in several cases a lot of that has been sold. The second crop looks like it has a fair chance of giving us a normal yield. Perhaps that old saying of "Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch" might apply ap-ply here. Even though it looks as if we are going to get a good second crop we don't know what circumstances might enter in and disappoint us. We know the water situation is serious and the little rain we got will help a lot. We sincerely hope we don't get another late freeze. I would like to encourage and request all of you that do have hay to sell to give your neighbors or someone in the Uintah Basin the first opportunity opportun-ity to buy it. I have been told by some of the farmers here in the county that it wouldn't surprise sur-prise them too much to see a lack of hay coming back into TTintciVi "Rocin in Taniiarw and February for twice the cost of what hay is now selling for. So, to those of you that are going to have to buy hay, it might be well for you to look aronud and get some lined up. In talking with Wesley Dick-erson, Dick-erson, Manager of the Bank, he , informs me they have some money available to' help you farmers purchase Hay. We all know that adequate feed is the best insurance a farmer and a stockman has, so let's try before be-fore winter is on us to be prepared pre-pared for what might happen. In the near future most of you farmers will receive a card from me asking you to list your feed requirements, etc. for the winter. I would appreciate your cooperation on this when you do receive the questionaire. GRASSHOPPERS In the article above I have been talking about the scarcity of Hay and that leads us right into the topic of pests. In this particular case I am thinking of the grasshopper. In travelling over the county I see already evidence of an infestation in several areas. I would like to advise you farmers farm-ers to take stock of the grass- y v hopper situation and if you can find 15 grasshoppers per square yard, you will know that things are getting to the point that some action (and quick action) j should be taken. In a normal range area 15 grasshoppers per square yard will consume 50 of the forge and that 35 grasshoppers grass-hoppers per square yard will consume all the grass grown in the area. So, you see, we don't want to be letting the Grasshopper take away that little feed we are planning to save for winter. There are several methods we can control them by. One of them is as the people in Hay-den Hay-den are doing using the ingredient in-gredient Aldrin, and then as many of the others are doing spraying your land with possibly poss-ibly Aldrin or Toxaphene. If you are planning on seed crop or alfalfa. I think von would do well to use Toxaphene, that will control both the Grasshopper Grasshop-per and the Lygus Bug. If you feel your area should be given attention, I think that every farmer there should contact con-tact his nieghobr and get the community organized so' that a grasshopper control pfbgram can be put under way immediately. immedi-ately. y If you would like assistance, please contact me and 1 will be glad to help in any way that I can. |