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Show FARManJHOMEto &uj8 UTAH STATE EXTENSION SERVICE A.CBICULTUBB HO Mi ECONOMIC By Louts A. Jensen County Agricultural Agent An outbreak of army worms has occured southeast of Roosevelt Roos-evelt in the Independence area. Heavy infestations have been reported on the farms of Earl Winn and Dave Lundberg. We found a light infestation on the, farm of Ray McClellan. There worms average about four inches in length and are a brownish-black color on the back and sides, with yellow stripes down the back, and are green on the underneath side. They do considerable damage by feeding on almost any plant with which they come in contact. con-tact. The adult stage is in the form of a moth. Farmers in this area are urged urg-ed to watch for these worms and to use control measures where necessary. Various chemicals chem-icals are effective in their control, con-trol, including DDT and Toxa-ohene. Toxa-ohene. The following rates are recommended: 2 quarts per acre of 25 per cent DDT emulsion, or 30 pounds per acre of 5 per cent DDT dust, or three pints per acre of six pound per gal'on Toxaphene. Anyone observing other outbreaks out-breaks is requested to report them to the county agent's office. of-fice. Last Friday, Hyrum Jensen and I harvested the fertilizer test plots which were established estab-lished on his farm last year. This is a demonstration to show the effect of different rates of phosiphate fertilizer on the yield of alfalfa. The fertilizer was broadcast on the plots in the fall of 1950 and the spring of 1951. Harvesting consists of mowing a strip out of each plot and weighing the hay from each one separately to accurately determine deter-mine the yield. The plots receiving no fertilizer fertil-izer averaged 17 pounds green weight hay; plots receiving 200 i pounds of 43 per cent phosphate phos-phate per acre averaged 58 pounds of hay; plots receiving j 400 pounds of 43 per cent phos-1 phate per acre averaged 78 pounds of hay. I This shows a tremendous increase in-crease from the use of phosphate phos-phate fertilizer, with 400 pounds per acre increasing the yield considerably more than 200 pounds per acre. Many farmers are operating their places jointly with their sons, In such cases it is highly recommended that an operating agreement be made so that things will be done in a business-like manner and each party par-ty will know what is expected of him and what his share of the returns is. Our economist has prepared a brief outline listing the essentials es-sentials of a farm operating agreement. Anyone interested in this may obtain a copy by contacting our office. i Here is a note for 4-H Club leaders of clothing clubs. Training Train-ing schools for 4-H clothing-leaders clothing-leaders are being held Wednesday, Wednes-day, June 18, at 1 p. m. in the Roosevelt LD S Church, and on the same day at 2 p. m. in the Duchesne LDS Church. Ail clothing leaders are urged to attend. The program will be the same at each place, so come to j the one nearest you. |