Show county agent news aft V LEROY C FUNK county agent farmers of duchesne county according to the figures you have census enumerators at the last census you have an average of 0 40 acres of alfalfa I 1 acre of barley barlay 4 acres of wheat 3 acres of oats and 13 1 3 of an all acre of corn on oil each of your farms the balance of your acres is in other crops pasture and aad exer clane round around according to the figures you gave census enumerators your hay averages 16 tons per acre your barley averages 33 bushels per acre your wheat averages 24 bushels iper aero acm your oats average bushel per acre and your corn harvested tor for grain averages bushe is per acre the average yield of crops listed here Is not high there is not enough crop production per farm to produce the income per farm that we should have in spite of the fact that tome some hay has been hauled out of duchesne county each year we are not producing enough hay to adequately equa tely feed our livestock on a great many of our farms too many duchesne county farmers see the bott om of their hay stacks months before they should too many dt do not have adequate grain feed we need not be afraid norald of an over production of feed crops in tins this cuilty c nty it f w plen plan to feel fee our crops to our livestock prof J C hogenson extension agronomist of the U S A C extension service will be in the county february 11 to 20 inclusive n to consider feed crop production with you plan to attend one of Ms his meetings you will be notified later of the date of the meeting nearest you uintah basin sheep men will be interested in the following review of the boston wool market dated january 22 1932 quite a large volume of busl business has been transacted in the market during the past week the feature of the trade was the movement of 0 the finer quality western wools that are particularly suitable tor for use in spring goods prices were slightly firmer on a few lines of which supplies are rather limited and aid steady to firm on other offerings fleeces were mostly quiet except on oil qualities which were moved occasionally quotations were steady on inactive ina lines and firm on with strictly combing ohio and similar offerings bringing 21 in the grease or 36 scoured basis western grown wools ot of the finer qualities including and above were very verl active A little strengthening was noted in prices of choice strictly combing territory wools while average wools of this grade were firm sales of finer qualities included a fairly wide range of average to short french combing staple prices were steady on graded french combing and finer territory although sales were mostly on the low alde of the ranges as the best offerings were not very ivery active original bag lines of and finer territory wools were fairly firm at 50 scoured bases french combing california wools brought 45 scoured basis for sizeable quantities texas wools of eight months growth sold at 45 scoured basis while fall wools moved at 36 some business was closed on the territory wools while lower grades were relatively quiet cable reports to private concerns indicated fairly steady trends in foreign wool markets except in new zealand where the th section is said to be poor A little buying for american accounts was reported in australian merinos marinos and in low south american wools tops made of domestic kid mohair were slightly more active and prices were steady occasional inquiries were received on the adult hair |