Show ag news in brief modern improvements in rural living have brought a noticeable trend of the movement of city workers to the farms I 1 now is a good time to plow under old sod in orchards so that that the trees can get the benefit of the decaying sod instead of buying fertilizer farmers trying to check field gullies are advised by the united states department of agriculture to keep as much water out of the gullies as possible by diversion ditches and then plant adaptable vegetation such s grasses trees rid nd shrubs wherever possible utah onions of U S no 1 grade or better will be purchased by the federal surplus commodities C corporation orp oration the onions must have been grown in the state in 1939 purchases will be made direct from growers and the minimum price will be 30 cents cent s per 50 pound bag during 1940 the united states can an look forward to abundant meat supplies along with vegetables and fruits the meat supply will probably be larger t than han it has been in any one year since since 1934 reports the bureau of agricultural economics the supply of vegetables and dried fruit will be unusually large unless more export outlets develop |