Strap on the feed bag - the buffet is open at the Jensen Living Historical Farm. Open for the farm's animals, that is, and visitors are invited to a mini-event that features winter feeding.
The farm will be open Saturday, Jan. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to noon for visitors to see and experience the daily routine at the farm, according to assistant manager Carl Camp."Visitors will be able to see what 1917-era farmers did," Camp said. "We'll load the wagon with hay and take it out to the field to feed the cows."
Visitors may get a chance for some "hands-on experience with the pitchfork," Camp continued. Depending on numbers, visitors may help load the wagon and feed the animals in the field. All visitors can travel to the field on the wagon for the feeding.
Visitors at the farm, especially younger visitors, will be able to feed the geese. Sheep will also be fed during the morning.
The Jensen Living Historical Farm is six miles southwest of Logan on U.S. 89-91 and is operated by Utah State University. Admission is $5 per family, $2 for adults, $1 for senior citizens and 50 cents for children. For more information call 245-4064.
Milk booster brings jitters
LOGAN - Making a cow produce more milk is not magic, it's genetic engineering, and it has a lot of people nervous.
Dairy farmers, who have the most to gain - or lose - from this new milk booster called bovine somatotropin (BST), have reason to be jittery. Their economic lives may be at stake.
In anticipation of this new product on the market, USU Extension is devoting two hours to a statewide satellite broadcast Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. addressing health, economic and nutrition concerns surrounding BST. The broadcast, free to the public, can be seen at most county USU Extension offices.
In less than a month, a 90-day moratorium on the sale of BST ends. After Feb. 5, dairy farmers in Utah and the nation can begin using this protein hormone on their cows to boost milk production as much as 25 percent, if the animal is carefully managed, said Wallace Taylor, Utah State University Extension dairy specialist.
Taylor said BST, also called bovine growth hormone (BGH), is another technological advance, such as milking machines and holding tanks, that enable dairy farmers to increase milk production.
BST works only if dairy farmers are good managers. Consequently, poor dairy managers will find themselves forced out of business sooner, as a result of BST on the market, he said.
The economic impacts of BST on Utah dairy farmers will be addressed during the broadcast by Bruce Godfrey, USU economics professor and Extension farm management specialist.
Charlotte P. Brennand, professor and Extension specialist in nutrition and food sciences, and Clell Bagley, Extension veterinarian and professor in animal, dairy, and veterinary sciences, will discuss the health effects of BST on humans and animals.
Satellite coordinates for the broadcast on the Ku band are Galaxy 7 (K-7), transponder 19, frequency 120800, or on the C band, Telstar 302 (T-2), channel 15.
For more information, contact your county USU Extension office.
`Evening of 1-Acts' at SUU
CEDAR CITY - Three of the most promising young directors in the Southern Utah University theater department will showcase their skills in "An Evening of one Acts," Jan. 20-22.
Three one-act plays will be presented by students in advanced directing classes each night in the SUU Auditorium, with curtain times at 8 p.m. According to Fred C. Adams, theater professor, the plays are being presented as an "extra thank-you" for season ticket subscribers, who may reserve tickets by calling the box office at 586-7876. However, nonseason ticket holders may purchase tickets to the plays at the regular price of $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and children, and $2 for SUU students with ID.
The plays that will be presented are "Wiley and the Hairy Man,"
"Ferryboat" and "The Four Poster."
"Wiley and the Hairy Man" will be directed by Janae Koralweski. Written by Jack Stokes and adapted for the stage by Alice Molter, the play is a comedy based on an old folk tale from the southern Appalachians.
Christine Shaw will direct "Ferryboat." Written by Anna Marie Barlo, the production is a character study of a young girl and an older man who, in the process of taking daily rides on a ferryboat, change each other's lives.
"The Four Poster," an adaptation by Jan DeHartoy, will be directed by Steven G. Schmid.