Show I t t e eI Jj I GR REAT AT ANTELOPE r I SALT P I SALT TAKE SALT LAKE AIRPORT CITY SALTAIR tr BEACH w ao a Bacchus Bacchus' MILLS 0 T AD D 36 REFINERY REFINERY- 89 9 TOOELE U RIVERTON RIVER RIVERN N 91 I o I 0 I IO 13 MERCUR 36 RUSH O CAMP MP FLOYD FAIRFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK PARK LAKE TOUR S 3 I s J t y v J k 1 goo 58 tote t f a Owen Roberts is in the driverS drivers driver's seat of the John Deere Wind er rower in n heavy x ha hay of Meadows Making Malang adjust adjust- 1 u a menu ments are partner and son Bill Ro Roberts erts i l left ancl Jay Lee of Valley Implement meni I r t BUT BOT CH CAN J IT T DO THE JOB IN HEAVY HAY A question of long standing was solved this week in the e Henefer Meadows The question Can the John Deere Wind Wind- rower handle meadow hay when it is as thick heavy and tough as it can get The answer answer Y You u bet Take Owen Roberts' Roberts word for it He was a little doubtful himself The acre 20 strip in inthe inthe the tho Henefer Meadows Mc dows upon which the Valley VaHey Implement tried out the was the heaviest i hea st hay Owen has ever had there Timothy Timothy Timo Timo- thy and alsike clover it was shoulder high shoulder high and more than a week overdue because of the water turn I And the handled it with no dif dif- Except that is where there were two or three nests at once Both mice and blackbirds blackbirds blackbirds black black- birds deposit nests about sickle sickle high high and this I sometimes causes a wad to choke the action The cuts the swath moves the new mown hay from both sides to the center and then sends it through a conditioner which breaks the stalks every three or four inches allowing the sap to escape and making for faster drying in the windrow It The Tho very heavy windrows were dry enough to bale three days later The hay thus contained con tamed more protein for greater nutrient value No doubt of it says Mr Roberts who farms the area with his son Bill this is the coming thing We all knew this machine would work fine in alfalfa but we weren't sure rore sure about meadow hay Now Im I'm convinced I Roberts adds phosphate and nitrogen to the theland theland I land which is already fam l for its fertility The hay is fed to beef cat cattle la and hors horses s. s |