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Show Sfodinian realizes good profft from irrigated pasfureland Good irrigated pastures can oe a profitable crop. This has been proven by Wayne York on his '20 acre farm located southwest of Springville, an-i an-i nounces Howard Ivory, unit conservationist, who has been working with Mr. York on his farm project. During the past three years, Mr. York has converted his dairy farm to a beef pasture. He buys calves in. the spring, lets them harvest the grass-legume grass-legume pasture and sells them in the fall. Wayne became a Cooperator with the Timpano-gos Timpano-gos Soil Conservation District in 1959. That year he pastured pastur-ed 45 head of steers and heifer's heif-er's on 10-acres from May 1st to November 1st. The other pastures were cut for hay to give them a chance to get well established. The average weight of his calves at the beginning of the grazing season was 350 lbs. Their average gain per head was 239 lbs. of 1,075 lbs. of beef per acre in six months. This year Mr. York has been pasturing 70-head since May 15 and has had to cut eight acres of his pasture for hay. He is also growing corn for silage sil-age on two acres. He says it pays to fence off the pastures so they can be fed of quickly and then allowed 3 or 4 weeks to grow before grazing again. Livestock water is supplied to each pasture by automatic drinking fountains. High production is obtained by planting an adapted grass-legume grass-legume mixture, by use of fertilizer, fer-tilizer, and by efficient irrigation irriga-tion practices. 'i s -; ' 1 i ,, . 1 ' '.'.;' : j. ' ' ' -! . ' ; i i - . , - ' . .,'.' . , 1 1 . "'r- Wayne York stands in his irrigated pasture on which he "a worked in cooperation with the Conservation Service, ? he plans to turn in 50 head of steers for 15 to 20 days. I The lush growth Is the result of a seeded mixture consist-I consist-I "ig of Smooth Brome grass, Orchard grass, Tall Meadow j ats, Ladino Clover, Red Clover and alfalfa. |