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Show ! i On Utah County Farms With The Extension Agent KxrKRT sr;iKSTS ;kassek, CI.OVKIIS I'OK I'AIX SOWING liy l. C. llogenson U.S.A. .'. Kxti-nsion STvir.fi The best success in getting a good .stand of gra.sses and clovers by fall planting, the first essential is a well prepared film seed bed. The land should be prepared by early fall or spring plowing and allowed to lie for a sufficient length of time to become somewhat some-what firm before planting the seed. This will allow moisture from below to rise into that region of the bed where the seed is to be planted. A quick germination of the planted seed Is necessary in order to get the young plants well established in the soil before severe freezing sets in. For this reason the seed should be sown now. ' Sow plenty of seed, because usually the germination of grass seed is not high and moisture is not always available in sufficient quantity to enable all of the seeds j to grow. A good thick stand of I plants means a good profitable pasture. If sufficient moisture is present in the soil, pastures may be seeded in the fall of the year after the extremely warm days are over. The object should be to get the young plants Bp and the root system well established before freezing weather sets in. Good results are always secured by spring planting on well prepared, firm seed bed. Sow about 26 pounds of a mixture mix-ture of grasses and clovers per acre. A mixture makes a better pasture than a single kind, because be-cause all plants are not equally palatable or nutritious. Some plants too, are at their best early in the season, some come on a little later and some do not come to their best until late in the season. Any gra-ss or clover seeded alone should be sown at the rate of from 12 to 15 pounds per acre. The grasses and clovers to plant will depned upon the kind of pas- tion plots throughout the state. It is a well-liked grass suitable for wither pasture or meadow in places where irrigation water is not plentiful. Select your pasture mixture from the above, or from other superior grasses and clovers, and, if your seed bed, as to soil and moisture is right, you should be able to produce a pasture that will be profitable to you and delight and blessing to the animals that graze upon it. duced is nutritious and is 'a valuable val-uable addition to any pasture mixture. mix-ture. Reed canary grass, will do exceedingly ex-ceedingly well in very wet ground, even in swampy land where water covers the ground for a considerable consid-erable time. This grass will make rapid growth and will eventually sod over the land so that it can be pastured and even mowed without difficulty. Brome grass, also known as Bromus inermis, is a very drouth resistant grass, is palatable and nutritious and sod forming. It should be in all pasture mixtures intended for the dried lands. Western Alkali Grass will grow in other heavily alkali infested land. Before seeding, flood the land, if possible, so as to remove some of the Alkali incrustation to get the grass started. Sow only about three pounds of seed per acre as the grass stools very heavily. The seed may even be sown early in the spring on the last snow with success. Domestic rye grass is leading all other grasses in growth this year on practically all the demonstra- ture desired, the kind of soil in which the seed is to be planted, and the amount of moisture that can either be applied by irrigation or that is native in the soil. The following are good grasses find clovers from which to choose your mixture, depending upon your soil and moisture conditions. Kentucky blue grass is tender and palatable and with a moderate supply of moisture will remain green from early spring until late fall. It is a good pasture grass for all pasture conditions. Western or slender wheat grass is a very fine grass for growing under rather dry conditions. It is savory and growth-promoting and makes excellent forage for both cattle and sheep. Grested wheat grass is one of the best pasture and hay grasses where moisture is somewhat scarce. It should be planted in a firm seed bed with a grain drill at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds per acre. Care must be taken not to cover the seed more than from one half to three quarters of an inch. Crested wheat grass starts growth very early in the spring and is about the last to become dry in the fall for lack of moisture. mois-ture. Meadow fesure succeeds well i even on rather poor soil, stands i dry weather and also moist condi- tions well. ! White clover starts growth early j in the spring, and, if moisture can j be supplied, keeps on growing the I whole season through. It makes i a palatable, nutritious feed and a can be cropped closely without 5 serious injury. I Ladino clover is a giant white clover and produces much more feed per acre than does white S clover. It requires well prepared, firm moist seed bed to get a good stand of this variety of clover, but, when stand has been secured, there is nothing better Strawberry clover is a new clover similar to the white excepting except-ing that it produces feed earlier I in the spring than most othci clovers. It is also said to be about 5 times as alkali resistant a: sweet clover. Yellow sweet clover has finei .stems and is more leafy than the I white blossomed. The feed pro |