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Show Feed Production j Increase Needed Officials State """Increased Feed Production is needed in Utah for 1952, accord-' accord-' t0 an announcement received ! from the USAC Extension Ser-1 Ser-1 vice. Logan. Increased feed is needed because: increasing demand for feed srrains and forage during the past two or three years has been ac-, compared by heavy utilization, rising feed prices, and declining stocks Livestock, turkeys and poultry have been increasing. Feed rrain consumption in the country is now running far in excess of current production rates. An unfavorable un-favorable crop year could put feed train and forage users in a severe ninch In view of this situation, farmers need to plant more acreage acre-age increase yields, and take better bet-ter care of their products in order to increase the availability of forage for-age and feed grains in Utah in 1952. , . 1 Because of the prolonged winter ! in Utah and the mountain states, 1 a longer hay feeding period for livestock has been required. Before i grass comes again, most all hay I 'reserves will be used up. This em-j em-j phasizes the importance of high production throughout the county of all grass and forage crops, as well as grains this year. |