| Show GYPSUM GREATLY INCREASES HELD OF ALFALFA HAY boise idaho two dollars per acre spent every three years tor for gypsum Is a highly economical way to get at least an extra ton of alfalfa hay per acre in most of the sections of the northwest where the winter teed feed problem is the limiting factor to development of a balanced agriculture which has livestock as the foundation much of the hay land Is deficient in sulphur on such land gypsum increases alfalfa and clover yields materially most of the alfalfa lands in the irrigated districts however hoever are sufficiently supplied with sulphur and do not need extra applications Q G it mcdole soil technologist with the idaho experiment station says the gypsum users of northern idaho have increased their alfalfa hay production an average of one ton per acre per year heavy increases also are axe reported from western montana eastern washington and oregon j the idaho station suggests that gypsum be applied at the rate of pounds per acre every third year application may be either in spring or fall says professor although fall application Is favored spring application should be sufficiently early to allow complete percolation in the fall gypsum may be distributed any time before snow falls tribune I 1 A party of friends met at the home of mr and mrs claude taylor saturday for a surprise in honor of mrs taylor taylors s birthday the self invited guests took cake and ice cream along for refreshments and several dainty gifts for the guest of honor five hundred vms as the game of the evening those participating in the pleasure of the occasion were mr and mrs taylor mr and mrs airs pred fred byers mr and mrs W A conrad mr and mrs george fird and mr and mrs A B mahany fita cor grand junction sentinel i |
