Show Four Points For ImI Improving Improving Im- Im I proving Duchesne County Agriculture Duchesne co county nty Is essentially a livestock county Success in agriculture agriculture agriculture ag ag- ag- ag depends largely upon the selling of livestock and livestock products Success with livestock depends upon an ample supply of nutritious feed both In winter and summer The lack of this feed is one of the weakest spots in Duchesne county's agri- agri I To supply this feed the alfalfa fields in the county must be made more productive by plowing up the theold theold theold old weedy fields and planting of of new fields and thus get the farms into a regular system system system tem of crop rotation In some sections of the county the feed supply can be increased by planting a mixture of peas and oats Seeding from one to one and a half bushels of peas to the acre and the same amount of oats I seeded at right angles to the di direction direction di- di redion in which the peas were seeded Use San Louis Valley peas For next year it is recommended recommended recommended mended that you buy from half a bushel to one bushel of seed peas plant this one half an ace an-ace ace of good ground Allow to ripen and use these for seeding your field of peas and oats oata the following year Sudan Sudan Sudan Su Su- Su- Su dan grass and millets may be used for hay crops as well as a mixture of rye and wheat Another way to increase the feed supply is to grow corn and preserve preserve preserve pre pre- serve it in a trench silo Trench Silos are very successful as has been been demonstrated this year by farmers In practically every community community community com com- in Duchesne county A Ask k the County Agent for far full particulars lars and free information The fourth practical way of in increasing increasing increasing in- in creasing the feed supply is by im- im the pastures and this can be done with either a low swampy pasture or a high rough rocky pasture The low swampy pasture can be improved by seeding sweet clover and red top on the snow in int inthe inthe t the e spring and the highland pasture pasture pasture pas pas- ture by seeding to Broom grass Bromus on in inthe inthe inthe the spring of of the year Divide each of these pastures into at least two parts Keep the animals animals animals ani ani- mals In one part and improve the theother theother theother other as suggested above The animals should be kept off until the young plants have had ample time to establish themselves To improve and increase the farm crops as suggested above fall plowing is essential as it in increases increases increases in- in creases the amount of available plant food insures a firm well I I prepared seed bed and thus enI enables enables en en- ables the young plants to grow I faster and more evenly and to produce produce produce pro pro- duce a better crop Increase alfalfa production Grow corn and preserve it in trench silos Grow peas and o oats ts for hay Plow your land In the fall faIl County Extension Agent |