Show I Pea And Oat Hay as N Grown At Mt Emmons a s k A N I ap apt t 1 sf- sf I I grows peas and oats for hay Mr Owen Bennion of Mt Emmons Bennion found his alfalfa fields not producing enough hay to feed his livestock He plowed them up But what hay to grow while his ground was alfalfa sick from too long and continuous growing I of alfalfa was the question confronting confronting confronting con con- fronting Mr Bennion He conferred with the County Extension Agent on emergency hay crops Peas and oats headed the list of emergency hay crops I or one more year ear hay crops But the seed peas were high in price I Iso so Mr Bennion bought only so 50 I much as to plant an acre Fro From i ithe the acre he grew enough peas to plant pea and oat hay the follow follow- following following ing year This practice has become become be be- come established with Mr Bennion Ben Ben- nion Above is pictured the pea and o oat t hay but at the end of the I pea and oat hay stack is stacked enough peas grown alone and allowed al allowed allowed al- al lowed to ripen to grow seed for peas and oats hay for next year Mr Bennion reports his pea and andI hay produced four tons to the acre acre I this year Rye and wheat sudan grass and millets and clovers are I other emergency hay crops we will tell you of later |