Show Group Tours I Planted Areas Are i A tour of crested cre d wheatgrass areas throughout the Uintah Basin was conducted recently by William C Whit Whit- Whitaker Whitaker aker Uintah Uintah County Agent Sixty-Five Sixty persona persons p made the trip including representatives of nearly all government nt agena agencIes ies les in this area as well as many interested ranchers Leaving Vernal V in the early mornIng 13 the group proceeded t t S Fruitland via via- via Roosevelt and Duchesne Duchene At each stop other i- i interested te t 4 persons rs s joined j d tift taur t At Bert Colemans Coleman's Ranch near Fruitland they observed a stand of crested wheatgrass which had been planted four years ago ago on sagebrush-covered sagebrush land This was a successful growth with over SO JO o percent coverage Next stop was at Emery Smiths ranch Here crested wheatgrass which had been planted for two years had made d 25 percent coverage Lunch was eaten at Alva I Murdocks Murdock's farm after wINch which the group inspected wheatgrass which had been planted with the the use of a unit tiller on un un- un cleared sagebrush land lanel This grass had been planted last fall falland falland and was just beginning to grow Mr Whitaker stated that the results re re- re results Of f this particular planting were not as satisfactory as those obtained on land which had first been burned b or the sagebrush railed rai ed off However he concluded ed the unit tiller method of planting is less expensive |