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Show THE LEADER, Tremonton, Utah 0. IE SERVING AID THE BEAR RIVER Halogeton Research Project Slated IB IB For Western Box Elder Range VALLEY Published by the LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc. on Thursday afternoon, for Friday Distribution 43.00 per year SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In advance)' Utah livestockmen may soon know how to prevent losses of Research to date includes their sheep and cattle from poi- three phases: soning by halogeton the plant First, a large area of almost that has killed thousands of pure halogeton was planted to animals in recent years. grass. Strips of three promising nlanted with On the winter range of west ern Box Elder County the area different amounts of seed to de hardest hit by the dread plant, termine which species and scientists of Utah State Agricul which intensity would best tural College Experiment Sta crowd out t.ho haloeeton. Next tion have begun an extensive year sheep will be grazed on tesearch project to learn these nlots to determine which where and when halogeton is offers the best and safest al a danger to animals and how ternate feed for livestock. to prevent losses by good range Second, oellpts of halogeton and livestock management. have been manufactured, mixed Halogeton, which is an an with molasses to make them nual plant, can never be elimi palatable to livestock. A num nated from Utah's ranges, in ber of sheep will be fed these the opinion of range experts pellets in different amounts. at USAC. Therefore they are Each animal will be hand-fe- d trying to learn how stockmen a weighed quanity of halogeton can live with the plant with a pellets each day throughout the minimum of trouble from it. winter to determine whether Researchers will try to find smal amounts of halogeton can the answer to these eight ques- be consumed toy sheep without tions; injury. The animals' response (1) Can grasses be planted will be measured by gain, wool in halogeton areas? (2) Will yield and normality of reprothe grasses crowd out the halo- duction. Third, several movable wire geton so there are not enough poisonous plants to kill the ani- paddocks of about five acres' mals? (3) Will animals eat the size will have been located on grass in preferance to halogeton the range and these are being and hence not be killed? (4) grazed toy sheep. During, the Can halogeton-infeste- d ranges winter they will be moved each be, grazed at certain times of week or so to cover all possible combinations of forage, such the year without danger? as sagebrush and halogeton, (5) Are there some natural range plants more palatable fcaltbrush and halogeton, white-sag- e and halogeton, etc. than halogeton so that animals Also halogeton will make up will not be poisoned in the presence of these plants? (6) How various percentages of the formuch halogeton can grow with age, such as sagebrush 75 per various other forage species and cent and halogeton 25 per cent, still be safe for grazing? (7) sagebrush 50 percent and haloDo shortages of water, salt, or geton 50 percent, etc. In addi other minerals cause animals to tion, tests will be conducted eat halogeton when otherwise with and without drinking they would not? (8) Can sheep water, with. and without salt, eat small amounts of halogeton etc. This will be continued indefinitely without harm? Halogeon was introduced to Utah about 15 years ago and has spread throughout almost every desert winter range in the state. The last legislature appropriated $10,000 for this study being conducted by the . Entered at the post office at Tremonton, Utah a Second Class matter October 15, 1925 under act of March 3, 1879. A. N. RYTTING, Editor-Publishe- Thursday, October 11, 1951 r' Northern Utah DISTRICT SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS COLUMN Halvor Glenn and Win. J. Roberts. Both of these men although their farms are separated by a good many miles made exactly the same statement. They stated that their grain ripened more normally, that is from the head down rather than burning from the bottom of the stem. District Visitor We had an interesting visitor a week or so ago. Mr. Marcelle Thebaud, an irrigation and drainage engineer representing the government of Haiti. He fcpent September 28 in the NUSCD. Mr. Cook instructed Mr. Thebaud in the system of land leveling by having him help stake and survey 20 acres on the Bert Eliason farm at Snow-villHe was well informed and gave us an interesting insite into the problems encountered in the agriculture of Haiti particularly in the field of irrigation and drainage. Fall Pointers 1. Do not graze too close in the fall. Leave a few inches of top growth, after all, all the plant food is manufactured in the leaf so give the plant a break by giving it a source of . ' energy. 2. Don't let your pastures dry up. Freezing weather on a bone dry pasture further dries out the plant. Irrigate it an extra time lightly for good measure. 3. Fertilize with a nitrate fertilizer now for an early spring growth. With an 4. Spread barnyard manure evenly over the entire pasture. Remember, each pound of feed from a good pasture costs the farmer only half as much as a pound of feed from the IRONER manger or feed box. THE IRONER THAT IRONS Land Leveling ANYTHING YOU CAN WASH Ten large tractors and carryCute your ironing time by as alls are busy leveling land. much as 23! This summer and autumn have Cuts work of ironing to 110 turned out to fte a good season or less! for conservation minded farmIrons pleatslucks, ruffles and to smooth or square up some ers faster! easier and gathers part of their farms. Desirable Irons any size article, large or small, without folding or conditions should prevail for creasing come time yet to allow still more farmers to iron out their problems and improve their irrigation next summer. At least Plumbing - Heating 400 acres of land have been Appliances leveled the past month through none 3151 Tremonten out Bear River Valley. Chiseling Stubble Land It isn't too late for you dry farmers to chisel, dig or blade your stubble ground. The value of this fall work on your stubble land Is hard to estimate. It has been found that frost does not penetrate this loose soil. Thus allowing the water Jrom spring snow melting to tjet into the ground. It practically eliminates run off from the area that has been worked to a depth of six Inches or more. It appears to have a definite carry over effect on the soil Structures into the following yt&t when wheat is seeded. The soil does not run together" as rapidly as when it has not been dug. The value of the ztra water that enters the soil has been observed by at least e. St Ironrfle 1 J. G. Burgess Co. TO ODDER your . NOW I college. Field work on the research project is being conducted under supervision of Dr. L. A. Stoddart, head, and Dr. C. Wayne Cook of the range management department. Two graduate assistants, Virgil Hart and Billio Dahl, will live throughout the winter in house trailers on the project area, near Rosette in western Box Elder. throughout 'the winter grazing season to study effect of time of year on the tendency of animals to eat halogeton and see just what range conditions ore eafe and what are dangerous to livestock. RIVERSIDE By MYRLE UDY Sgt. Smith Ward Returns To Camp - Marine Sgt. Smith Ward and wife visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 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