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Show WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. GEORGE, HR. FARMER: Avcid Grazing Thursday, March 25, IMS UTAH Offer Five Sell Desert Sampling Regain Spring Suggestions The number of animals we can Here sre five suggestions by safely put on ranges varies with County Agent Don A. Huber for Dri is the used, how range accurate soil samples which taking of Stoddard A. Wayne Cook and L. can mean use of fertilizer Utah State University Range Man and more better acre for you: profits per rein declare agement Department porting recent range research. (1) Divide each field into uniform Their report in Utah Farm and areas, paying special attention to Home Science emphasibes that differences in slope, erosion, crop season of grazing affects grazing growth and yield. The soil in each capacity. They point out that any area should have the same texture, grazing which removes over 25 to cropping history and fertilizer 30 per cent of the desert plant treatment. herbage after about April 1 must (2) When you sample an area, be regarded as dangerous. It is esscrape away the surface litter and pecially serious when forage is re- take core six Inches deep from DON A. HUBER moved during the winter and again the surface soil. more in the spring. Never should County Agent (3) On permanent pastures and than 30 per cent be removed in either season, as might occur when sod areas, samply only three inches time the ground isnt frozen. sheep graze winter range until late deep. Repeat this procedure in 10 To take a soil sample, you need spring or when cattle graze desert to (4) 15 places in the uniform area. a container and information sheet, ranges year long. Mix the soil in the pail and fill a a sampling tube or space and a a two-yea- r , Over period the reclean pail. You can get the consearchers checked both the effect pint container with the mixture. (5) Dont sample unusual areas tainer and information from your of season of harvesting and the insuch as deed furrows, low spots or county agent, fertilizer dealer or tensity of harvesting on seven spe- terraces.. the vocational agriculture teacher. d long-livecies of perennial forage Such a procedure will give you dessale to common typical plants a composite sample representing all ert ranges in western Utah. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Squirt regen fertilizer. It will also pay to The ..researchers reiqpved parts sections of the field. This will help add some phosphate fertilizer with the soil testing laboratory give you ceived word of the birth of e grandmanner a hand in of the by plants an accurate report on your lands child. a baby girl, to Mr. end Mrs. the manure, once every 4 years, simulating the way they would be needs for x You can satisfy the fertilizer renutrients. Robert W. Squire March 7 in San In harvested by grazing animals. Soil samples can be taken any Diego, Calif. quirements of your garden with the first phase, carried on from commercial fertilizers. We suggest 1955 to 1957, they checked the ef5 lbs. of ammonium fect of you apply 25, 50 and 75 per nitrate or 0 lbs4 of ammonium cent of removing the herbage at four differi Now is a good time to apply sulphate per 1000 sq. ft. of garden ent seasons about November 1, fertilizer to lawns and gardens.. We area. You may want to divide this January 1, March 1 and May 1 often have questions concerning application: Apply some in the early repeated at two different locations fertilizer application: What mate- spring and plow it under or work 90 miles apart In the second phase rials should be used? What is the it into the soil. The rest can be from 1958 to 1961 they added a best fertilizer to apply? How much applied and irrigated in during ear- third location and clipped more , should be applied? The answers to ly summer, removing 30, 60 and 90 Your garden phosphate needs severely, these questions is related to your of the foliage. Harvest cent per 2-will be satisfied if you apply 3 individual situation. seasons were changed to include lbs. of i treble super phosphate Fertilizer For Lawns: fall, winter; early spring and late Manure has been used for years once every 4 years. . early, They considered spring. Be wise in your selection of fertfor application to lawns. Tide Is as about the time new spring ilizers.. Dont be tooled by products growth first appeared, around Ap: still recognized as good material; however, manure is messy and may sold as toil conditioners, cure-alland late spring as about the and other patented" mixtures. Use 1, bring In weed seeds. In addition, time 20 per cent of the new growth the organic effects of manure are standard brands and buy your fert had been produced, usually around not as important on lawns as in Uizers from reputable dealers. May 1. Other situations. We, therefore, In the first phase of the study, suggest that you consider com spring harvesting was much more mercial fertilizers, for your lawns. detrimental than that of the other .When you select a fertilizer, rethree seasons. It caused about 89 member that nitrogen is for grass, per cent more death loss of plants and phosphate is for clover, If you and resulted in 50 per cent more like clover in your lawn, you should reduction in size of the remaining Fi'c-scrlpJicn A apply phosphate; however, you plants than did the other seasons. dont need to apply it every year. In the second study, the late spring One pound of treble super phosThe recommendations you re- grazing appeared to be considered phate per 100 sq. ft should satisfy ceive on your soil-tereports are more detrimental than early spring the phosphate requirements for clo- backed up by many years of re- grazing. ver in lawn for at least 2--4 years. search. Harvesting twice once during If you are not interested in clover, Soil test recommendations are the winter and again in late spring one application of phosphate should based on hundreds of greenhouse was even more detrimental to last your grass at least 0 years. and field experiments on many dif- the range plants. When done for Grass needs n trigen every year. ferent soils. These experiments three consecutive years, it killed Nitrogen can be applied in the have shown what yield can be ob- an average of 29 per cent of the spring and again in the late sum tained from certain levels of fert plants and reduced the size of the mer when the effects of the spring ilizer. living plants about 33 per cent The In addition to conducting re- experiment data suggests that corapplication wears off. You can use ammonium sulphate or ammonium search, trained personnel of the rect stocking on a range grazed nitrate. Ten pounds of ammonium University of Idaho college of agri- in the spring. sulphate or five pounds of ammon- culture interpret the soil tests and Drs. Cook and Stoddard point ium nitrate per 100 sq. ft is ade- make the recommendations. These out the results of these studies are men use this chemical analysis of important to stockmen who use quate.. Dont exxceed these amounts your soil, your past management desert ranges. They show beyond very much or you may burn your and fertilizer practices as reported question that stock need to leave lawn. In case you get too much on, on your information sheet, together the desert range as soon as growth irrigate heavily and avoid the burn- with knowledge of local soil condi- of the shrubs is under way. This tions to make recommendations to emphasizes that Utah ranchers ing effects. Fertilizer For Gardens: need to develop crested wheat you. If manure is available, use if on In other words, a prescription grass pastures for early spring your gardens and plow it under. method of making fertilizer recom grazing. If the manure contains a lot of mendations is used. Dont Guess THE KOOK1E SIX straw, you will need to add nitro Soil Test. We held our first meeting at our leader, Mrs. Houstons house. This and we are is our first year in taking cooking. We have fixed sandwiches and milk drinks and next time we make biscuits. Our officers are: President, Sharlene Brinkerhoff; Vice President, Debra Foremaster; Secretary, Debra Houston; Song Leader, Marianne Me Arthur; Party Chairman, Roma Sue Esplin; and Reporter, Debra Lytle. Where theres smoke theres not necessarily fire research chemists have found ways to capture one particular type of smoke, change fertit into valuabue nitrogen-ric- h ilizers and clean the air as well! In the process they have established a common bond between Utah coal miners and Utah fanners. 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