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Show y- 14C .T ? it - 0 Sait lake City; Tuesday, February 27, 1962 DESERET NEWS AND TELEGRAM, t f' ;' It" f $ - - 1 ' v Increased Meat Production Lies In Range Fertilization A s. It is reasonable to assume that within the next 15 to management, the full production potential of these areas cah be obtalned. In addition, there are 3 to 4 million acres of higher elevation or mountain ranges that can be expected to double or triple their present production through - the' application of fertilizer alone. He went on to say that the benefits from the application of fertilizer on range lands have been found to occur through (1) Increased forage good 20 years,. range fertilization will be an accepted practice In the management of many range lands, according to C. Wayne Cook, Utah Agricultural Ex periment Station,' Utah State University, Logan. More, intensive management of forage resources to meet the demands of the Increasing population for meat will, by necessity, require the application of all the known methods of improving the forage supply and processing It into a marketable prod- uct "It has been estimated that the requirements for meat in the western states will increase 75 per cent during the next 15 years," he said. If production remains the same, the West will be Importing beef and lamb from the eastern states by 1975. Thus, if we are to keep pace with the deni a n d s, livestock producers must increase output" More intensive and more efficient use of range forage re- v range has received the proper amount of fertilizer and increased growth shows result. This source is obviously the answer to this problem of increased demand for meat Feed makes up about 80 percent of the cost of producing beef and lamb, and the more of this that comes from range Arrange for us to feed your commercial cattle at our "Meat Manufacturing Plant" In Sallna, Utah forage the greater the n Vee Rot mm frHt with lm (Nut tkramgk bHh food for jroo of oor Mfov idortWc feed lot. Wrlft or yfcooo for rfofaifi, M SAUNA CO. FEED & SUPPLY Marita Sorenson KT one-fift- Owner "BREEDER OF RUGGED HEREFORDS" Sanpete County THE CENTER IO4oa M-- OF UTAH'S SCENIC BEAUTY of daaerimd CMc CM kr af tndnii tad baton Utah V Salt lot ud Co over the Kenie Skyttoo Drive Tbit Gooseberry ud Beaver Deal area; Fan-vieReaervoir, Huntinftoa Reaer. voir. Rolfaoa Retervoir, South Teat 11.293 ft; Beaver Dam Elevation, Flat Campaita, Fer Reaervoir, roo Reaervoir. Skyllae Drive goea front Falrview to Mayfield. Sponuii Fort Viait the Turkey Packing Plant at Moroni and beautiful Maple Canyon west of Moroni. Visit Snow College and the Swim- - Springvilt Lthbiu v Sft . rtmuNO. Fillmore with bighwaya eomtaf -- MAYFtfLO qu . into the county from Juab Houte I County from Lem through 1 Fayette, which is Highway 28; I also 189 from Nephi, through I Fountain Green. From Carbon County, Highway 31 goes from . From Huntington to I Emery County Highway 39 goes from Castle Dale to Ephn, raim and from Emery to Cove through Mayfield. The Fort Skyline Drive goes from Fair view to Mayfield. For additional infor ANGUITCH nation, get la touch with Sanpete County Industrial Deveiopm&lj r RfCMPtHD I I Manti Utah City SAUNA I CENTEJtFlflO See the beautiful LDS temple atj MaatL Palisade Park is a nice spot to W juat south of Manti, also Nine Mile Reaervoir. Gunnison Reaeyvoir and Sevier Bridge Reservoir are ideal spots for fishing and duck and goose bunting. - Gunnison also, has a beautiful pvk band swimming pool. Centerfield has n large Sugar ' Factory. You will find motels and cafes lt the cities. Bryce Conyo averages 18 -- fear le y plane increased the palatabu- ity of forage and thereby drew animals onto slopes not normally frequented by livestock. Distribution of grazing animals on rough mountain ter-rai- n is a major problem in obtaining uniform utilization on the range; therefore, the use of fertilizer may prove to be a valuable tool in better utilization of mountain ranges. Increased Vigor "The use of fertilized as a renovation practice holds great promise," Prof. Cook continued. "The application of fertilizer on ranges where herbicides are used hastens the recovery of the range in addition to Increasing forage and nutrient yield. Studies tn Utah show that vigor of file vegetation Is Improved as shown by increased height and number, of seed stalks, Increase size of stems and leaves, and Increased root yield." He concluded by saying the responses from the application of fertilizer are best realized where moisture is not limiting. Therefore, areas receiving less than 12 inches of precipitation annually may show little or no response to the addition of fertilizer. Further research is needed sound recommendations can be made for the many and varied range situations where fertilizer may appear to be beneficial Economic returns especially are lacking. before CET QUALITY CITY Ti Hjfhvy89 Is located nearly throufk the center of Sanpete Committee precipitation inches, the dry matter yield was increased 2,000 pounds with the application of 40 pounds of nltrogert per acre. The carryover the second year as a result of fertilizing the previous year has varied from no additional forage yield to As much as 200 pounds per acre." Nutrient Yield He went on to say that during four years of research in Utah, it has shown that the protein content of range forage is Increased as much as one-thirthrough the application of nitrogen at the rate of 40 pounds per acre. As much as 300 pounds of additional digestible nutrients per acre have been produced on seeded foothill range and as much as L200 pounds additional digestible nutrients on mountain meadow ranges from the application of 40 pounds of nitrogen per acre. If we process as much as 60 per cent of this digestible nutrient increase by means of grazing animals, we could expect from 30 to as much as 120 pounds of additional meat per acre from the addition of fertilizer," he said. SEEING Delta FAYITTF. 1 'l , much as 500 pounds per acre," he continued. "On mountain meadow range where annual m Be cure to visit Dr. Avird Fairbanks sculpture and art works at Spring City and Falrview. I County, h Increased Forage Application of nitrogen at 45 pounds per acre on foothill ranges of Utah, where annual is about 12 .indies, precipitation ,. . . . Increased Paiatability In six separate fertilization studies on foothill and mountain ranges in Utah, It was found that the livestock pref- - J Jt i effi- ciency of production. Prof. Cook indicated that there are 4 to 5 million acres of foothill range lands in each state of this area that are now producing less than their potential forage capacity. However, through control of undesirable plants and with use of fertilizer and production, (2) Increased nutrient yield, , (3) increased payability, and (4) increased vigor of plants. fertilized areas adto unfertilized areas jacent was pronounced. In all cases the fertilized areas were utilized more than twice as heavily as the untreated areas, 40 pounds of nitrogen fgen per acre was added to the seeded foothill ranges, the degree of utilization by cattle on the treated plots was about 80 per cent compared to only 37 per cent on adjacent untreated plots. The following year, with no additional fertilizer, the same plots were utilized to fiie extent of 61 per cent on file treated and 28 per cent on the untreated. During the third year after treatment, no difference in palatl-bfiitbetween fertilized and unfertilized plots was noted. Herbicides and nitrogen fertilizer applied on mountain erence EDUCATION WITH INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION THAT ONLY A SMALL COLLEGE CAH PROVIDE Two yean fully accredited study leading to junior class standing in any university in academic andor professional fields. 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