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Show - RL- , DESERET NEWS AND THEGRAM, Salt I ole City, Tuesday, February 27, Ways Listed In Grain Fertilizing JEl iHf'tf ,e; ! I i s . MhM Grain fertilization in this area isn't practiced too much, but great profits will result from use. Utah Arabian Horse Club Elects Officers, Plans '62 Activities New officers of the Utah Arabian Horse Club were elected at a recent meeting held In LehL Easton Brown of American Fork was named president, with Wendell Hansen, also of American Fork being named vice president, and Mrs. Joyce H. Garrick of Midvale, secretary treasurer. New show manager is Noy Christoff erson of Lehi.' Presentation of the trophies for the Utah High Point Performance Award were made. Maardan, owned by Garrick's Arabians of Midvale, won the top award with Memorial Moon, owned by Ned Smith of Diaper winning the ward for the half-Ara- Date of the Horse Show was set for July 20 21 ht the Salt Lake County Fairgrounds in Murray. DANDY CHUNK rUCCTMIIT Varied I IVU I P-63,- 677 DANDY ECHOLS Grand Champion at Filar Grand Champion at Ogdon, 1959-0and Morray, 1941. Reserva Champion at BlacMaat and Downey, SIRE-TEX- DAM-AN- AS NIE 0. 1961 STANDING AT J. FEE N BAR RANCH REED NIELSEN and SONS Portage, Utah Ph. GLendale $2.00 SEASON RETURN M APPALOOSA THE HORSE WITH A FUTURE TIig brted everyone is talking about, noted for disposition, stamina, onduranco and versatility. We invite you to attend our shows and visit us at our farms to talk Appaloosas any time. AND LA VON JENKINS 1, Mdn Mk, Mnha ROGERS MOTHERS TOM At. RALPH ( HAROLB L HARVEY Ran 77, Rnb.rt.rn. Wyoming LARRY ANB DON JENSEN 14 Vhw Strom, Sab Loka City, Utah SONS RILL FREESTONE Ftain Cby, Utah t DALE AND ALTA CARLISLE tMargo M. CLARK AND SON Utah tUD MALLIET ISM Won tk North, Sab Uko Cby ART AND LOIS MM Sooth MM Won. Sob toko Cby vm AIM CAROL LEARY SIM Won AIM Sooth, Sob labo Cby CUO H. WHT So. 1700 W Ogdon, Utah mi HUNTINGTON Lyman, Wytonog EKINS APPALOOSA FARMS Pina mm Croon and Wobtkotg, Ubfc BUD AND ALICE Ma SIX Fori, Main , MARTIN Oaklty. Idaho 1130 DICK MCNEIL Sooth 13th Won, Riowtoo. Utah AND EDITH ST ANGER E DANIAL 10447 So. 1300 W., Rivmtoa, L. Utah IntermoUntain Appaloosa Horse Chib SIM Worn 4100 VEU LEARY, Prtaid.N SALT LAKE CITY, I UTAH CAROL LEARY, Socy. Scientists at Utah State Uni vepsity in Logan have indicated that handling fertilizer requirements of spring grains can be done in several ways, according to Paul Christensen, agronomist. In the past, animal manure was used to supply the needed plSftt flutrients. With the increased intensity in farming currently in practice, it is no longer possible to obtain enough animal manure to take care of these needs. As a result, it has been necessary to resort to commercial fertilizers. A practice that is followed by farmers to supply nitrogen, which is the principal plant growth element needed by grains, is to follow alfalfa with small grains. When alfalfa Is plowed ini, Prof. Christensen says, the plant roots decompose and release nitrogen to the new crop. As a result, when alfalfa has been plowed up, and spring grain planted, the nitrogen level of that soli is usually relatively high the first year. Residua Effect Very often the amount of nitrogen supplied by the alfalfa crop is adequate to take care of a good crop of gram. Normally, a residual effect will carry over into the second year following the plowing out of alfala. However, it may be advisable to apply manure or nitrogen fertilizer to gram the second year Where alfalfa is not used in rotation or where the grain crop is planted several years beyond the time the alfalfa is plowed out, then it becomes necessary to apply nitrogen forilizer. Stiff strawed varieties of grains should be used in order to avoid this problem. The amount of nitrogen to be applied to small grains will be influenced in part by the amount of water available and also by the amount of residual nitrogen present In the soil. Normally, the range would be something on the order of 50 to 100 pounds of available N per acre. This can be supplied with 300 pounds of ammonium nitrate or 150 pounds of ammonium sulphate. The nutrient requirement for small grains in Utah is primarily limited to that of nitrogen. Nitrogen Used Up Nitrogen supplied from commercial fertilizer usually is used up the first year it is applied. Residual effects with nitrogen are relatively small if they e?ist at all. It is necessary to plan the nitrogen requirements of small grains each year and not rely on a residual effect left over from the previous years. One exception to this would be with the growing of small grains following a crop of sugar beets in which considerable nitrogen usually remains in the soil, A number of trials have been conducted over the past years to determine the fertility requirements of small grains on dry lands, Prof. 10 Christensen said. "These studies have shown that most of our state is lacking in sufficient rainfall for good dryland wheat production. Where precipitation is favorable, nitrogen application on small grains on the dry lands has been relatively successful. Rate for dry land winter wheat will be on the order of 40 pounds per acre. 952" Cl?' i NINTH ANNUAL Jtl -- Ard, fl, County Fair Grounds, sib J Murrayf Utah JULY A V -- 20-2- 1 v SPONSORED BY UTAH ARABIAN HOUSE CLUB FOR INFORMATION CONTACT DAN I. NUARTHUR EASTON BROWN, BRfS. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH 700 I. 4800 SO., MURRAY, UTAH PUREBRED ARABIANS WE HAVE CHAMPION MARES -- RAISING FOR SALE TOP QUALITY FOALS M ArtSw f- Jr x ? frit 23253 J; ,de'Lia GARRICK'S ARABIANS' v ... c CHAMPION 380 EAST 7800 SOUTH PHONE AM MARE GRAY MAGIC MIDVALE. UTAH VISITORS WELCOME INTERMOUNTAIN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION A Service And Promotion Group for the largest breed of light horses in the Mountain' West. Watch for the dates of Quarter Horse shows in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and attend tree at; Caldwell, Idaho March 2-- 3 Brigham Young University March 24 Idaho Falls, Idaho March 30-3-1 clinics Las Vegas, Nevada April. 21 - Fillmore, Utah April 28 Phone CR 9 2964 Morgan Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 7-4- Lavrel i. Brown, President West Jordan, Utah 72 i |