| Show ' -- ' C I TREMONTON Utah — A combination of good rtianagement good land and a good irrigated pasture mixture- has produced an average of 957 pounds of beef per acre on the LeRoy Bunnell farm in Elwood near here And prospects are that the yield for the full grazing season will exceed 1000 pounds per acre In the spring of 1948 sod conservation technicians working with the Northern Utah i 1 i 1 i V— t - " - i' ' - - ' 4i Ite ' 1 ' 4 )' t t Irk !!:4 14 0 V 4 ''' ' ' t' :''''N A t''I " 7 4 l' '''"- 't I t -- t 1 "' ' -r 4 s - - t '- 44 '' 0 '' l'''e'a'sa b X - - 'f T: lt t t ' tt : - Ai I e ”-- t t t "' ? 4 - I: - - - E' - k1 4V" i-- - '''- ' 1 i4'1''' i4 7 ' ' - ' )- P: ! t - - $) 4 e I iv i 1 4 4 ' - 4' V '" i :j flt '7i Al 4 giggo 4444P 4 14 Meek !filmset' lett and LeRoy Bunnell ttkcir irrigated pasture meat Trementon 44 4 -' 'e: 11 I ' 441 4 t ' ' tweet k i'''i : i" ) ' et : ! $1-v''' 4 ::l 41 ' I ' t ' ' t ' )41 (it " ag " A Ida (SPecte)— Turkey producers will be obis to produce cheaper turkeys by the feeding of more protein and more efficient rations according to a report from C F Petersen associate poultryman with the University of Idaho experiment station This means less cost per pound of meat which in turn will either reduce costs to the consumer or make it possible for the producer to increase his profits or sometimes break even when feed costs soar 'Increasing the amounts of protein materials such as fish meal soybean oil meal or meat meal provides more essential nutrients and speeds up the turkeys growth" states reterien "De:rease the fibre content by greatly reducing the amount of oats mill feeds and alfalfa Birds do not do too well on' coarser feeds ospeq-lallduring the first few weeks of life Instead use a i '4'": 1 "lir' 1 41 IS f 19 ' 4' N high-protei- n high-ener- tion Petersen records show that it required no extra feed to produce the extra weight Feed coats por pound of gain were slightly less for the ration than for gains made with high fibre feeds ) i' 4t mavilistalkivil$ io'S A' 4 4 fr' 4 "X 4 ' 4 '' PI i it 4 -- - A gAi '' 1000 e t ''' ' 4 1 - iipn SALT L Sunday 1 '!:) t 'I I ' 51(1-'141- pounds of beef gain IT1144 during 1950 by one of his Hol- torLa k 11 one-ha- - li v Vi ' i o weimoest ' 41 lf I 444 I arm 4 l' ID : ea s 'IN Ir Vii 11tollr's Altilitatit - WU NAMPA 4 r ' wlbrF 7 04 owaoewor gottveIr 1 ' t VI I t L1-11'-" r e 'T t t-- 1 i fir1 - — OWN( ' The Holstein 't4T45 '- - - ' sairiv - - A ' tV s ''' t 0 4 I 1 1 4 4- : ' i" It A t in L - ' - it'o mighty elotte to volt bitoon here ulth Kent If tido Wet a record one 'k 1 ndrot 4 4 1 I : (1:kAit ' '''' ' ' w z 0 4'91""---- ''''''' - - Q I ' lltg")"41411 - ' ' rl RkIIIIII‘Irs i ' r BEAR SC1111 rr -- S P484 vattatn :' -- f s etiiix - November 26 I - r IDAH O Whether you are bold'ing a home garage business establishment or farm structures invest your money itt White Lava Building Slack laugh durable and permanent No other building meterial otters more lasting qualities aakittia INE C111 4 '11 s' - ' : 3' '' " t 's :- ::' '' a1" 't ' - - I i- ' ” - 4 r ''' - 1 '" t k :k 0 :'‘ '''' ''' '1' I t- ' z''t:: ' ' r'4 '5 as' li''' '''' 4i' - v 'k P 1 41 - high-ener- or-WE- A 4 ' tIL't'' I ‘' ! '- ' stein cows which he has been raising the past several years Normally he said a calf weighs about half of that amount "but we always do a little better than average out here" Mr Lawrence said Not sonly was the calf the largest but it Was the first calf produced by the cow Mr Lawrence expects to have- some really large calves from the further revealed that after 26 weeks the averag difference increased to almost lti pounds for tsins There was little difference in weight of turkey hens on the recommended ra- '' V 1 "ter- - ' ''' A'4k 4' produced fibre-conte- Ark Wlifir t ' - I e BUILDING BLOCK $?14) -- ri't ' 4 4 i i TWIN FALLS Id& (Seecial)—They do things in a big way at the P L Lawrence ranch east of Twin Falls where a registered Holstein calf arrived weighing mat SO lbs According to Mr Lawrence the calf is the largest he has ever seen and the largest ever high-ener- 4 ON't - k:1 14 "e s t I- 7 x' s1 V: ''' ' gi '1 - ''' ' 1" - 11 ' - 4 7k ' 1 'I At Near Record costs on each bird fed ration of this type At the end of eight weeks turthe keys fed ration gained almost half a pound more than those fed a higher ration The poultryman te : " ' e' ( in- creasing energy and making better use of higher protein" Experiments have been conducted with the university turwhich resulted in key flock 40c more income over feed UTAHAD Vilhj f- a- 1 ''' t 1: " t - f' "' A eight-acr- Bunnell put tract into irri- - gated pasture Using a nurse crop of barley which produced 65 bushels per acre that fall Bunnell planted four pounds- each of smooth brume and orchard grass three pounds each of tall meadow -- oatt—grasare4clAY0fT111!7Isirr tit 2216' Tardeid3--fella and two pounds—of 'edam "Assuming that the gain on clover per acre the five is represents- tive of the steers Cut for Ilay entire herd the total gain from April 23 to Sept 9 In 1949 the pasture was cut would be 7656 pounds on the for hay yielding almost four eight acres of pastures It fig tons per acre in two cuttings The third cutting was rented tares an average gain of 957 pounds per acre in approxiout for pasture mately 140 days of use the "From hay production 'If the gains are maintained seemed that it standpoint at the same rate during' the grazing steer calves and yearbalance of the pasture season lings on the tract would bring as appears to be likely the more money" Bunnell stated pastures will have produced In the spring of 1950 he well over IOW pounds of beef formed a partnership with per acre by the end of the a Mack Hansen neighboring season" Bunnell said grazing stuyoung farmer and a former How They Worked dent of Bunnell in the vocational agriculture department Both men declare that the reof the Bear River high school sults yould not have been atOn April 23 they bought 21 tained‘ without all of the man steers ranging in weight from agernent practices needed for a 325 to 670 pounds Four more successful program: good pashead were bought on May 1 ture mixture with high producto "keep up with the grass" ing grasses and legumes high Two weeks later Hansen turned fertility the division of the to in two of his dairy- cows into four equal units pastures p help keep the grass grazed for controlled grazing and adedown quate and uniform irrigating Dividing their pastures into "All of the measures were applied in accordance with a mother in a few more years comprehensive soil conservaThe bull calf is perfectly tion plan developed with the formed and sit 14 hours had all Northern Utah Soil- Conservaof the appearances of being a tion district in 1947" Bunnell month or two old except that stated it was still a little avobbley on The partnership provided its legs that each would provide The mother of the new calf of the coat of the steers won an award in the dairy while Bunnell would provide heifer class at the county fair the pastures and Hansen would last fall along with several provide the labor for irrigatother entries from the ing clipping and fence rence herd This Calf Sets lot of low fibre corn for y I 4 ? :' - ' they obtained nearly per acre from eight-acr- here i the ' V 'IN l V'1A 1 'it ' four sections of two &erre eat4i the men installed electric fences on irrigation borders built up to control irrigation water The pastures are irrigated every two weeks After the first irrigation and dipping they applied 200 pounds of phosphate and 200 pounds of nitrogen fertilizers per acre Rotation Grating "The pastuies are grazed in rotation" the two explained "Eath pasture maintains the herd for about a week after which the stock are removed to the next pasture Supplemental feed has been provided In limited quantities "On Sept 9 five steers were selected and weight checks were made The steers were representative of the entire group and showed an average -- that net rec- Soil Conservation ommended that 4 lk1 4":-- 1 1- '' :13 41 ' lig - X' -- '11'' :i'' ' ' t '4' t0-4- ' How to Cut Turkey Costs MOSCOW 1o X 4 1 1 '1' gt ' Sig'' 4 - '' 4 4 44 ' 41'"'i ''"41ALy tr ' I iX : i el40i '3' ' - — kt t '' If - 1 g l'' :''' ' ' Lf :- r'4 -- '' - 4 d 2 6 ' '' i- v ' - - r41 4 V 't'l: t ' 's ' '' :'' ' it ‘'' Á '' ' ' t "i''' 4 011i - '- 4 - - -- aki i' i 7''f ' P A"' J t 4 4 IS ' ' '''' '''‘i'I '' ? 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