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Show Farm, Ranch Garden & Southern Utah By Georgia C. Lauritzen Extension Nutrition Specialist Utah State University 9c pkg. QUIENT SUPPLY . Why Is Mulch spread 3 to 6 inches deep araand plants reduces water loss during hot summer days. Lamb So Expensive? whet our environmental friends say, coyote predation is putting the sheep industry out of business. From e birth rate of 130 rate of to a aurvive-bUi- ty 70 at market time, it is not possible for us to stay in business. No amount of theorising can change that million fact. We bed 1 breeding ewes in 1967. Now we have Vs million. It's plain economics. Government laws mean lamb is reserved for coyotes and the wealthy few. .Utah Growors City. h Mulches For Your- Garden Reduces Water Losses - Sheep, a renewable natural resource, provide the only way to market woody, thruby, - weedy vegetation that grows on steep mountain elopes. Regardless of n (Wool Gardening - A Money Saver Food Shopping Now Big Responsibility Flower and Vegetable Seeds Ml Into Page 3 News The homemaker of today has an overwhelming responsibility to adequately supply the family members with the nutrients which are necessary for an abundant life. She must have a variety of traits and knowledge which could classify her as an economist, nutritionist, and psychologist. Today a homemaker has to contend with busy schedules of family members coming and going at different times with little regard for the strict eating hours which were at one time strenuously enforced. Most individuals experience more catering to likes and dislikes which is perpetuated by numerous available foods. BY Kirk G. Heaton sites. Weil rotted sawdust District Conservationist may not require addition of nitrogen. However, if new sawdust is used you may want to add i to 2 cups of ammonium sulfate to each bushel of fresh sawdust. Only one cup of! ammonium nitrate should be Sufficient. Weed-fre- e straw works well but loose straw can be a fire hazard. Compost is the best mulch you can f se. Your . garden plant leftovers, tree leaves or lawn clippings are good sources of gtaterial from which to make Compost. You can make compost bins yourself by .attaching ordinary fence wire or boards to solid posts or open brick work. Each bin should be 4 to 6 feet high and 3 to 5 feet wide and any convenient length. Make one side removable so you can add and remove compost material. Use two bins and fill one with Mulches can make gardens better. They can prevent soil blowing or washing. They help keep weeds down and they keep the soil moist and cod and add organic matter. v Sawdust, grass clippings, straw and compost are excellent mulches and they are easy to apply. Just spread a 3 to 6 inch layer of one of these suggested materials ground your plants on the soil surface (be sure you dont cover your plants.) Its important that you keep the mulch thick enough to do the job which may mean adding more mulch during the season. Sometimes a mixture of different mulches is good to prevent packing. Sawdust is available from local sawmills or old sawmill alternate layers of organic Weed n Feed Ammonium Nitrate Lawn Food Iron Sulfate .and more Garden Hose & Tools Glover Lumber And Hardware Kancb, Utah material 6 to 12 inches thick and garden soil one inch thick. To each layer of organic material add 1 cup ammonium sulfate or other suitable nitrogen source per bushel or organic material. Moisten each layer of organic material before adding the soil layer. Repeat the layering process until the bin is full or you run out of organic material. Pack the material tightly around the edges but only lightly in the center so that this area settles more than the edges and the water doesn't run off. After 3 to 4 months of moderate to warm weather, either May or June begin turning the material by moving from the first bin to the second. After turning the material once, it should be ready for use in your garden, around perennials in the fall and as mulch for your garden the next spring. If you aren't able to turn it, composting will take longer but will still work. Some information for this article was taken from USDA Home Garden Bulletin No. 185. It has been estimated that d of the approximately total meals consumed by individuals in this country are now eaten away from home. The foods chosen for the away from home meal are at the mercy of the selector with little regard for a view of the nutrients and how it will fit into the entire days food intake. time gardeners interested, A saving of time may be more important in many instances than the additional cost. The quality of the product might be inferior but acceptable for some homemakers. However, for others without the skills in preparation a convenience food might provide a better product than one which is made. The amount of energy required to prepare foods is another concern. It is simple to compare the amount of energy required in home preparation for two products. However, the energy required for the production, processing and transportation of those products in other than the home is important. Most convenience foods have a rather large amount of energy invested before they reach the home. even if they did not realize as great a return from their garden as expected the first year. Currently, parents are expressing considerable interest to have their children learn about gardening in the schools. If such courses were included in grade school, junior high and high school curricula, millions more young people would graduate with an interest for gardening. Millions of American families currently without a garden site express an interest in community type gardening programs. All types of people have become serious about vegetable gardening. During the last year we saw a great increase of interest among the higher income, better educated gardeners. Those who work in a business or professional occupation and live in the suburbs have shown perhaps the greatest increase in gardening interest. one-thir- The acquiring of the food itself is a challenge which requires skills formerly unnecessary. The supermarket now offers many different products. Hie decisions which must be made are almost overwhelming. For instance, the homemaker no longer simply buys potatoes without concern. She must decide whether the bagged potatoes or the loose potatoes suit her need, whether the dehydrated potatoes might save enough time to allow for the additional cost, whether the oven is too crowded to be used for warming the frozen potatoes or whether the skills and knowledge are available to prepare the potatoes from scratch in the form which is desired. 1 Y7AGATCH CKX.ICAL hss the RIGHT celutlon for s!f your needs! FOR BIGGER, BETTER YIELDS BEAUTY A YARD-WIDE- ... ...FOR USE TESTED-OUAUTPRODUCT PNOM MOUNTAIN AMERICA'S PIONEER IN AGRICULTURAL AND NOBS ITHTtY. 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Of course, this must be paid for in the total price. k i. ' in. it. rrt wi nk nt I.iwm l .lie pinl items wttli i1sImi PI tit, h i iillnni p.illi II s troweled .1 .IlMIHI .'ti ( (.MllllH' elHMH Wild k ur Itir 1iilttr l.iittily Wt ID I Alt H i'll n Iik q.isotirx? trifiimors Uimmof We We it ii mI .'fdqors made 'em first. make em last. fklCLS START S1S9.9S V AT ThsVIEED EATER can cut it. BARGAIN BARN East Highway ? Tf 89 Box 104 Kanab. Utah 84741 |