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Show Local Group Sponsors Young Farmer Tour BbVHbBbVwBBbVhBsL- jifaHBIBBftBBBBBBTraieSSTBK iBBSBBBflBVjL j&L MSHHl SsHBnBBBBKlsySBliBBMiBMHBBSBllBW 'FUbHsTH bHRBsBBBSSBbPHs .MemlxTH f the Yoniiir I'smu-in group liMten to Kay llcudWM'ii Pangultch Young Farmers Organization, on Friday and Saturday ot last week, was the host to over 80 young farmer guests from all' parts of the State. Heading the local organization Is Jim Peterson, president; Jack 8. Yardley, vice president; Dan Perkins, secretary; and Al-den niack, Voc. Ag. Teacher-Advisor. TJe group registered at the High School, and then drove to the Experjuifnt Farm where Kay .Rendlxson Explained grasp alfalfla relatlon'f local plantings, 1 i 1 .w, Tlien the tour proceded la th wtteisnd on the Pangultch Iakev District, where. .Rangers Williams and' Dalton and Asst. Supt, Ileywood explained the reseeding and range manage men! programs being conducted The first stop wan online flat i In South Canyon, showjng lq. i vaslon'of Plnyon and JurJperon ovgraie( range. Tl-rn' the. reseedlng (equipment wasi ob-r tulk on alfalfa and other grans-m st the State Experimental Farm nortli of Pangultrh. served, and the reset-ding on the D. A. Tebbs' Allotment. The Improvements were discussed by Maine Sevy who formerly operated on I'M unit. He reported that Improvements were prac-tlcully unbelievable. The group then toured to' Pungultch Lake Pilot Plot where scvdlnrs have been in for five years. Resceded area production showed 1070 lbs per acre, wlvtre as on a control unit tho production was 133, lbs per acre. Approximately 8 times as great. Ueed Henderson explained . Ira tli fish disposal at the Iake and the benefits to be derived 'from the program. A mutton dinner was servd by the local Young Fwrwtfr group at the Pangultch Lake camp grounds. Lloyd H;Uch, Vee Jlruhn, Arthur Crosby, Kay Little, Max Swtapp, ltd Jesa i Coon prepared the meal. The rest of the afternoon was spent viewing the results ot i i good and poor range management pract'ees, observing the Oranger-Thyo reseedlng project on J. L. Hatch private land, and driving through part ot the 7.6 MM bd rt timber sale In Rock Canyon, Friday night the group' en-' joyed a slide lecture on Soenlc Southern Utah given ov Uurnett Hendryx. Tho first stop Satuidiy morning was at the Crofts and Pearson Sawmill, whtre tho process of making I u inter was explained from the logging operation to the final milling ana drying ptocesg by Leo Crofts. Tho next stw was th Tropls Retiolr wrere Mr. He-wood explained its uie in relationship to the above watershed and the ' silting that was taking place: The lost stop was at Bry.oe Canyon, where the group haA lunch at tfc cafeteria and weiil on h conducted tour of thecaii; i yon viewing the scenic points of Inteteit. fiiifiiisii |