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Show Conservation Drill Available To Farmers In Area A new 7-foot Tye No-Till Seed Drill is now available to local farmers through the Upper Sevier and Canyonlands Soil Conservation Districts. This drill is designed to interseed grass and legumes into grain stubble, wet and semi-wet meadows and existing alfalfa stands. The ever increasing cost of farming has produced new innovative innova-tive methods to farm. One method is to decrease the amount of tillage operations and still maintain production. pro-duction. No-Till farming saves soil, toil and oil through less erosion and machinery use. It is nicknamed "Ugly Farming." The opening verse of a brand-new song entitled "I Farm Ugly" is: "I Farm Ugly, It's Plain To See. Ugly Farming's Been Good To Me." The local Soil Conservation Districts would like to encourage "ugly farming" and allow local farmers the opportunity to try it. The No-Till Drill also opens up the possibilities of seeding better grasses into what seemed hopeless situations before, such as wet meadows. The Tye No-Till Drill has large ripple coulters in the front to cut through existing sod or residue. It is equipped with a fertilizer box, grass seed box, legume seed box and a special seed box for light, fluffy seed. Press wheels on 8" spacings press the seed to the right depth. This drill can be pulled with most tractors, large or small, with hydraulic hookup. The drill is being rented out by the Upper Sevier and Canyonlands Soil Conservation Districts for $3 per acre. For more information contact the Upper Sevier SCD, Gregory D. Excell, 676-8079, the Canyonlands SCD, J. Robert Ott, 679-8787, or the local Soil Conservation Service Office, 676-8021. |