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Show Grass and Rye Rocommended For Livestock Livestock raising is still about the largest industry in the state of Utah and this is particularly true of Millard County where a major part of the income is derived de-rived from livestock yet the big problem confronting livestock men is a cheap source of feed. Only 10 of the total area in Millard County is under cultivation which leaves approximately 4,000,000 ac- res of arid and semi-arid land that can be utilized only by livestock grazing. Of this range area an estimated es-timated 240,000 acres of land can be used advantageously in seeding seed-ing or reseeding practices. On these acres, instead of using the term "acres of feed per cow" we could say "cow months of feed per acre", if they were planted to drouth resistant grasses. Much progress has been made al ready in the seeding of various wheat grasses with an estimated 23,410 acres in production. Grass planted in this area in the order of their importance are crested wheat grass, intermediate wheat grass and tall wheat grass making mak-ing up the bulk of the acreage. There are other small plantings of stiff haired wheat grass, Russian Rus-sian wild rye, slender wheat grass and Indian rice grass. Alto fescue is also very important import-ant in saline soils and will figure fig-ure in prominency in Millard Co. Rye, in spite of it's nuisance to the dry land wheat farmer has been very important as a source of livestock feed in Millard. There are roughly 22,000 acres of this type of feed growing here. Perhaps Per-haps some of these acres could be better utilized if planted to perennial per-ennial grass or a combination of grass and rye. |