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Show Second Field Day Set For Sept.3-4 At Desert Station Plans for the second annual field day to be conducted Kridav and Saturday, September 3 and 4, by the Intel-mountain Forest and Range Experiment station, about 50 miles west Df Milford, were announced an-nounced Tuesday by Reed V. Bailey, Bail-ey, director. The programs are being drafted in cooperation with the Utah State Agricultural college extension service and the University Univer-sity of Nevada extension service. The first of these field trips, held last fall, was eminently successful, with an interest and attendance that surprised everyone. With some GOO invitations going out for this year's trip, the attendance will be even greater, it is expected. Stockmen, ranchers, foresters and others interested in the use of the desert range are being invited to attend the tour of inspection, to study the results of four years of experimental work on well managed manag-ed range and to take part in the special program to be conducted at the branch station headquarter the evening of September 3, Dirc-tor Dirc-tor Bailey said. Experiments will be explained and the tour conducted under the supervision of Pr. George Stewart, in charge of range investigations for the intermountain station, and Selar S. Hutehings, in charge of the desert station. "About eight years ago the forest for-est became vitally interested in the conditions found on the desert range of western Utah", Director Bailey said, "Cattle and sheep owners who were running their outfits on the deert range reported report-ed that the lamb and calf crops were light; that the livestock were getting poor and many were unable un-able to survive the winter season. Sheep lacked vigor and costly supplemental sup-plemental feed was required to curtail heavy losses in the flocks. "As a basts for assisting the stockmen in maintaining their herds and flocks in a thrifty con-. con-. dition throughout the winter season, sea-son, investigations were begun for developing and improving the desert range. The federal government govern-ment in 1933 ear-marked 55,000 acres of land in the western part of the state for the forest service to divide into study pastures and a camp of C C C workers was assigned as-signed to fence the area and build i the station. Research has been in progress at the desert range station sta-tion since 1932, the result of which will be seen September 3 and 4 by i those who attend the field day pro- ; grams", Director Bailey explained. |
