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Show FARM NOTES BY GOLDEN L. STOKER Beaver County Agent Forest Station To Show Results of Experiments The sixth field day of the Great Basin branch of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment station sta-tion will be held August 7 and 8 at the station located on the Manti national forest, 10 miles east of Ephraim, in cooperation with the Utah Extension service, according to R. W. Bailey, director of the station and Director William Peterson of the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college. The purpose of this meeting is to give livestock men and others interested in range use an opportunity oppor-tunity to view the results on the ground of experiments being conducted con-ducted at this station. Among the projects to be reviewed are: range improvements by natural revegeta-tion revegeta-tion and artificial reseeding, forage for-age value of native range plants and the time of carbohydrate food storage, climate and its effects on plant growth, and relation of grazing and plant cover to water shed protection. The group will assemble at Ephraim Eph-raim at 8 a.m. August 7, and will then proceed up the mountain under direction, stopping at intervals inter-vals to inspect the research projects. pro-jects. In the evening a campfire meeting will be held, at which time topics of general interest to livestock live-stock men and range men wll bt discussed. The Utah Woolgrower's association associa-tion will hold its annual summei meeting on the station grounds the morning of August 8. Visitors are invited to spend the night of August 7 at the station A limited number of tents and camp beds will be available, but all who can conveniently do so should bring their camp beds or plan to return to Ephraim for the night Facilities for meals will be provided pro-vided at the station. Stockmen of the state are invited to attend the field day, Director Bailey said. |