| Show Range Course To Start tart Jan 4 Sanpete cattlemen a and n r sh sheep ep growers will have a an opportunity to take a coursin course cours in range management It will wil start on January and continue continue continue con con- each Monday for si six weeks A university course offered by the outstanding authorities on range management is being being being be be- ing sponsored by the Sanpete Cattlemen's Association the Sanpete County Farm Bureau and the Sanpete County Fair Fah Board interested in registering regis dering for the course should contact the local director of of the Sanpete Cattlemen's Association Association Association As As- in their area or a Farm Bureau representative or the Fair Board or contact county agent Del C. C Purnell at the courthouse in Manti Everyone and anyone is welcome to attend this series of training sessions A very nominal charge is being required required re re- but the program isone is isone isone one which is being offered forthe forthe for forthe the first time in any place in western United States and affords the farmers and cattlemen cattlemen cat catS an excellent opportunity ity to get the basic Information information information tion he needs in his range management and farming op op- The first meeting starts in inthe inthe inthe the Courthouse basement at 1 pm p.m. January The topic for this day is Basic Range Principles This meeting will cover such things as the physical physical physical phy phy- nature of range plants the response of range plants to grazing plant soil and water wa- wa w wa water ter relationships in range plants judging range conditions conditions conditions condi condi- and trends as basis for stocking rates A workshop will then be beheld beheld beheld held on range plants what kinds of plants make up summer summer summer sum sum- mer range the plants that are most predominant in good goodspring goodspring goodspring spring and fall ranges and the types of vegetation that make winter range Speakers at this first meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing will be LaMar Mason of the Soil Conservation Service in Salt Lake City Paul Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris- Chris Logan and A. A Perry Plummer of the USDA The second me meeting ting will beheld be beheld beheld held on January at the Courthouse the main topic being being being be be- ing range utilization The main topics at this meeting will be Range seasonal values in relation relation relation re re- lation to animal needs and the use of supplemental feeds on the range Discussion will also be heldon held heldon on systems of range management management management manage manage- ment deferred grazing rotation rotation rotation rota rota- tion grazing rest of range rangelands rangelands rangelands lands and experimental results results results re re- of the Ephraim Canyon and Benmore Experimental area will The economy of these range management practices will be discussed by Paul Grimshaw and Art Smith On January Range Improvement Improvement Improvement Im Im- provement Problems and Practices will be discussed Dr Cook of the USDA willbe will willbe willbe be the speaker here Dr Cook will discuss control of foreign foreign for for- foreign eign plants on the range range seeding and up follow-up management of seeded range as well as salting plans water water water wa wa- ter development fencing range fertilization and equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment needed for range im im- im- im provement On January the topic will win be watershed management management management manage manage- ment practices in relation to grazing Dr Cole Thorpe Range Management Dept at Utah State University will wil discuss mechanical practices Used in range rehabilitation such things as Is terracing trenching and the m manipulation ula- ula tion of plant cover logy that is the complete story of water on the range and its effect on the surrounding area will be discussed Fifth meeting of the series will be held on February 1 L Range analysis methods of theLand theLand the theLand Land Management Agencies will be the main heading The Forest Service Bureau of Land Management and the State Land Board will discuss this topic Meeting number six will beheld be beheld beheld held on February and the main topic will be Cultivated pastures and forages on crop cropland land An interesting item on on- on this program will be a presentation presentation presentation pres pres- of the latest information information information tion on insect control in alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa al al- falfa and other forage crops Lou Jensen Extension Agronomist Agronomist Agronomist Agron Agron- Gordon Van Epps Agronomist at Ephraim and George Knowlton Extension Entomologist will be the speakers for this meeting Anyone interested please get in touch with anyone of the above mentioned people right away says Del Purnell Sanpete County Extension Agent |
