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Show Twelve Agencies Study Program To Reseed Ranges Twelve federal and state agencies, agen-cies, together with livestock and i crop associations throughout Utah, began work Tuesday on a program designed to reseed more than 100,-000 100,-000 acres of public and private land in the state. Preliminary ground work for the program was completed last week at Salt Lake City when representatives represen-tatives of the extension service, experiment ex-periment station, agricultural adjustment ad-justment administration, soil conservation con-servation service, forest .service, grazing service, farm security administration, ad-ministration, soil conservation service, ser-vice, forest service, farm security administration, state department of agriculture, farm bureau, Cattle and Horse association, civic clubs and the L.D.S. church met to consider con-sider ways and means of producing produc-ing more forage for the livestock industry of the state. According lo uirecwr William Peterson of the Utah Agricultural Extension Service cognizance will be given to the experimental re-CContinued re-CContinued on page Eight) TWELVE AGENCIES STUDY PROGRAM TO RESEED RANGES (Continued from page One) seeding work done by the Inter-countain Inter-countain Forest and Range experiment experi-ment station, the Utah Agricultural Agricultur-al experiment station and private individuals. "No set pattern for reseeding has been considered. Methods will be worked out by experts who will be named to the state committee. We have been charged with the task of rehabilitating spring and fall ranges and we plan to meet that assignment through the cooperation co-operation of all agencies and private pri-vate owners concerned," Director Peterson said. "Utah is primarily a livestock state. If we maintain our flocks and herds and develop them we must give more (attention to providing pro-viding sufficient feed to keep them in good physical condidtion and prepare the marketable stock for the demands of the buyers." Extension Agronomist Aaron F. Bracken reports that Utah is losing los-ing more than $1,000,000 a year because be-cause of deficient forage on areas that could be reseeded and brought into economic production. Possible grasses listed by the agronomist ag-ronomist for reseeding are: crested crest-ed wheatgrass, rye, beardless wheat gras, bulbous bluegrass, big blue grass, blue wild rye, Indian rice grass and western wheatgrass. |