Show WATCH THE PASTURE tile the generosity of 0 the weather man with his hot weather la Is going to be severe on pastures the wet and rather cool weather that has preceded this hot dry spell places the pastures only in greater danger because they are more apt to be forgotten in the general prosperity they formerly enjoyed A trip out to the pasture every day or two will be time well spent because the first indications of a slackening in the growth of the grass can be detected and water can be applied as needed do not wait tor for the cows to report a failing pasture by decrease in their milk flow because the affects of such a decrease are very difficult to overcome in fact a cow once falling away may never regain her former milk flow during the entire summer it if irrigation does not revive the pastures they are probably overstock over stock ed and this should be looked into it if worst comes to worst it will probably ge ne cesary to supply hay bay either in the pasture or in theiarn the barn at night because it never pays to overstock pastures utah agricultural college |