Show THE T H A renews I 1 E w s C agents o ants C bounty bounty ali edited by corner orner lamont lament E county agent GOOD PASTURE PROVES ASSET TO DAIRYMEN records at the dairy experimental farm arm ot of the utah state agricultural college indicate the great value of 0 good pastures in the dairy business according to georgo george Q bateman Ea teman superintendent ot of the butah utah experiment station dairy farm at logan these records show that over a day pasture season 9 of a days pasture replaced pounds of alfalla hay and pounds ot of corn silage furthermore the cows produced 09 of a pound more butterfat per day while on pasture than during tile the winter when they were barn fed ed these figures are based upon a five year average E even v e n ra more 0 r e 1 important m p 0 r a n it t the teed itt has reed cos cost t p per e r D pound 0 u n d 0 f b u e r w was ahi 91 cents higher during the winter when the cows were barn fed compared t to summer when the cows were on oil pasture there were cow days winter feeding during the course of the experiment and cow days of pasture season this indicates plainly that good pastures are a most economical dairy teed feed they must be taken care of how evee eve and dairymen can afford to spend more time on their pastures in order to make them produce tha maximum amour t of teed feed casuras Pa suras 23 should never be allowed to ta dry up ap every effort should be made mad to give the pasture an irrigation as well as any cultivated crop says et indent bateman it has frequently been found desirable to cut large pastures into smaller ones and pasture them in fit rotation this method keeps new green teed feed available all the time it the pastures are irrigated sufficiently another advantage for or the pasture is the tact fact that the cows cowa do the entire harvesting of 0 the crop und end it is a crop that possesses great value mrs nellie IIII 1111 clark ot of parowan Par Pa owai rowan mrs randolph grimshaw of E enoch and miss bertha of 0 parc para gonah are the representatives from iron county who are attending the leader training course C our 3 is in hom horri i making given at the utah state agricultural ri college by the extension service the selection of representatives Is based on the leadership ability of the individuals and their willingness to work tor for the interest of 0 th the e homes in their communities the training school began on monday october 17 and will close on friday october 28 |