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Show per( Warns ! Tiiat ! 'ash: res "More 1 1 1 : m ) KlIlllllO aeie.", ol Lav vL land in Utah are well a da pled i ) ri ivl 1 1 of t. : i ) 1 1 - pa ;-tare ;-tare plants. Wlien- pli :: 1 1". ia poaaible Lli' ae areas can be made l.o yield cuis.idei'able feed by prep. i rin:', a seedbed and .sowin;', adaptable ;r:i: :!," declares 1'rol essoi' Aaron Ili'aeken, ex-l.en.sion ex-l.en.sion agi'ononiist at flie Utah State Agricultural College. Smooth bromegrass, meadow fescue, perennial ryegrass, Reed Canary grass, and strawberry clover have been found well adapted to these lands, Professor Bracken explains. It is best to confine strawberry clover seeding seed-ing to the low wet alkali areas, he adds. Land too wet to plow may be improved by broadcasting broadcast-ing seed of adapted forage species spec-ies on the native sod. The extension agronomist states that small grains including includ-ing wheat, oats, barley and rye all provide excellent temporary pasture. Sudan grass might also prove valuable in some of the lower valleys. "Bloat of cattle and sheep can be largely avoided if no more than 35 to 40 percent of a pasture pas-ture mixture is made up of legumes," le-gumes," Professor Bracken points out. Grass, when grown on fertile soil, supplies all of the necessary feed to produce 20 to 25 pounds of milk without a supplement and sufficient protein to produce 50 or more pounds, declares Professor Pro-fessor Bracken. Cows producing above 20 to 25 pounds should be fed one pound of grain for each five to seven pounds of milk depending upon tests," he adds. Another advantage of pastures is that grasses well managed in respect to fertility, irrigation, and grazing will reduce and keep under control the most aggressive aggres-sive and noxious weeds. "Studies in Utah show that pastures will successfully compete com-pete with any common field crop," the extension agronomist continues. "Several dairymen in Utah are making over $100 per acre above supplemental feed costs." Pasture is cheaper than any other feed supplied ' to dairy cows, and in respect to labor, an acre of pasture requires far less man hours than any other crop, concludes Professor Bracken. In addition to dairy cows, beef animals ani-mals and lambs may also be profitably grazed on high producing pro-ducing pasture land. |