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Show "i( Seventh Annual Dairy v Day Speakers Emphasize f Pasture Utilization r At Utah. State Agricultural col- t lege' seventh annual dairy day conducted con-ducted at the dairy experiment fhifmi in North Logan 200 dairymen and agricultural leaders from all sections of Utalh were advised to take greater interest in improving of pastures. 2 George Q. B?.te,man, superintendent ? of the experimental dairy, presented present-ed da'la. gathered from six years of ex "erimtents in feeding of dairy cows and doncluded that the greatest great-est value afbove feed costs is derived de-rived from feeding the alfafla-pas-; ture ration. Other rations used in the experiment were the alfalfa-1 alfalfa-1 pasture-barley ration, the full-grain ' ration calling for one pound of grain per four pounds of milk, and the part-grain ration calling for one pound cf grain to six pounds of milk. r R. R. Graves, chief of the divis ion of feeding, breeding, and man- ,t agapnt with D'.te federal bureau of dairy industry, '.nest speaker, rec-orr rec-orr mended the grazing of one sec-tio.i sec-tio.i of he : astcre while the other section is growing and to cut the 0 section allowed to grow for hay. The sections can be alternated in tha may, and Che end of the season the en', ire pasture is grazed. This is similar to the method used In Htlland. Ho asserted from experience ex-perience as fortr.'or chief dairy husbandry hus-bandry i with Oregon State college and as an associa e at the Beltsville, 1 Md.. ex. rimental fanm that hay fro-r. pasture cuttings is appetizing to oows and effective in milk production. pro-duction. F ederick P. Charrip, president of the college board of trustees, advised advis-ed fax Tors not to regard their pas- ture land as -marginal or worthless land, asserting that good pastures may yay greater dividends than o her similar areas on the fa'.m. He voiced a plea for faflaners to take advantage of the information, tested and p.-tved fo: fj.ieir use by the college experimental program and circulated through the college extension ex-tension service, saying the experiment experi-ment station can best se.ve the dairy industry by "putting its vast store of valuable information across lihe corral fence to the dairymen of the state." |