| Show COUNTY AGENT CALLS ATTENTION TO PASTURE county agent owens ha has s had under consideration the problem of the alfalfa weevil and as an offset to alfalfa raising mr owens is advocating that the farmers turn their attention to the raising of other kinds of hay and submits the following on grass pastures which is worth consideration all of the cattle and sheep and man many of the horses kept in our valley during the summer could and should be kept on pasture this aes does not moan mean the pasture of our swamped lands containing two or three course g grasses basses which become P practically rac worthless rt ll by the latter part of this month it means a mixture of 0 several tame grasses which will return a on the best of land several such grasses have been observed to grow well in most parts of the county the following are tile the names of tho the most important ones kentucky bluegrass blue grass lawn grass meadow fescue called holdaway Hold iway grass and dick lowe grass timothy brome grass orchard grass redtop at least five grasses should be sown in any mixture with a total of 25 to 1 35 5 pounds per acre there are at present mixed grass pastures in the county which are pasturing two cows per acre for six months out of the year to equal this in cheapness alfalfa would have to sell for per ton in addition to being cheap this pasturage aids the animals to keep in good health land chosen for a pasture should be as near home as possible for tue the sake of convenience it should be fairly level so it may be easily irrigated it should be readily acce accessible isible for irrigation as it will require more water than other crops it may be planted in the spring or in tile the month of august this article is offered at this time in the hope that several pastures will be sown during the coming month for further information on the subject farmers should get the bulletin pastures and Pa Pastur rc grasses for utah from tile the county agent |
