| Show tips given on soil conservation for f or A A A plan no now is the season of the year when soil soil conserving crops should be seeded to meet terms of the agricultural adjustment administration program professor A F bracken agronomist with the utah agricultural experiment station advises utah farmers discussing the seeding of perennials to conform with the AAA program professor bracken explains that crested wheat grass which he described as one of the highest yielding grasses both for forage and seed production can be seeded either cither in rows of various widths or through all openings of a drill in cases where the crop is sown for seed production rows should be spaced 36 inches apart by setting betting the drill at the one bushel mark for wheat approximately 31 3 4 pounds of grass seed will be sown to an acre on farms where crested wheat grass is seeded for forage or pasture purposes all drops of the drill should be left open and by setting the rate adjustment at one peck of wheat approximately 7 pounds of grass will be sown to an acre with a firm seed bed this rate ordinarily will give a favorable stand of plants depth of seeding needs to be given careful attention the agronomist asserts experimental results definitely indicate that grass seed should be coveted cover ed but it should not be sown deeper than one inch for sections in which alfalfa has been found adaptable to land such as in the northern part of utah it can be seeded profitably in place of grasses alfalfa increases the nitrogen content of the soil and this is reflected in higher yields of wheat and significantly fi higher quality milling grain to meet the terms of the AAA program alfalfa may be sown this fall at the rate of three to four pounds per acre and thickened if necessary early next s spring pring at a higher rate to be certain of securing a good stand on badly eroded hilltops or hill sides a mixture of alfalfa crested wheat and smooth brom egrass has given favorable results |
