Show EXTENSION NEWS NOTES UTAH RANGES MAKE quim QUICK SAYS EXPORT by professor A C avin B alln extension Ex teulon service following a of dry seasons axed by a severe drought there was a general opinion livestock ranges q in m utah would not product produce feed ed again quickly the pleas pleasant sant surprise came with the three to tour four inches precipitation in april and may ot of this year the desert range was first to respond to the much needed moisture aud showed the greatest improvement from the previous years impoverished condition the much abused shad cale resurrected from dead browse to live leafy bushes all of the tsuge sage types revived but common sage artemisa made 10 to 12 inches growth in many areas bud saze sage mine came to life in april and supplied a plentiful nutritious spring forage arse types showed green with new bran chios threes three to four inches long which completely covered the dead wood of the previous year the grass ot of the desert came back to only slight ly less degree and a little later ahall the bruh types the food feed situation on the desert for the coming winter can call hardly be as scant mant as it has been for a few years year althous its condition depends to some d degree C g r ee u upon pon L late a te summer storms forms of this year the spring range carried the lamb lambing ln herds in good condition and blah summer ranges are holding hoil dins up lip well the late summer and fall ranges need moisture to continue the fine start sigart lambs have made with the usual august and pember Set aaion the dry june and july season will no doubt be overcome so far as range feed is concerned concern cd the reduction of sheep and cattle in utah since the high numbers of 1032 1932 is also a factor in the marked in 1935 range eon con dillons dit lons the federal range control program which is expected to be put into ef amt in the near future should avold avoid tin another other range forage depletion A high unit production of sheep and cat calt tle by range operators calls for high pro producing ducin animals with plenty of feed the overuse over use of the forage is a detri ment to the livestock as well as to tile lie forage A conservative balance of feed 4 ais an advantage to the livestock indu Indi itry |