Show The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News by Lloyd Smith and Norris HUNTING SAFETY good hunter must have complete control of his gun and himself at all says Lloyd County Self-control is Practice handling a gun properly at all times and always wait to see the These are things a hunter should train himself to do Good habits must take over instinctively when the hunter is in the grip of the excitement as he anticipates a Carelessness and wild shooting at causes many hunting Practice self-control at all times a field every time a gun is In your hands urges the National Safety COMMON USE OF RANGELAND Grazing cattle and sheep in common on the same range is a desirable practice on many Utah reports John F. Range management Utah State This practice results in a great number of forage species and a greater proportion of the range being Cattle are chiefly grass but graze to a lesser extent on browse and forbs Sheep prefer the forage produced by forbs and woody plants more than Although sheep often cat grass in large quantities of and browse are best adapted to grazing by cattle and sheep together than by either kind of animal Cattle graze level valley and rolling country to best On rough cattle normally conr on more level areas such as valley and benches and do not fully use the more steep Sheep are better adapted to grazing steep than cattle because of their smaller Climbing and Since they arc accompanied by a they can be encouraged to graze steep mountainous areas are used more by sheep and cattle than by cattle Sheep should not be herded through natural cattle concentration Remember that common use Us not double When sheep are added to a range previously grazed by the number of cattle must be reduced Sheep numbers must be decreased when cattle arc placed on range previously grazed by sheep The important point is that when mountainous summer range is grazed by both sheep and the grazing capacity in animal units Is often up to 30 percent greater than when either class is grazed It is not time that cattle and sheep will not graze or that cattle will not graze after sheep if available forage Common use is practiced on many Texas as well as Inter-mountain WOOL CAMPAIGN Utah wool growers and others throughout the nation will get a break this fall in the form of a campaign to push woolen The American Sheep Producers Council and Uie Woolens and Worsteds of both wool industry are launching a large nation-wide advertising campaign will be a long needed push for American wools over foreign says Russell Extension sheep and wool specialist at Utah Slate For a long time the consumer of wool products has been enticed to buy The leading phrase or slogan of this campaign will a wonderful American made This phrase will be seen in magazines and on television and even movie and heard on radio and in popular This program will make the consumer aware of American-made woolen products and encourage him to demand produced in the United States are every bit good as those from foreign countries and it is time the public was made aware of Keetch |