Show y ff y county agent y Y news y by leroy lehoy C funk agent y y y y V y study of crop conditions is continued J C ll hogenson extension agronomist rono mist of the U A C extension service in company with county agent leroy C funk has been continuing his study of crop conditions in Duch duchesne eBne county farms were visited at myton pleasant valley roosevelt neola altonah alzonah Al tonah 13 bluebell luebell mt alt emmons Er amons donets boneta mt alt home talmage and duchesne prof og enso i calls particular attention to the alfalfa situation as follows Is your alfalfa field producing as much hay now as it did it if it is not it may be for one of these rea reasons first the field may be too old old fields gradually lase their vitality and many plants die grass dandelion and aid other weeds come in and take their place dandelions never have been are not now and never will be a profitable crop to take the place of alfalfa how many plants of alfalfa per square foot do you have in your field you should have at I 1 least east five to make a good stand of alfalfa some alfalfa fields in the county will average about one alfalfa plant to every five square feet think this over would this tra be a profitable crop can you afford to allow such a field to remain on your farm the think thing to do Is to plow up such fields field and plant to other crops for a alfalfa few years and then reseed to alfalfa seco id the land may be water logged logg ed alfalfa roots will not grow in soil boil that is tilled filled with water do not irrigate more than is necessary to keep the plant growing well and thrifty third the soil may be shallow a id the alfalfa plants have used up lip a all it of the available food needed for the growth of the PI plants ants in this oase case the addition of 0 a good coat of oe manure will help to I 1 bring the alfalfa back into production again I 1 shallow soil that has hag been growing alfalfa tor for a number of y years ears and that cannot be plowed should be allowed to develop into piatt pasture rr e la land n d t that h at e can an b be e p plowed 1 0 w el shou should 1 d ibe be b broken r ok e n u up p and 1 l d p planted 1 a n te to other crops per at least five yea yeara rs and then re seeded aided to alfalfa good temporary hay crops may be grown to take the place of alfalfa on cultivated ground A halt half and halt mixture of field peas pea and 1 oats oata is such a crop it is not t too 0 late even now to plant peas and oats to increase your hay cr crop op for next winter |