Show ag news in brief not only are the farmers directly concerned with the farm problem but it is also a consumers difficulty a recent department of agriculture publication states pointing out that any permanent prosperity in our nation must come through cooperation between producers and consumers in a constructive program the bulletin tin analyzes the AAA theories and shows what relation they have to alty pocketbooks and to the farmer this year farmers will seed approximately 5 to 10 per cent more of grasses than a year ago department of agriculture reports show sales of red clover aeike clover and alfalfa will probably not be as big as in 1937 however they indicate price they point out has a great deal to do with the volume of farmers and at the present prices a drop of as much 15 per cent in alfalfa and red ed clover seeds would not be surprising I 1 I 1 some of the more common indicators dica tors of range condition are described in a new united states department of agriculture bulletin just received by county extension agent J F parrish the pamphlet no 1782 tells how to detect damage to range areas and lists the principles of range growth in the southwestern area an important section of the leaflet le t is devoted to studies of the effects of overgrazing over grazing grazing capacity is also explained |