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W
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Sinco tho-Matanuska Valley has inaugurated
tho Artificial 3rooding program, it is in
teresting to noto horr this program is feeing
accoptod in other parts of the country.
From mu inos to loam that it is becoming
more and more popular.
One reason giving for the popularity of
this program is that it gots hotter produ
cing heifers. Figaros prove it.
In the Washington's 1947 Dairy hord Triprov
ment report arc 110 females sired by 26
bulls which have been ownod or leased by
tho organization. Production of theso
animals avorages 9230 pounds of milk and
440 of butterfat in 305 days or loss on
two-timo milking; 29 of the records having
boon mado at two years and 38 at throe.
Tho animals arc in 60 different hords and
consequently wero handlod undor widely
varying conditions; and many of them aro
in purebred herds whero onco ttair siros
stood.
This butterfat production averago is 18
per cent better than that (373 pounds) of
all cows in DHIA the same year; and it is
almost twice that of Washington's wavcra4o’’
cow, which producos less than 250 pounds.
SO / L CON 01TION I A/I PORT AN T
According to Henry rT, 3- ith of tho Stato
College Agronomy Division of Washington,
tho roots of most plants (cultivated) aro ’
more extensive than the tops of the plants.
"TThoat roots, for instance, thoroughly
permeate tho soil to a depth of four or
five foot, and somo roots rill extend in
to tho six and seven foot levels. Peas
; havo a shalloror root system rith for: branchc
branches beyond the four foot lcvol, Po
tatoos arc still more conservative,although
tho upper.eight inches of soil aro'thoroug
hly permeated by their root system,” ho
crtplainod.
Alfalfa stands at tho head of the list of
the long rooted piant3, This plant has
a tap root that reaches a'dopth of fivo or
six foot tho first soason, 10 or 12 feet
the second, hnd ultimately a dopth of moro
than 30 foot.
As all of thoso plants absorb rater and
nutrients from tho poftion of the soil per
meated by their roots, tho «onditidn of
tho subsoil is an important factorn
By prcpor methods of tillago and especially
irrigation and drainage, modoratcly moist
'soil can bo maintained to a dopth sufficient
to promote good rooting habits and satis
factory yields,, Dcop intcrtillago frcquontly
results in root injury, Mulching and lack
of tillage often result in shallot? root
dovolopmcnte T7ot soil and consequent poor
aeration,especially when the plants are
young, promote a shallow root system,rhorc
as a moderately dry soil oncouragcs a doop
or root system*