03/01/06 Forage handbook sells outside Idaho

Horse owners, hay growers and small farm owners can order a comprehensive 99-page handbook that`s well-stocked with current information on forages, their management and use. The "Idaho Forage Handbook" is a University of Idaho Extension publication. In addition to alfalfa, corn and cereal grains, editor Glenn Shewmaker covers new, improved grasses and legumes for dryland, irrigated and wetland environments. SHEWMAKER "Complete manual now that covers all the way from the seed to how it's utilized in the animals, horses, dairy animals, beef cattle and sheep." Grasses for pasture and conservation use, the legumes and forbs are all updated in this third edition of the handbook. SHEWMAKER "And it gives the seeding rates, the methods of seeding, how you might want to mix those. We had help from the NCRS to do this and a lot of authors, a lot of contributors." Shewmaker can't explain it but the book sales are very strong outside Idaho, but not so many copies sold recently inside the state. Its ten dollars plus shipping and orders can be made through the University of Idaho by phone or e-mail calspubs@uidaho.edu. Voice of Idaho Agriculture Bill Scott