The section was divided into six pastures of 80 acres each, two of 

 40 acres, and one of 70 acres, and the remaining 10 acres is being 

 devoted to the cultivation of grasses. The work as planned is as 

 follows : 



Pastnre No. 1. — No treatment except to keep stock off until June 

 1, pasturing the balance of the season. 



Pasture No. 2. — Cut with a disk harrow and kept stock off until 

 June 1, pasturing the balance of the season. 



Fig. 1.— Plan of 040-acre tract used for the range experiments at Abilene, Tex. (Scale 3 inches 



to the mile. ) 



Pastures Nos. "' and 4 (of 40 acres each). — Grazed alternately, 

 the stock being changed from one pasture to another every two 

 weeks, thus allowing the grasses a short peiiod for recovery after 

 each grazing. 



Pasture No. 5. — No treatment except pasturing until June 1 and 

 keeping stock off the balance of the season. 



Pasture No. 6. — Left as a check, without any treatment whatever 

 except to keep stock off" during the first season. 



Pasture No. 7. — Dragged with an ordinary straight-toothed har- 

 row and stock kept off during the first season. 



Pasture No. 8. — Disked and stock kept oft' during the first season. 



The 70-acre pasture. No. 9, was not grazed. Seeds of a number 

 of wild and cultivated varieties were sown directly upon the sod. 



