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INDEX 



Meadow, grazing t>-pe, 312, (fig.) 313. 

 Meadow-grass, smooth-stalked, name 



for Kentucky bluegrass, 132. 

 Meat, value of, in diet, 3; production, 



and consumption of, for study in 



grazing course, 364. 

 Mechanical injury, by plants, 284; 



prevention, 288. 

 Mechanically injurious plants, 284. 

 Medic, toothed, or bur clover, (fig.) 



156; habitat, 156, 157; forage val- 

 ue, 157; seeding, 157. 

 Medicago, habitat, 155. 

 Medicago Arabiia, habitat, 156. 

 Medicago denticulala, in reseeding test, 



44. 

 Medicago hispida, habitat, 156, (fig.) 



156; forage value, 156; seeding, 157. 

 Medicago saliva, habitat, 157; seeding, 



157; forage value, 157. 

 Melanlliaceae, family containing poi- 

 sonous plants, 242; for study in 



grazing course, 369. 

 Melica, for study in grazing course, 



368. 

 Melica btdbosa, indicator plant, 129. 

 Melica speciabilis, indicator plant, 129. 

 Melicgrass, for study in grazing course, 



368. 

 Melilolus alba, habit of growth, (fig.) 



154, 155; habitat, 155; seeding, 



Menziesia, smooth, poisonous species, 



273, (fig.) 274. 

 Menziesia glabella, poisonous species, 



273, (fig.) 274. 

 Mertensia, Sampson's, indicator plant, 



Mertensia Sampsonii, indicator plant, 

 129. 



Mesa lands, reseeding tests on, 40. 



Mesquitegrass, early grass of South- 

 west, 8; in reseeding tests, 44; mois- 

 ture requirements, 54. 



Meteorology, auxiliary subject in study 

 of pasture management, 362; ap- 

 plication of, 363. 



Methods, for obtaining reconnaissance 

 data, 318; "gridiron," 318; traverse- 

 sketching, 319; triangulation, 320. 



Microskris micrantha, indicator plant, 

 128. 



Milkweed, poisonous to stock, 272. 



Milkweed, whorled, habitat and de- 

 scription, (fig.) 272, 273. 



Mimosa, or sensitive-plant, belonging 

 to legumes, 151. 



Mississippi River, floods, 174. 



Mixed grass and weed stage, 107; 

 dominant species, (fig.) 110; de- 



veJopment of, in; destruction of, 

 113; value as forage, 113; area 

 surrounding bed ground, 119, (fig.) 

 120; indicator plants, 129; bisect 

 of vegetation on high mountain 

 range, (fig.) 350; for study in graz- 

 ing course, 374. 



Moisture requirements of cultivated 

 forage plants, 53. 



Monkshood, name for aconite, 279. 



Monolcpis, indicator plant, 128. 



Monolcpis NuUalliana, indicator plant, 

 128. 



Montana, cattle and sheep grazed 

 under permit, 21. 



Morphology, auxiliary subject in study 

 of pasture management, 361. 



Mowing, prevents weeds from spread- 

 ing, lOI. 



Mucuna utilis, in full pod, (fig.) 162; 

 habitat, 163; habit of growth, 163; 

 seeding, 163; forage value, 164. 



Muhlenbergia, in Great Plains, 6; 

 for study in grazing course, 368. 



Muhlenbergia, for study in grazing 

 course, 368. 



Munger, Thornton T., study of effects 

 of grazing on timber reproduction 

 in Oregon, 199. 



Mushrooms, poisonous to livestock, 

 243- 



Muskrat weed, name for water hem- 

 lock, 264. 



Musquash root, name for water hem- 

 lock, 264. 



Mustard, tansy, in first or early weed 

 stage, 115, (fig.) 116; on eroded 

 and on noneroded pasture, (fig.) 118; 

 on bed ground, (fig.) 121; on range 

 grazed annually, (fig.) 122; on pro- 

 tected plot, (fig.) 123; on protected 

 bed ground, 124; on protected plot 

 and on unprotected range, 125; in- 

 dicator plant, 128. 



Mystery-grass, name for death camas, 

 261. 



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National Forests, area, 17; object of 

 establishment, 17; policy of adminis- 

 tration, 18; livestock on, 18; graz- 

 ing and timber production in yel- 

 low pine t>'pe, (fig.) 19; grazing in 

 alpine fir type, (fig.) 19; growth of 

 grazing industry on, 20; grazing 

 policy, 23, 27; administration of, 

 by European Governments, 23; 

 cattle range, moderately grazed, 

 (fig.) 24; use of, a privilege, 26; 



