INDEX 



413 



Rainfall, factor in forage growth, 5; 

 on Great Plains, 6; in Great Basin, 

 7; in Rocky Mountain region, 8; 

 on native western range, 39; mi- 

 gration of, 171; factor in erosion, 

 177, 179; factor in determining 

 number and distribution of stock, 



Rainstorm, on Manti National For- 

 est, 174; study of, in Wasatch 

 Mountains, 179. 



Range, history, to be studied in graz- 

 ing course, 364; industry, develop- 

 ment of, for study in grazing course, 

 36s; division of, into natural- type 

 units, 385. 



Range and pasture lands, extent and 

 location of, 4; five regions, 5; use 

 of, a privilege, 26; leasing system, 

 30; reseeding native western range, 

 39; control of erosion on, 171; 

 water a necessit)-, 295; need for 

 grazing control, 310; grazing ca- 

 pacity of, 330; inspection of, 333; 

 management of, for study in graz- 

 ing course, 371. 



Range land, stripped of good soil, (fig.) 

 181; effect of burning, in South, 

 223; for study, in grazing course, 

 364; suitabiUty of, for different class- 

 es of stock, for study in grazing 

 course, 371. 



Range, summer, in the Rockies, (fig.) 

 9; denuded of vegetation during 

 "free-for-all" grazing period, (fig.) 

 13; forage available after frosts, 75; 

 seed maturity on, 78; study of soil 

 in spruce-fir type, 183. 



Range wars, 12; use of fires in, 219; 

 study of, in grazing course, 365. 



Range, winter, in Southwest, 8; de- 

 ferred grazing on, 80. 



Ranunculaccac, family of poisonous 

 plants, 243; for study in grazing 

 course, 369. 



Rattleweed, name for species of loco, 

 250, (fig. frontis.). 



Reconnaissance, grazing, object of, 

 308; history of, 309; data and facts 

 obtained by, 311; parts comprised 

 in, 312; methods of obtaining data, 

 318; compared with timber recon- 

 naissance, 321; application to pas- 

 ture management, 323; accuracy 

 and limitations of, 323; first step 

 in study of grazing capacity, 330; 

 in range and pasture inspection, 

 334; study of, in grazing course, 377. 



Reconnaissance, timber, aid in graz- 

 ing reconnaissance, 311; map for, 

 318; compared with grazing recon- 

 naissance, 321. 



Redtop, in reseeding tests, 41, 43, 44. 

 45) 47> 5°; yields well on wet soil, 

 52; amount to sow and cost, 53; 

 moisture requirements, 54; intro- 

 duced from Old World, 55; on per- 

 manent pasture, 88, 132; for hay 

 and pasture combined, 132; habit 

 of growth, (fig.) 139; seeding, 140; 

 in mixtures, 148, 149; for study in 

 grazing course, 368. 



Redtop-timothy tribe, for study in 

 grazing course, 368. 



Reedgrass, on burned-over forest 

 range, (fig.) 46; for study in grazing 

 course, 368. 



Reedgrass, sweet, for study in grazing 

 course, 368. 



Regeneration, study of, in grazing 

 course, 367. 



Remedies, for loco poisoning, 253; 

 for larkspur poisoning, 258; for 

 death camas poisoning, 263; for 

 water hemlock poisoning, 266; for 

 lupine poisoning, 269; summary of, 

 270; for "laurel" poisoning, 275; 

 for sneezeweed poisoning, 278; for 

 ergot poisoning, 282; for study in 

 grazing course, 370. 



Research, farm pasture, field for,_ 93; 

 methods, 339; phases of animal 

 problems, for study in grazing 

 course, 383. 



Reseeding, on native western range, 

 39; tests in southern Arizona, 40; 

 in northern Arizona, 41; on moun- 

 tain lands, 42; on National Forest 

 range, 43; results of tests, 45; on 

 burned-over forest range, (fig.) 46; 

 season for, 47; seasonal tests on 

 mountain range lands, (fig.) 47; 

 causes of failure, 48; scattering the 

 seed, 50; elevational limitation, 50; 

 what grasses to sow, 52; amount 

 to sow, 52; cost of, S3, 54; mois- 

 ture requirements, 53; seeding to a 

 mixture, 54; where seeding pays, 

 55; seeding to native forage plants, 

 56; "strip" seeding, 57; protected 

 strip, (fig.) 57; natural, 60; by de- 

 ferred grazing, 78; plan adopted by 

 California stockmen, 81; compli- 

 cations, 81; of bed grounds, 120; 

 artificial, to native forage plants, 

 for study in grazing course, 372; 

 natural and artificial, study of, in 

 grazing course, 386. 



