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Wet, poorly drained soils 



Mixture: Pounds per acre 



Timothy 5 or 6 



Redtop 8 or 10 



Alsike clover 3 or 4 



Total 16 or 20 



Mixture: Pounds per acre 



Meadow foxtail 4 or 5 



Redtop 8 or 10 



Alsike clover 4 or 5 



Total 16 or 20 



In the northern part of this section the Korean lespedeza should be 

 used; in the southern part, Common, Kobe, or Tennessee 76 are best. 

 The latter two varieties are usually more productive than the Common, 

 but good results are obtained from a mixture of Common and Korean 

 in Tennessee and North Carolina. 



SOUTHEASTERN STATES (REGION 2) 



Moist, sandy soils 

 Mixture: Pounds per acre 



Carpet grass 5 or 6 



Dallis grass 3 or 4 



Lespedeza 12 or 15 



Total 20 or 25 



Clay, loam, or clay or silt loam soils 

 Mixture: Pounds per acre 



Bermuda grass 5 or 6 



Dallis grass 3 or 4 



Lespedeza 10 or 12 



White clover 2 or 3 



Total 20 or 25 



Common, Kobe, and Tennessee 76 lespedezas are the varieties to 

 use in region 2. Bermuda grass is usually started by planting pieces 

 of sod rather than seed. 



GREAT PLAINS AND INTERMOUNTAIN REGIONS (REGIONS 3 AND 4) 



In the Great Plains (region 3) and in the Intermountain regions 

 (region 4) the cUmate varies from semiarid to arid or desert condi- 

 tions, and pastures are chiefly extensive areas or ranges occupied by 

 native grasses, legumes, woody shrubs, and other plants of some value 

 for grazing. This is true with two exceptions, the irrigated districts 

 and the mountain valleys at high altitudes. In the Great Plains the 

 herbage consists mostly of "short grasses" such as the gramas, 

 buffalo, and mesquite grasses, wliile in the Intermountain region 

 bunch grasses and desert shrubs predominate at the lower altitudes. 

 This native flora is the main source of pasturage, and proper methods 

 of grazing designed to protect and encourage the most valuable 

 grazing plants are more important than the improvement of grazing 

 conditions by seeding tame or introduced plants (fig. 5). 



In the northern parts of these areas (sections 3-a and 4-a), when it 

 is desired to restore to grazing condition land that has been cultivated, 

 crested wheatgrass, bromegrass, or western wheatgrass may be seeded 

 in localities that are favorably situated as to rainfall. All are drought- 

 resistant, nutritious, and palatable. Their value for grazing is about 

 in the order named. Mixtures of slender wheatgrass and sweetclover 

 are also recommended. 



