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MISC. PUBLICATION 194, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



The productiveness of pastures in the high mountain valleys may 

 be increased b}^ seeding timothy, redtop, Kentucky or Canada blue- 

 grass, meadow foxtail, and red, alsike, and white clovers, alone or in 



Figure 5.— Sheep grazing on a mounluii -loiic m lUc lliunboldt National Forest (Nev.)- Thiis region, 

 besides producing wool, provides feeders for finishing in the Corn Belt. 



mixtures. Crested wheatgrass, bromegrass, and slender wheatgrass 

 will also thrive under these conditions. 



NORTHERN PART OF REGIONS 3 AND 4 



For irrigated lands 



Morton's mixture (modified) : 



Smooth bromegrass 



Orchard grass 



Timothy 



Meadow fescue 



Yellow sweetclover 



Pounds 

 per acre 



Total 30 



Pounds 



Montana mixture: P^'^ cere 



Smooth bromegrass 3 or 4 



Kentucky bluegrass 4 or 6 



Orchard grass 4 or 6 



Meadow fescue 3 or 4 



White clover 1 or 2 



Alsike clover 1 or 2 



Total 16 or 24 



Alfalfa or sweetclover seeded alone at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds per 

 acre is used by many farmers on the irrigation projects A\ith good 

 results where care is observed to prevent bloating. The mixtures 

 and also the legume pastures on well-drained soils ordinarily have a 

 carrying capacity of two or more animal units per acre for 4 to 6 

 months, depending upon the latitude. 



On wet or poorly drained soils a mixture consisting of redtop 10 

 pounds, timothy 6 pounds, and alsike clover 4 pounds ordinarily gives 

 the best results. 



In the South (sections 3-b and 4-b) the pastures on irrigated lands 

 are largely either Bermuda grass or alfalfa. Dallis grass, another 

 perennial, is adapted to these two sections and makes a more produc- 

 tive pasture on irrigated lands than Bermuda grass. 



