﻿THE RESEEDING OF DEPLETED fiRAZINU LANDS. 



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Table 8. — Kind and amount of seed sown on each plot in fall of 1907, subsequent 

 soil treatment given, and total cost per acre. 



STANLEY RANGE — 7,500 FEET. 



Area seeded . 



Size of 

 area. 



Plot 

 No. 



Sub- 

 plot 

 No. 



Kind of seed. 



Pounds 

 sown 

 per 

 acre. 



Treatment after 

 seeding. 



Total 

 cost 

 per 

 acre. 





Acres. 









8 

 8 

 3 



4 



I-Trampled in bysheep 

 I. ...do 







20 I 





1 Timothy 





Main pasture 





$1.40 





i 

 1 



II 

 III 



(Kentucky blue grass. . 









4 

 4 



4 





Sedge-cat foot area 







1 



L..do 







(Kentucky blue grass. . 









5 

 4 

 5 





Mountain bunch-grass 





1.50 



area. 



[Kentucky blue grass. . 





STURGILL RANGE — 7,800 FEET. 



Denuded bed ground 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Burned over 



Do 



Ill 



IV 



V 



Timothy 



Redtop 



Kentucky blue grass . . 



I Mixture 

 Timothy 

 Redtop 

 Kentucky blue grass. . 

 Same as plot 2; same 

 number pounds. 



do 



do 



All brushed in . 



JTrampled in bysheep 

 do 



Untreated.. 

 Brushed in. 



1.85 

 3.50 



1.30 

 1.55 



BEAR CREEK RANGE — 4,800 FEET. 



Mixture 



Timothy 



Redtop 



Kentucky blue grass . . 

 Same as plot 1; same 

 number pounds. 



Brushed in. 

 Untreated.. 



$1.75 

 1.50 



The amount of seed per acre given in Table 8, namely, 9 pounds for 

 pure seeding of timothy, 15 for redtop, and 21 for Kentucky blue 

 grass, has proven satisfactory. It is apparent in these sowings that 

 the expense in securing a satisfactory pure stand of Kentucky blue 

 grass and redtop is approximately four times and two times higher, 

 respectively, than in the case of timothy. This is due both to the dif- 

 ference in the cost of the seed and to the amount required to produce 

 a good forage crop; the seeding ratio for blue grass, redtop, and 

 timothy was 5, 3^, and 2. In a mixture the expense is decreased in 

 accordance with the proportion of timothy used. 



INCREASE IN FORAGE PRODUCTION. 



Timothy when sown at the rate of 8 pounds per acre will cost, for 

 seed, including transportation, not to exceed 10 cents per pound, or 

 80 cents per acre. To this must be added the cost of 10 cents per 



