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CIRCULAR 17 8, U. S. DEPARTMEl^rT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 1. — Best species for reseeding ordinarily good sites on western mountain 

 range land, with cost of seed — Continued 



SITES.— LOWER MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND HIGHER FOOTHILLS OF INLAND 

 MOUNTAIN RANGE LANDS 



[Average annual precipitation, 17 



to 25 inches; growing season 120+days] 





Species 



Propagates naturally 

 by- 



Seed per 

 acre 



Cost of 

 seed per 

 pound 



Cost of 



seed per 



acre 



Seed available on market: 

 Common bromegrass. . 



Rootstocks and seed.. 

 Seed 



Pounds 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 10 

 10 

 10 



15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 20 



Cents 

 0.15 



5.18 

 5.13 



.10 



.11 



5.22 



Dollars 

 2.25 



Crested wheatgrass 



5 2 70 



Slender wheatgrass ^ 



do 



5 1 95 



YeUow sweetclover « 



White sweetclover 



Alfalfa 9 



do 



do 



do 



1.00 



1.10 



5 2.20 



Seed not available: 



y/".do".'//.'.'.'.'.i'.''.'." 











Bluestem 



Seed and rootstocks... 

 do'""" 













Streambank wheatgrass 







Violet wheatgrass '" 



Seed 







Big mountain bromegrasses ^^ 



do 















SITE 4.— MOUNTAIN RANGE ON WEST COASTAL SLOPE 

 [Average annual precipitation, 40+ inches; growing season 120+ days] 



Seed available on market: 



Orchard grass 



Timothy 



Redtop 



Italian ryegrass 



Tall or meadow fescue. 



Bulbous bluegrass 



White clover. 



Seed. 



.do. 



Seed and rootstocks.. . 



Seed 



do 



do 



Seed and stolons 



Smilo grass Seed. 



12 



(") 



0.21 

 .07 

 .17 

 .14 



5.16 



.75 



G') 



1.36 

 2.10 

 1.92 



SITE 5.-F00THILL RANGE LANDS OF THE SOUTHWEST 



.-Ufileria ...___. 



Seed 



m 

 (!') 



5 0.90 



5.75 



(11) 





....do - 



(11) 









* Native species. 



« Prices based on 1931 averages, in the absence of 1928 figures. 



s Biennial, growing conditions must permit production of viable seed. 



« Well-prepared ground only. 



10 On moister sites only. 



11 At the 1931 price indicated, use of this species under range conditions is at present prohibitive, except 

 where it is sown purely for the purpose of introducing the species and looking to later reproduction to thicken 

 the stand. 



COST OF OTHER IIBMS 



The items of cost other than seed include transportation, scatter- 

 ing the seed, and soil treatment. Cost of transportation varies with 

 different methods that may be used, distance, cost of labor, and cost 

 of use of equipment. It is cheapest where a short haul over a good 

 wagon road is possible and greatest where it is necessary to convey 

 seed long distances on pack animals. Except in extreme cases the 

 cost of transportation ordinarily will not exceed 40 or 50 cents to 

 the acre and usually is much less. An experienced man can sow not 

 less than 10 acres each day with a hand seeder or broadcast by hand, 

 provided the land to be sown is not cut up into small isolated tracts 

 or is not difficult to get over. Under these favorable conditions. 



