Ig CIRCULAR 491, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



cessfully resodded large fields with buffalo grass by dropping pieces 

 of the sod at intervals of 10 feet in furrows spaced 10 to 12 feet apart 

 (fig. 6). They conducted their work during favorable seasons and 

 reported more rapid spread than was obtained on the average In 

 experiments at Hays. Their resodded fields, when examined in 1936, 

 supported a dense, vigorous stand of buffalo grass, while adjacent 

 pastures were in much poorer condition and showed more evidence 

 of drought injury. 



Resoclcling of buffalo grass may be combined to excellent advan- 

 tage with reseeding of blue grama and other adapted grasses (57). 



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Figure 6. — A pure stand of buffalo grass in 1936 on a 20-acre field near Quinter, 

 Kans., resodded by J. R. Mohler in 1915 by spacing sods at intervals of 10 

 feet in furrows spaced 10 to 12 feet apart, showing faint line of one of the 

 original furrows. Mohler reported complete coverage at the end of 3 to 4 

 years. 



The sods of buffalo grass may be scattered on the surface of deeply 

 cultivated land and pressed into the soil with a heavily weighted 

 packer (fig. 7). Where soil blowing is severe, they may be placed 

 in or between contour furrows. The other grasses may be seeded on the 

 packed surface of the resodded land or in strips on Sudan grass 

 stubble between the sodded furrows. 



Jarecl G. Smith was quoted by Shear (6>#, p. 25) in 1895 as reporting 

 that— 



Unfortunately this grass can not be readily propagated from seed on account 

 of its scarcity and the difficulty of collecting it. It can, however, be easily 

 grown from roots and cuttings. The turf may be broken into fragments and 

 planted in shallow furrows, in the same manner that Bermuda grass is 

 planted in the South. 



