THE RESEEDIN/G OF DEPLETED GRAZING LAIRDS. 



17 



sons on the plots as a whole it was necessary to make actual counts. 

 This was done by noting the number of seedlings within a number of 

 sample areas 10 inches square. Table 3, which follows, shows the 

 results. 



Table 3. — Seedling stand on the different plots. 















Seed sown. 













Num- 



Timothy. 



Redtop. 



Blue grass. 





Location. 



Plot 



No. 



Treatment. 



ber of 

 unit 

 area 



counts. 



"5 

 - 



6 



s_ 

 o 

 03 



on 



- -O 



3 



o 



- 



= -<? 

 ?J§£ 



!h 0) — 

 > 8Q 50 

 < 



o 

 ft 



o 

 c3 



3 

 ft 



•3 



a 



3 



o 

 ft 



gft£ 



<B C o 



•« o 3 



t> 00 IB 



5 



— 

 Si 



o 



C3 

 f-l 



ft 



02 



-a 



a 



3 



o 



Sh oj 3 

 > a; 02 



Seeded 

 singly or 



or in 

 mixture. 



Sturgil! Range, 

 elevation 7.600 

 feet. 

 Do. .. 



I 



II 



III 

 IV 

 V 



I 



II 

 I 



TT 



Bru shed 

 in. 



Trampled 

 by sheep. 



...do 



Untreated 

 Brushed 



in. 

 ...do 



Untreated. 



Trampled 



by sheep. 



Bru shed 



in. 

 Trampled 

 by sheep. 



Brushed 



in. 

 Trampled 



by sheep. 



32 



17 



20 

 20 

 15 



10 



10 

 31 



11 



9 



10 



10 



1 



A 

 1 



2 



Vv 

 3 



4 



9 15. 7 



5 19.6 



5 18.2 

 5 ! 13. 5 

 5 43. 6 



5 : 49. 2 



5 i 20. 8 

 S 16.0 



sike clover. 

 8 11-7 



2 



15 



4 



4 

 4 



4 



4 



4 

 3 



26.8 



15.4 



16.0 

 9.2 

 36.8 



19.8 



6.4 

 5.3 



3 

 ... 



21 22.0 

 5 3. 6 



Singly. 

 Mixture . 



Do 



5 

 5 

 5 



5 



5 



4 



4.2 

 2.5 

 12.4 



15.4 



4.4 

 2.1 



Do. 



Do 



Do. 



Do 



Do. 



Bear Creek sta- 

 tion, elevation 

 4,800 feet. 

 Do 



Do. 

 Do. 



Stanley Range, 

 elevation 7,300 

 feet. 



Do... 



Do. 



Singly. 

 Do. 



Do... .. TT 



8 

 'hite 



s 



6.8 

 clover. 



14.4 















Do 



II 

 II 















Do. 



Do 



8 1 11-2 















Do. 



























The figures show that on the plots sowed to a single species (Plot I, 

 Sturgill Range) the best stand was secured from redtop, the blue- 

 grass plot ranking second in abundance of seedlings. The reason 

 for the sparse stand of timothy, as compared with the other two 

 species on these particular areas, was primarily the superabundance 

 of native vegetation, which prevented much of the seed from coming 

 in contact with the soil. 



Comparing the brushed, trampled, and untreated plots, it will be 

 seen that in every case the best stand was secured on the brushed 

 areas, the trampled plots ranking second and the untreated plots 

 having the poorest stand. It will be noted, however, that the plots 

 given no treatment have a correspondingly better stand of timothy 

 seedlings than of any other species. In the case of the untreated 

 plots this may be explained by the greater weight of the timothy seed 

 than that of the other species. 

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