Bui. 4, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 1.— The Difference in Density of Seedlings from Different Cultural 

 Methods at the End of the First Year of Growth; Plots IV and V, 

 Sturgill Range. 



On Plot IV the seed was trampled, and on Plot V the seed was brushed in. The domi- 

 nating species is timothy. 



t^oilutu*^ 



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ft- s^mM 



F/ot y. 



Fig. 2.— Another View of Plots fV and V, Showing the Growth at the End 

 of the Second Year. 



On the trampled area 40 per cent of the ground is covered by grass and on the brushed 



area 60 per cent. 



COMPARATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL METHODS. 



