THE RESEEDING OF DEPLETED GRAZING 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. 

 20 



i 

 1 



II 

 III 







8 

 8 

 3 

 4 



>Trampled in by sheep 



l....do 



L..do 









1 Timothy 





Main pasture 





SI. 40 





(Kentucky blue grass. . 

 (Mixture 





Sedge-catfoot area 



JTimothy ! 4 



jRedtop | 4 



I Kent ucky blue grass . . 4 



1.30 



Mountain bunch-grass 

 area. 



iTimothv 5 



(Redtop 4 



(Kentucky blue grass. J 5 



1.50 



STURGILL RANGE— 7,800 FEET. 





f ** 



1 ! 



l 



l 



l 

 l 



I 



II 



III 



IV 

 V 



1 

 2 

 3 



Timothy 



9 

 15 

 21 



>A11 brushed in 



>Trampled in by sheep 

 do 



($0 80 



Denuded bed ground . 



Redtop 



\ 1 85 



Kentucky blue grass. . 

 (Mixture 



I 3.50 





JTimothy 



5 

 4 

 5 





Do 



1 Redtop 



1.50 







Do 



[Kentucky blue grass. . 



Same as plot 2; same 



number pounds. 



do 



do 



1.30 



Do 



1.30 



Do 





1.55 















BEAR CREEK RANGE — 4,800 FEET. 





o 



2 



I 

 II 















JTimothy 



5 

 4 

 5 







1 Redtop 







Untreated 





Do 



(Kentucky blue grass. . 



Same as plot 1; same 



number pounds. 



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 



