DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate I. Frontispiece. Range improvement by reseeding. Fig. 1, — Mountain 

 meadow where timothy was seeded in the autumn of 1902. The prevailing 

 vegetation in the foreground is mountain clover (Trifolium longipes), which 

 makes very little growth. Fig. 2. — The same plot illustrated in figure 1 

 two years later, showing the stand of timothy secured. 



Plate II. Types of permanent range land not adapted to other uses. Fig. 1. — 

 Typical scab land. Bunch wheat-grass grew abundantly in these areas be- 

 fore overgrazing took place. Fig. 2. — A mountain meadow. A typical place 

 for seeding timothy. Tall fescue and brome-grass will grow to advantage 

 along the timber edges. 



Plate III. Bunch wheat-grass pastures. Fig. 1. — Bunch wheat-grass pasture 

 that has been continually overgrazed until nothing but June grass (Poa 

 sandbergii) is left. Fig. 2. — A bunch wheat-grass pasture that has been 

 properly handled. The photographs for figures 1 and 2 were taken on 

 adjoining ranges. 



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