26 RANGE IMPROVEMENT IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
bean, teosinte, and several varieties of sorghum for annual or tempo- 
rary pastures and for hay purposes. They had shown the possibility 
of utilizing to good advantage, for permanent pasture purposes, the 
seeds of such grasses as the gramas, mesquites, wild timothy, cotton 
top, Canadian rye, and everlasting grass. They had definitely proven 
that range improvement could be secured by judiciously resting the 
pastures, by cultivating the sod, and by sowing the seeds of hardy 
native and improved grasses. ‘These and the other results secured had 
satisfied many stockmen and farmers that, at comparatively small 
expense, they could greatly improve their ranges, and that by the culti- 
vation of many excellent grasses and forage plants, up to that time 
known to them only through their books and papers, they could add 
very much to the productive capacity of their ranches and farm 
pastures. 
HISTORY OF THE THIRD YEAR’S WORK. 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. 
From April 1, 1900, to and including the month of March, 1901, 
when the station work was concluded, the conditions in the main were 
satisfactory, as were the results secured. Notwithstanding the diffi- 
culties experienced during the former two years, enough had been 
accomplished to give substantial results during the next twelve months. 
As stated above, many of the experiments made to date had proven 
failures, but they had suggested and opened up the way for the adop- 
tion of better methods. Of the other experiments some had been in 
part successful, while still others had proven entirely satisfactory. 
With two years’ experience, and the record well in hand as the basis for 
future work, that work was begun under very encouraging conditions. 
The seasons throughout the twelve months, while not all that could 
have been desired, were good and in striking contrast to those of the 
preceding twenty-four months. 
During April there was abundant precipitation—5.48 inches—which 
put the grass-garden land in excellent condition to receive seeds and 
the pasture lands in like condition to be cultivated and otherwise 
handled. During May the rainfall was 4.11 inches, which was very 
favorable to the growth of the garden stuffs and pasture grasses. The 
temperature during these two months was normal, hence satisfactory. 
By June 1 a large number and variety of seeds had been sown in the 
grass garden, and good stands of practically everything planted had 
been secured. The pastures selected for special treatment, as set out 
in the original plans, had been disked, and, owing to the abundant 
rains and the favorable temperature that followed, the grasses in them 
were developing rapidly; and the grasses in the other pastures were 
green and vigorous to such extent that it was considered safe to hold 
on the entire 640 acres of pasture land not less than 85 head of mixed 
