8 CONTENTS. 



Range Conditions — Continued. Page. 

 The Interior Plateau Region — Continued. 



Range Deterioration : 38 



Primary Cause 38 



Excessive Land Valuation _-/_ 39 



Plow Overstocking Effects Deterioration 40 



Wild Oats and Alnlerilla 41 



Bunch-grasses 42 



Sheep vs. Cattle 42 



Summary 42 



Range Preservation 43 



Formation of a Seed Bed _ 44 



Preserve the Timber and Brush 44 



Maximum vs. Optimum Stocking 44 



Range Renewal 46 



Range Improvement 48 



The Coast-bluff Belt _ 49 



Climatology 49 



The Mesa Lands 50 



Soils 50 



Grasses and Other Forage Plants 50 



The White-ash Prairies 52 



Bottom Lands 54 



Soils , _ J 55 



Forage Crops 55 



Land Values 56 



Sand Dunes 56 



Native Sand Binders 57 



Methods of preventing drifting and reclamation of waste dunes. 59 



Beach Grass 59 



Sea Lyme Grass - 60 



Utilization of Sand Dunes 60 



The Redwood Belt 62 



Fodder Crops 64 



Fodder Crops Now Cultivated 64 



Plants Recommended for Cultivation or Trial 64 



Poisonous Plants 73 



Fungous Parasites 74 



Phytographic Notes 76 



Summary 77 



Index _.. 79 



