CRESTED WHEATGRASS 5 
moisture supply is limited, heavier seedings result in decreased yields. 
In cultivated rows 2 or 3 pounds of seed per acre is ample for single 
rows and 4 to 5 pounds for double rows 42 inches apart. 
FIGURE 1.—Seeding crested wheatgrass, Dickinson, N.Dak. 
Under dry-land conditions it is generally safer to sow crested 
wheaterass without a nurse crop. ‘Where the moisture supply is 
FIGURE 2.—Crested wheatgrass in rows for seed production, Dickinson, N.Dak. 
favorable good results are usually obtained when seedings are made 
me a nurse crop of wheat or oats sown at about one half the usual 
rate 
Where it is desired to seed a considerable area of abandoned farm 
land as cheaply as possible, seeding in strips and permitting the 
