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Figure 7. — A, Untreated seed drilled at 6 pounds per acre on a burned seedbed 

 at Summit, Idaho. B, In 1956 the area produced 453 pounds of air-dry 



I herbage per acre. Compare this stand with the adjacent pellet seeding 

 in figure 6. 





Results 



Plants were counted on all areas. The numbers surviving to the 

 second year are shown in table 3 (Hull, 1959). In 1961, air-dry 

 crested wheatgrass per acre on plots seeded at 6 pounds of seed per 

 acre was as follows: 



pelleted seed 



Location (pounds) 



Dubois 1. 12S 



Sand 1. 165 



Buckskin No. 1 1. 425 



Buckskin No. 2 1, 465 



Portneuf No. 2 1. 303 



Air-dry crested wheatgrass per acre 



Plots plowed and Plots burned and 

 drilled to non- airplane broad- 



cast to /'• 

 (pounds') 



2 



1 



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