PELLET SEEDING ON WESTERN RAXGELAXDS 



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Figure 2. — Crested wheatgrass seed: Top to bottom, nonpelleted seed, coated 

 seed pellets, and compressed seed pellets. 



pellet. In the 1954 Idaho seeding there was 0.98 seed o( crested 

 wheatgrass and 0.92 seed of intermediate wheatgrass per pellet. 5 



When crested wheatgrass seed is pelleted, 1 pound of seed goes into 

 *ach 3 to 8 pounds of pellets. The ratio with intermediate wheat- 

 pass is about 1 to 4 (Tisdale and Piatt, 1951; Hull. 1959). 



5 Unpublished data from Agricultural Research Service. Logan, Utah. 



