68 MISC. PUBLICATION 702, U. S. DEPT. -OF AGRICULTURE 



Increasing Forage Production on Range Lands in the West 



Agriculture on western ranges is already a "grassland" type. 

 Kanchers and researchers constantly seek means of maintaining or 

 improving the grass cover (fig. 8). The practices employed to achieve 





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Figure 8. — Carrying capacity of this range was increased by good management, 

 including rotational grazing and gully control. 



these ends have a direct impact on the rancher's purse. One of the 

 more important of these is range reseeding, which may be accom- 

 plished either by artificial or natural means, depending upon condi- 

 tion of the range and type of herbage present. Artificial reseeding is 

 generally used when most of the vegetation is gone or when the present 



