BN—29538 
Counting seedlings in a method-of-seeding experiment 
at Fort Collins, Colo. 
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The field on the right was cleared of sagebrush and 
seeded to crested wheatgrass and other grasses in 1950. 
This 1958 photograph shows little usable forage on the 
unimproved, native sagebrush range. The elevation at 
this Colorado location is 7,500 feet and the annual pre- 
cipitation is 12 inches. 
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Band seeding of tall fescue and ladino clover at Beltsville, 
Md. Left, seed and fertilizer broadcast; right, seed 
banded in 8-inch rows with fertilizer banded 1 inch 
below seed. This experiment included rate of seeding 
and rate of applying fertilizer. 
BN~25028 
Heat lamps simulate hot rangeland conditions in labora- 
tories at Las Cruces, N. Mex. Survival ability of many 
different grasses planted in small plastic containers can 
be determined in a single test. 
