Costs 



Costs of seeding and transplanting are compared in table 6. Total seeding cost per acre 

 was $204.75 ($505.92 per hectare). Total transplanting cost per acre was $232.56 ($574.65 per 

 hectare). Costs are expressed at approximate 1979 prices. Labor costs were computed on a 

 $5.00 per hour wage scale. Costs for tools, and travel and lodging for planting crews are not 

 included . 



Table 6 . --Estimated costs of seeding and transplanting treatments, 1979 



Planting method 



Cost per acre 



Cost per hectare 



Seeding 



Seedbed preparation (scalping hoe) 

 Seeding (hand-operated seeder) 

 Seed (cleaned) 



Bitterbrush 



Wedgeleaf ceanothus 

 Preplanting seed treatment^ 



Transplanting 



Seedbed preparation (scalping hoe) 

 Handplanting (planting spade) 

 Planting stock (1-0 transplant) 



Total 



Total 



$ 120.00 

 45.00 



28.60 

 9.40 

 1 .45 

 $ 204.75 



108.00 

 68.00 

 56.56 

 $ 232.56 



$ 296.50 

 111 .20 



70.67 

 23.23 

 4.32 

 $ 505.92 



266.86 

 168.03 

 139.76 

 $ 574.65 



■^Rodent repellent treatment of bitterbrush and hot water treatment of wedgeleaf ceanothus. 



Seedbed preparation (scalping) was the largest single investment item, accounting for 59 

 percent of total seeding cost and 46 percent of total transplanting cost. Seeding was about 

 12 percent less costly than transplanting. The cost of seed was about two-thirds that of nursery 

 planting stock. Seed prices were $14.24 per lb ($31.40 per kg) for bitterbrush and $28.48 per 

 lb ($62,80 per kg) for wedgeleaf ceanothus. Nursery costs were $47.13 per thousand graded and 

 packed 1-0 transplants. 



CONCLUSIONS 



The planting was designed to test the applicability of procedures recommended for improving 

 deteriorated deer winter ranges in southwestern Idaho by artifical revegetation. Subobj ectives 

 were to compare: (1) two planting methods--direct seeding and transplanting; (2) two browse 

 species--antelope bitterbrush and wedgeleaf ceanothus; and (3) two bitterbrush seed sources-- 

 southwestern Idaho and northwestern Nevada--for both the seeding and transplanting methods. 



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