Adv antages of Moderate Rang e Use 



Experiments have shown that moderate use of the range 

 leaves about the right amount of forage on the ground for con- 

 tinued production. Advantages of moderate use in one study.-'-/ 

 of the annual- type range were found to be: 



1. The cattle made better net gains over a 7 months' 

 green feed grazing period from January to August. 



2. The range was ready for grazing 2 to 3 weeks 

 earlier in the winter. 



3 . Old forage left on the ground in the fall was 

 eaten with the new green forage and provided the 

 cattle with roughage. 



4. The old forage remaining in the fall provided added 

 insurance against washing and gullying of soil at 

 the start of the new rainy period. 



5. There were indications that soil fertility was 

 maintained . 



1/ Cooperative experiments on cattle range conducted by the 

 Forest Service and the University of California at the San 

 Joaquin Experimental Range, in Madera County. Preliminary re- 

 sults are reported in University of California Bulletin 663, 

 issued April, 1942. 



