VII. LIST OF RESEEDING PUBLICATIONS OF SPECIAL VALUE 



FOR MONTANA 



All of the following papers and several others have been freely- 

 consulted in the preparation of this guide, and all contain valuable 

 additional information. They are listed in chronological order. 



( 1 ) Crested "■Jheatgrass in I.Iontana 



by Ralph D. I'ercer, Montana Ext. Serv. Circ. No. 92. 

 Crested wheatgrass is described and its value and culture in 

 I.Iontana are discussed. There are several good pointers on raising 

 and harvesting seed with instructions for adjusting threshing 

 machines to handle crested wheatgrass efficiently. 



(2) Reseeding Range Lands of the Intermountain Region 



by George Stewart, R.H. Walker, and Raymond Price. Intermountain 

 Forest and Range Exp. Sta . , USDA Farmers 1 Bull. No. 1823, July 193 

 Contains a lot of good sound background material on the why and 

 where of range reseeding. It is written especially for the 

 Intermountain Region, but has many ideas that are also applicable 

 here. Contains a table cf pertinent information concerning 

 reseeding value of 13 important forage species. 



(3) Grass 



by H.L. V/alster, et al . Agr. Exp. Sta., North Dakota Agr. 

 College Bull. No. 300. June 1941. 



This bulletin contains 111 pages packed with information of 

 interest to range men, particularly in the Northern Great Plains. 

 There is a discussion of the values of grass in general and very 

 fine descriptions of a large number of native and introduced 

 grasses discussing their distribution and ecological adaptations, 

 seed habits, forage value, adaptation fcr reseeding, etc. 



(4) Reseeding to Increase the Yield of Montana Range Lands 



by L.R. Short, Northern Rocky Mountain Fcr. & Range Exp. Sta., 

 USDA Farmers' Bull. No. 1924. February 1943. 

 This bulletin was prepared especially for Montana, with consi- 

 derable emphasis on plowed and abandoned range lands. It con- 

 tains a let of good background information on soil, climate, 

 competition, costs and returns, etc. Also contains a table 

 giving sowing recommendations for 11 important forage species, 

 and discusses the various methods of seeding adapted to different 

 situations. 



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