16 BULLETIN 34, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DEFERRED GRAZING. 
1. The removal of the herbage crop after seed maturity allows the 
vegetation to recover its vitality as readily as when protected 
yearlong. 
2. The fertile seed crop produced is planted by the trampling of 
the stock. 
3. The nutritive value of the forage after seed maturity is rela- 
tively high; the herbage is grazed with relish, and -there is no loss 
of forage. 
-i. The lands must be grazed moderately during the time required 
for the seedling plants to become securely established. 
APPLICATION OF DEFERRED GRAZING TO RANGE MANAGEMENT. 
1. Deferred grazing can be applied wherever a fertile seed crop 
may be produced and where there are ample water facilities for 
stock while grazing. 
2. The area of the range to be set aside will be determined by the 
time of seed maturity and the amount of forage required between 
that time and the end of the season. 
3. The time required to reestablish a satisfactory forage stand 
will depend upon (a) the extent to which the range is depleted, 
(b) fertility of the seed and the thoroughness »with which it is 
planted, and (c) climatic conditions and the care with which the 
lands are grazed after the planting of the seed crop. 
-1. After the first area selected has been thoroughly revegetated 
it may be grazed early in the season and another area set aside for 
deferred grazing. The system should be continued after the entire 
range has been revegetated in order to maintain the vigor of the 
vegetation and allow the production of an occasional seed crop by 
which the forage stand may be maintained. 
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