Vol. 17, No. 8 
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management in Illinois, particularly on state-owned sanctuaries. On sanctuaries 
owned or leased by The Nature Conservancy (09*+ acres), farmers can be granted a 
larger-than-customary share of the crop of grass seed, but on state-owned 
sanctuaries (567 acres), the taxes and the costs of combining and hauling may 
exceed the income from an average stand of redtop. An average yield of 100 lb 
of redtop per acre would amount to $ 25*00 per acre at a price of $ 0.25 per lb. 
Thus, only the stands of highest quality will likely be harvested. The new 
cash-bidding procedure to be implemented on state-owned sanctuaries in 1975 
may have to include a substantial share of a sizable acreage of soybeans in 
order to accomplish the desired amount of grassland management through seed 
ha rvesting. 
