Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-05
RESEEDING WITH
CULTIVATED GRASSES
studies md Experiments to Increase
the Forage on the All-ImpoPtant
summer Range in National
Forests.

The livestock industry turns TO ac-
count ono Of the greatest natural re-
sources Of the west-the forage crop.
From the plains to the Pacific an as
tonishinr'y large proportion of the area |
Is grain land. It is estimated that this |
region contains over 4ON.000,00O acres |
which ar, useful at present only for pas
turing stock. A map printed in colors
to bring out the main areas Of agricul-
tnral. E-azing. and desert lands was
published not long ago. It showed the
| grazinE-'7nd color spread like sheet
over nearly all this vast domain, which
! comprise something like one-thrd OF
the entire United States. with relatively
minor patches of the other colors In
arid regions the range Is comparatively
poor hut almost everywhere enough
! forage plants can grow to make grazing
profitable.
! The forest service in co-operat ton
! with the bureau of plant industry, has
begun series Of experiments to find
out how ne carving power OF grazing
! lands w'h'n national forests can be In
! creased. In a nutshell, the problems
are, fre'. Row to grow. and second. how
to utliz'. the largest amount of forage.
Tho conclusions reached are likely to
have an important bearing on improved
use of The open range generally. The
economc possibilities Of these expert
monts re enormous.
In tho past the stockman on the pub
lie lands has simply taken what nature
offered him but grazing tends to put
nature az q Disadvantages Plants which
propoCatt by seed, for example, have no
chance V'.on tho soed stocks are being
eaten of nil the time. In many grazing
regions the carrying power Of the range
has been very greatly reduced through
the present methods of use Within
nationa' Forests the restriction OF the
range has already checked the worst
evils which result from over razing.
But the new Investigations promise much
greater things.
These Investigations are to be carried
out alone 'hree distinct lines-stu dies Of
what can 10 done in the way Of intro
ducing cultivated grasses, studies Of
range movement through better
knowledge Of how wild grasses propa-
gate, the sudies Of how to handle both
cattle and sheep so as 10 reduce the
waste due to herding and trampling
The present account deals with the first
fine ;ntroduc,t,r of cultivated croes
! Tho man :, ,,,-oo ot .horo s,rd;os is
r Mr. Frodericl, y. Co,,il,o o1 .bo huro,u
Of nlon. industry. Who s an exnort in
n,a,,ore conrcc,cd With ,bo rso % tho
e ranra Mr. Co,.,,la ,n,do c,ro,,,
I studi, If qraz,,g nrob,on,S Z, Tho Cascade
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6 doner.rrert ~, ,o,-s aro ava oor+rib-
= r,.d 70 tbo d.y.,ssio, % gr,,,,, amos.
s ,iors which c,-,,od rort ~ w., n,,,io
0 ,ards commissions ronort ,,,do IN 1ooj
n Tho cxncriroo,ts uui boot, IN Vo,lowa
< cou-,y IN -o-.boos,orr oro,or t., Two
g rnuo,a ro,,,o,l forest, Here OF diff
t teror, o,tit,doe rrr,hor ~ r,o,st nat
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