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Show SEEDING THE RANGES. rrom every quarter we hear of ranges eaten out and feed becoming searce. The range stockmen are face to face with the nlKrnatlte to use enclosed en-closed pnatu es or else seed the ranges with glasses that will grow without Irrigation Ir-rigation The litter proposition nny Mem Melons ry and Impracticable, but it Is not Suppose a sheepman owns 20 000 acres of range land that la depleted de-pleted from long erasing. One thousand thou-sand dollars Hpent for seed and labor will suffice tn stHrt tarlous spots of meidon oat glass and Itrome grass In the most favorable places. These grasses will spread rapldl, the oat grass front seed anl the ISrome grarts by means,of the cieeplng, underground roots It may be necessary to keep the herds ofr the seeded range for one year so as to gite the grasses a chance to root well Cooperation amongst owners of adjacent ranges would result In tx neflt to all The disc will put the ground ln good condition for the seed and the common harrow after seeding will enter sufllriently. It Io undoubtedly time for the rango men to seriously consider the question of seeding their lands |