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Show Range Utilization Studies Are Begun i Range utilization studies plan- j red to continue through the next I five to ten years at the Desert j Range Experiment station, west of Milford, were to be started t Monday, according to an interview' Sunday in Ogden with Solar S. Hutchings, who has charge of the work at this station. ! Mr. ; Hutchings returned to his. post Monday and immediately be-' gan the initiation of the experi-; mental grazing on the. 16 pastures; and four ranges encompassed J within the station area. The osti-! mated carrying cniiacity of the: different areas will .lie checked' with the actual i tilixation by sheep and cattle. ' A new study planned at the' station jirovuk-s for "clipping" in varying degrees and at different seasons, of vegetation in selected ene-iosed lots. The te t are being undertaken to show if close, moderate mod-erate or light graziiv at specified periods of the year is more con-. ducive to growth of range vegcta-! tion. |