Show SUPERVISOR RETURNS f FIlm RANGE MEETING Supervisor A. A G. G Nord returned to Vernal Tuesday after aCter having ha he been en engaged since the in the s study udY of range and forage plant 1 experimental I mental work conducted at the Great I Basin Experiment Station near near EphraIm I Tho The Great Basin Dasin Experiment Station Station Station Sta Sta- tion was established by tho time F Forest rest Service lee in 1913 forth for th j purpose of studying methods of ot range ranse management management manage- manage ment that would Improve J c and maIntain maIn maIn- tain tamu the the forage resources s and still sun p permit use of or the rangel range l time the le a artificial of of Tango ganger t lands and the correlation of oC grazing grazing graz- graz grazI I Ing with other resources such as watershed protection and HI timber Umbel production Many of the study projects s have been completed and Ute the results are arenow arenow now In published form but in addItion addI- addI tion there are a great many uncompleted projects under study at the time present time lime The work Is extended to h Include chlde experimentation with the cultivated species under ral range ge con con- Unions onions as Ss s well as the native dative of s species Some of ot these projects are showing I prom promising ling results Certain species of grass also haVe been Introduced I I from Canada and Russia for Cor experimental experimental mental purposes es I I Selected plants are taken under treatment over over overa a period o oT years years h by loping at intervals to resemble forms of grazing with respect to toa va various various va- va arlous rious degrees of intensity and seasonal seasonal sea sea- use as a means menns of determining the tho l relative eIA ve yield and vigor of tho the plants following treat treatment Outstanding Outstanding Out Out- standing results from Crom the experimentation experimentation experimentation show that satisfactory grown before grazing and pr provision for Cor an occasional seed seed crop are unquestionable unquestionable un un- un- un questionable requisites 01 Jor or maximum m mYiel yield and nd for Cor tho the maintenance of ot a l satisfactory cover of palatable forage forage for- for age Many Ian of the time higher types of forage plants lank are k kU kUa I U Lq put oat time fist first h st year ear under severe treatment while In In some Instances t their yi ld vigor increase through use Ideal Idea to their requirements 0 0 |