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Show Dixie Forest Head Tells of Reseeding Practices Eight thousand acres of Dixie National Forest range land was put into the high-production class last summer, according to Albert Albertson, forest supervisor. supervi-sor. Planted with a variety of palatable range grasses, the depleted de-pleted lands will have three years of protection from grazing. They will then be used to relieve the grazing pressure on critical high watersheds of the forest. Located on the Pines Reseeding Reseed-ing project, largest of its type in the world, the 8,000 acres planted this year makes a total to-tal of 16,050 already seeded. An additional 7,000 acres will be added next year, to make a total to-tal of 23,050 acres of fenced grassland pasture for the benefit of Dixie grazing permittees. Nearly $22,000 worth of grass seed was used on the project dur-ing dur-ing the 1949 season, part of which was harvested from older forest service plantings. Sixteen miles of fence were constructed to protect the new grass. Wages I paid to local people amounted to over $12,000 and equipment .costs amounted to $14,000. I Five large caterpillar tractors and two wheel-type tractors were on the job from July to November, Novem-ber, pulling plows, drills and J Dixie Brush harrows. All of the crested wheatgrass used in 1949 was harvested from previous forest for-est service plantings in John's valley. Seed bought from commercial com-mercial sources included smooth brome grass, orchard grass, timothy, timo-thy, tall meadow oatgrass and alto fescue. |