Show dixie forest pushes seeding Rese Re edins of range land with the object ofT of rebuilding mountain ranges ind and increasing feed for livestock lands within the dixie national forest are beloff belag re seeded on a large scale it was an saturday by albert albertson bort son forest supervisor at cedar city areas depleted by over brax ing and serious drouth are being restored to byar by artificial titi re seeding the success of this work on the dixie la its demonstrated demonstrate 4 by abundant grasses now on acres of plantings made in recent years the tha lands ibave ave reached tho the recovery stage and are producing araga for permitted stock resold ing now being idone includes acres on critically deplot depleted od areas within tho the sevier and dixie units of ef tho the forest seed in a mixture of crested wheat winter rye and brome is being sown at 60 pounds pound 15 to tho the acre it done dai during late kugust or early eyrly september before tall fall rains permit the ei establishment of roots and iome aam growth by the grasses before treating weather insure early growth in the spring the adaptability of equipment ifor soil preparation and covering coring of the seebon seed on rough lough and heavily covered brush lands landa ls la rapidly being solved the explained tractor drawn heavy disc plows of the wheatland type and a heavy spike harrow designed by personnel belof of the dixie forest are providing the punch tor for re seeding tough areas the all out effort to market more meat wool and leather T r e quires maximum production product loOi 0 ar age from both farm and ranee mile livestock industry ot of south ern utah to Is making q a S splendid cieli dia con toward goal anid and i hatae timers striving to keep we the producing plant in good order hundreds of acres of marginal farm and 16 foothill thill land liero coffre covered only wath gage aag brush are being sown to winter rye crested created and other grasst sit ea now spring iball range fordye for stock is by this means being pro idad on areas that littge been unused or unproductive for many mani years These measures for thib rd of unproductive and depleted lands landa are already serving the needs ot of increased production r and an improved livestock economy me supervisor said |