Show conservation news notes for count county y earl the first of this week clyde lowe district conservationist vat from Pan gultch and I 1 accompanied roland esplin over a martof part of ills his range prior to working out a conservation plan for ills his ranch where roland now runs about head of sheep five different owners have tried to run about head of and 60 head of cattle cattie the range still bares scars of this over use practically tl every drainage lia lias been cell cut out and the water table lowered until only weeds and aad brush are now no growing on what was at one time thile meadow land the re rest t and of the land the side hills and tile the benches are practically devoid of grass all this sounds pretty bad but our investigation showed that the picture is beginning to change for the better although the grasses that are generally found on mountain brush ranges range in fit good and excellent condition are continued oni on page five oft ts ap 0 r 4 continued from page paga one ally gone tile the better browse such BB as bitter brush and mt Mal mahogany logany certainly took look good old branches that were killed by the heavy grazing till remain but the now new growth looks vigorous and healthy and the there re is enough of tile the dc current wrent years growth left to mako make sure that tile the plant isabl Is able to maintain its ita self in a good vigorous condition mr esplin plans to manage ills his range in such a way that tile the browse continues to produce as much feed as ag possible but lie ho realizes that his range could produce much and that tile the soil boll bouhl be held where it belongs angs if tho the spaces between betwee ii the lie brush were growing palatable grass instead ot of being bare of growing only annual weeds that are aie gone by sum mer 1 ho also realizes that on his range just asun as on much of the range of tile the country the native grasses have been killed hilled out to such an all extent that it would take years for or the gross grass to come lif in n naturally to help nature get the grossback grass back on oil the range one of the provisions of tile the tentative arlve plan calls for re seeding the better areas area as fast as time money and leedare seed are available after seeding tile the range will wili be managed so bo aalto as to produce as much forage as s possible mr and a few of the file other oter ranch ors era of the county are be beginning gill to realize that thai grass and other good forage Is the crop they are it producing and that livestock ovide the means of harvesting this tha crop and converting it into beet beef f mutton an and wool and it if they can call manage this crop of grass and browse so BO that it Is I 1 s kept in a d heal healthy heartily tily vigorous condition it will liean more forage production and of course nore more pounds pound of beef ji mutton lutton and wool part earl soil conservationist |