Show Re seeding program to relieve grazing eight thousand acres of dixie national forest range land jand was put into the high production class last summer according to albert albertson forest supervisor planted with a variety of palatable range grasses the depleted lands will have three years eara of protection from grazing they will then be used to rel relieve leve the grazing pressure on critical high watersheds of 0 the forest located on the pines eseed ing projects project largest large of its type in the world the acres planted this year makes a total of already seeded an additional acres acrea will be added next year to make a total of grassland t S ft 1 v ff t st S far pas pasture a for or the e vene benefit ifft of dixie grazing permit tees 1 nearly worth of grass seed was used on ti the le project during the 1949 season part of walh was li harvested arvest ed from older forest service sixteen miles fit ot fence were construe led to protect the lie new grass paid to local people peale amounted to over i 2000 and equipment costs amoun amounted ted to five large caterpillar tractors and two wheel type tractors were I 1 on the job from ju july ly to no november em pulling plows drills and dixie brush harrows all AH of the crested wheatgrass wheat grass used in 1939 was harvested from previous iotis forest service plan plantings kings in johns valley seed bought from com merel cal sources included smooth brome grass orchard liard krass rass timothy tall tali meadow oat grasa grass and alta fescue |