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Show Range Re-Seeding Is Proven To Be Entirely Practical That artificial reseeding of deteriorated de-teriorated ranges is practical has been shown by numerous experiments experi-ments conducted by several federal and state agencies. Guiding principles prin-ciples and a statement of conditions condi-tions under which success in re-seeding re-seeding may be expected' in the region comprising Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho and southwestern Wyomony are reported in a recently recent-ly published bulletin issued by the Intermcuntain Forest and Range Experiment station as Farmer's bulletin No. 1823. Through the administration of the forest service of the United States department of agriculture, in cooperation with stockmen, much of the western range lands in the national forests have been partially par-tially or wholly rehabilitated. Proper Pro-per range management and regulated regu-lated grazing allowed for natural revegetation in the greater part. Where the forage cover was greatly great-ly deteriorated before this range administration began, it is necessary neces-sary to resort to artificial reseeding. reseed-ing. So-called "sore spots" caused by fire, concentration of livestock and localized overgrazing, which have none of the better forage species left to furnish a source of seed supply, are being artifically reseeded. Range reseeding operations on the national forests of this region have been speeded up during the past two years by the use of C CC forces in this work. Fifty-one thousand pounds of grass seed were used in 1938 and 76,500 pounds in 1939 for CCC range rehabilitation re-habilitation projects. By the aid of such projects it is planned to rehabilitate areas that are not in optimum condition from a forage production standpoint. This will build up the carrying capacity of the ranges in order that they may sustain the great livestock live-stock industry dependent upon them for a large part of its feed requirements. |