Show Ephraim Men Menn Write On n Crested Wheat WheatGrass WheatGrass WheatGrass Grass Grazing I Grazing Crested Wheat Grassby Grass Grassby by Sheep is the subject of an article appearing in the Journal of Range Management of March 1954 reprints of which are now being distributed by the Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain Forest and Range Experiment Experiment Ex Ex- Station Forest Service Building Ogden Utah The article was written by by- byA A. A A A. T T. Bleak and A. A Perry Plummer range conservationists at that time lime of the writing Mr Plummer Plummer Plummer Plum- Plum mer is still the officer in charge of the Great Basin Research Center at Ephraim but Mr Bleak has nl new w left the Forest Service I and is at present located at Reno Nevada The paper tells of an experiment experiment experiment exper exper- started on a denuded area near Ephraim in 1940 It was seeded with a mixture of grasses and other plants but ony any crested crested crested crest crest- ed wheat grass really established establish establish- ed d itself as a 3 forage crop Controlled Controlled Controlled Con Con- trolled grazing was started in 1945 and has continued since some plats being grazed only lightly some moderately a anc and n d some heavy The paper tells of the gains per lamb Iamb on the different different dif dif- ferent Lerent types of grazing I It also points out that ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 1 million acres inthe in inthe inthe the intermountain west have been planted to crested wheatgrass wheat wheatgrass wheatgrass grass and that another 10 million million million mil mil- lion acres will probably be planted to this grass The paper is interesting and informative and copies can be had from the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service Building Ogden f o |