Show SC S C S specialist visits ranchers 1 L lantow regional range management specialist for the S C S at albuquerque N M recently visited morgan county ranches to view forge pe conditions and examine grass plantings made during the fall of 1942 md and the spring of 1943 mr lantow states that he was well pleased with the progress morgan county ranchers are making in re vegetating ege tating denuded ranges with perennial annial grasses in general he says that ranchers were very enthusiastic about re seeding and are learning the i variety of grasses and manner of planting that best suits their locality he added a word of precaution on depth of planting of the plantings inspected he found some in which the seed had been planted too deep ile he adds ds that originally the seed ray may have been planted at the desired depth but after a rain the melting and move went of soil caused additional depth to be given iven the seed 1 I was favorably Im impressed by the adoption by ranchers of the practice of range realness readiness 1 that is keeping livestock off the range in the spring until it is ready this practice alone will mil be highly beneficial in production nd and retention and establishment of the more desirable and perennial by keeping them in bettor better vigor igor by practicing range readiness it means that the ranchers or are making provision for anore ore feed to hold their livestock later in the spring this undoubtedly comes from planting and harvesting more feed crops |