Show DEPLETED RANGE since 1907 the forest service has haa conducted n ducted over tests leaf throughout 0 u t the west to a determine what cultivated foraja plants plant can be most moat seeded oo on the ranke ranee and what type of range ranee may yield economic returns the teata have an ai wd tied to cover all important road condition 1 eions of soil climate ex counts and elevation more than 15 of the most permanent gross gracei and cl cloven have been ban included include din ID he trials the results obtained show bow clearly that mat it does not pay to plow the round ground or to otherwise prepare a wed seed bed similar to that ratified re to a in 10 the usual farm practice r fhe he wed seed however mait bs ba fitly covered to accomplish th i a bruit bran harrow a spring toothed harr harria or indeed the pacing of a hand band of sheep two or three times over the seeded area se seivel ve the purpose timothy smooth brome brom Kran egrass kentucky bluegrass blueR i achard and redtop in the rier named have riven given the best beat results the beet beat stand when seeded to a single has open been procured by scalier matter me ing seed in the following amounts ainu anid timothy 8 pounds smooth brome let fraas 20 kentucky bluegrass 20 orchard grass gram 15 and redtop 15 p pounds hands the best time to in the year for scattering the wed seed in the inter dountain noun tain region is IB late laie spring or early summer in tha Nir heat seeding in the autum gives the best results the difference in the season of these them two regions is due to the difference in cli climatic matil condition condi tiona seeding to the cultivated forage plants plana is ia ex expensive p and economic returns can an be expected only where soil oil and moisture conditions condi tiona are to far above average scattering Scatter ine the seed aeed on an dry nde aide hills is ia a waste of time and money also alm it will not pay to seed ad areas less than feet below timberline and it seldom pa pas to wed seed the dry areas at af the foothills the best plan in building up a ranee is i to permit the native vegetation to develop wed seed and become reestablished |