Show c RECOVER S I 1 boar ian UNDER SYSTEM OF management conservative use is one of the t potent panaceas for depleted 00 tern stern range as evidenced by re of studios studies made from 1933 to the desert Ie branch expert 1936 is at t station in a western mellard under cow conservation use for oty ty L production has almost trebled the winter range during that time 1316 gafore tile the ex experimental perl mental plots frere ere fenced tw in 1933 the entire tire range gee was grazed heavily and con were similar throughout the rt sine since fencing tile the experiment range has been stocked at station the rate ot of approximately two surface acres a month for or each sheep capt in 1934 35 when winter pro pre vp it atlon was low no plan of management has been adopted by users bisers the outside range lic egrass makes recovery Ke covery T the h 0 most striking recovery and occurred with the M boet loet t palatable and better forage tints rice grass P produced ga pounds 0 of forage per acre on the I gd tange range while it produced caly 10 pounds pou on the open range counts count sl showed loed that this grass has ruff buffered ered a 3 17 percent mortality on tin the open ojen rangi and 5 percent on oil the managed area I 1 moreover Alore over 1 1000 1 ats ants on the open range produced obly caly 7 pounds ot of forage while the aade number ot of plants on the experimental peri ri mental range produced 33 pounds founds in the case of the warm point lt closure tc losure since tile the beginning of in 1932 ric egrass has iDer increased eased percent in density percent while curly gras mso shows no DO marked change in 1 ither either the protected or outside range rage at the woods well enclosure nc ric egrass has almost disappeared from the outside area while on the inside it increased 47 percent cur arm decreased so 50 percent on the outside but increased 70 percent under protection and whit esage decreased 11 percent on the outside tat lot increased 30 percent within the fence |