Show RANGE DOCTORS prescription CURES CURE Is LAND ILLS following a good range management program is the method that led the littleton range company of morgan county to success declare officials of the soil conservation service through this system the company materially increased their income from sheep this year heres what they did three years ago aco the company signed a cooperative agreement with w ith the soil conservation service for putting into effect an improvement program on their badly overgrazed over grazed I 1 range on deep creek they fenced the ran range rane e to exclude trespass stock put some brush plugs in the gullies to stop erosion re seeded the gully banks and other critical areas with perennial grasses and then reduced the number sheep on the range to what the range men said it would carry safely an now here is what happened the last of july they sold lambs averaging over 80 pounds each two thirds of the lot topped the market for fat lambs this years lambs were about one fourth heavier than last years and they sold them nearly three weeks earlier than last year the lamb crop for this season n was percent compared with around percent last year proper stocking has improved their range very much despite the dry summer now it is well known that any big improvement in range conditions cannot always be expected overnight because peculiarities of rainfall soil and vegetation usually make it a long graCi gradual ual process but the point is this the range men say no matter how gradual the recovery process it pays its own i way in terms of increased livestock yield and better grass and soil conditions 11 |