Show ig range doctors prescription cures companas Comp anys landells land Lan dIllS 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 mater materially iMly increased their income from sheep this year heres what they did three years ago the company signed a cooperative agreement with the soil conservation service for put ting into effect an improvement program on their badly overgrazed over grazed range on deep creek they fenced the range 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 of sheep on the range to what the range men said it would carry safely and now here is what has happened the last of july they sold lambs averaging 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 was war per cent compared with around per cent last year proper stocking has improved their range very much despite the dry summer now it is wea we il known that any big improvement in range con conditions d cannot always be expected overnight because peculiarities of rainfall soil and vegetation usually make it a long gradual process but the point is this the range men say no matter how hov gradual the recovery process it pays its own way in terms of increased livestock yio id and better grass and soil conditions |