Planting grasses

Explains important steps to take to restore successful stands of grass in the Great Plains--select high quality seed of adapted species, prepare in firm seedbed with mulch cover or seed in standing dead cover, drill seed at proper depth during the right season of the year, control weed competition of grass seedlings and defer grazing until grasses are well established. Discusses how ranges can be reseeded, some by drilling and others by broadcasting.

More in Preventing Wind Erosion on the Great Plains Series

  1. Economic problems 1958
  2. Planting grasses 1958
  3. Range grazing practices 1958
  4. Stubble mulch farming 1958
  5. Tillage practices 1958
  6. Tree windbreaks 1958

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