Spread of range forage plants: Practicality of seeding some types of range land through livestock under test in Fresno County
Authors
Richard G. JonesFloyd D. Carroll
Authors Affiliations
Richard G. Jones is Farm Advisor, Fresno County, University of California; Floyd D. Carroll is Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 7(12):4-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v007n12p4. December 1953.
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Abstract
Whether animal droppings can be used as seedbeds for the establishment of desirable forage plants on certain range areas is being studied near Squaw Valley.
Jones R, Carroll F. 1953. Spread of range forage plants: Practicality of seeding some types of range land through livestock under test in Fresno County. Hilgardia 7(12):4-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v007n12p4
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