Spread of range forage plants: Practicality of seeding some types of range land through livestock under test in Fresno County

Jones, R; Carroll, F

Spread of range forage plants: Practicality of seeding some types of range land through livestock under test in Fresno County

Authors

Richard G. Jones
Floyd 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.

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