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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'rABI..E 2.-Management and conservation practices recommended, according to capability of the <br />land-Continued <br /> <br />Land- <br />capability <br />class <br /> <br />VI (orange)l___ <br />Notsultablo <br />fOf culti- <br />vation, <br />Suitable <br />for grazing <br />with mod- <br />crate re- <br />strictions. <br /> <br />Soll group <br /> <br />4 Medium-depth, <br />moderately <br />heavy solIs: <br />Daca, Man- <br />skor___h___ <br /> <br />See footnotes at cui! of table. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Slope and erosion Cropland or Idle land <br />(based.on dry.land <br />farming) <br /> <br />nand BB (un- <br />dulating) ; <br />sllJ':ht or mod- <br />erato erosion, <br />or sUg-ht or <br />moderato fC'- <br />mova.ls and <br />sovere accu- <br />mulations. <br /> <br />Rovf.'getation with the <br />ultimate goal of graz <br />lug llse under good <br />fange managemont <br />should be the priumry <br />program, <br />On areas stabilized by <br />annual weeds and <br />graSS(\8, pllStnrc r1rlges <br />should be constructed <br />and tho intervals <br />should be listed on <br />the contour. as cover <br />permits. <br />On bare or poorly cover. <br />ed areas, plant on the <br />contour in spring to <br />Sudan grass, broom- <br />corn, or forage SOl" <br />ghums. M nke cov('r <br />plantin!l's and gr!l.'lS <br />s(!(Jdlngs IlCcordlng to <br />rocommendations by <br />technicians. Utiliza- <br />tion must be rcstrlt!ted <br />to provide cov(>r and <br />allow recovery of na- <br />tive gruss. Permit <br />grazing only in sum. <br />mer months, and lim- <br />it p;razing to allow <br />recovery for winter <br />protectIOn, <br />Oautlon: If h\l"ge tracts <br />are blOWing, stablliza- <br />tlon can be accom. <br />plished only by prop- <br />erly timed treatment <br />of the entire qrea, <br />Stabllizatlon of small <br />fields in large blow <br />areas is not practi. <br />cablc. <br /> <br />Praetioes recommended for- <br /> <br />Pasture, meadow, Spoolal conditions <br />or woodland <br /> <br />Strict range man. <br />agement, includ- <br />ing all practic(....~ <br />llsted for classes <br />III and IV, <br />Construction of <br />stock ponds fea- <br />sible on most of <br />these lands. <br />Windbreaks for <br />farmsteads and <br />for livestock <br />wherever suffi- <br />cient moisture is <br />available. Wher. <br />ever possible, <br />plantings should <br />he large enough <br />find should con- <br />tflin trees suit. <br />able for fuol find <br />posts. <br />If runoff has been <br />controlled,plant_ <br />ing shrubs and <br />, othernativcvcr,c- <br />tntloll In gUllios I <br />may be practlca. <br />able. <br />Plantshrubs, vlncs, <br />or aquatio plants <br />on the upstream <br />faoos of fills for <br />ponds In drain- <br />age ways above <br />ponds, and In <br />moist uroas be- <br />low springs if <br />plantings do not <br />lntcrferowithus{' <br />for llvestoek wa- <br />ter, <br />Structures for pas. <br />ture improve- <br />ment should not <br />bo built unW <br />surrounding. <br />areas are well <br />stabilized. All <br />plantings must <br />be protected by <br />adequato fflncl's. <br />Ponds should b{' <br />f(loced, and pro- <br />vision made for <br />watering stock in <br />tanks below <br />ponds. <br />Allwindbroaksflnd <br />wood-lot plant- <br />iugs mUst be cul- <br />tivated suffi- <br />ciently to elimi- <br />nnte competition <br />fromweods. <br />Plantingsshouldlw <br />protected from <br />dnmago by ro- <br />dents. <br />Adja{'ont blow <br />aroas shonld h{' <br />controlled. <br /> <br />On areas affected by <br />severo accumula- <br />tions, Leveling 0 <br />hummocks,duoos, <br />and fence-row <br />drifts; suitable <br />measures for sla <br />bllizationj and <br />protection of plant <br />residue!!, <br /> <br />Physical Land Conditions in the <br />