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In non-irrigated~es this soil is suited to a•ii~ wheat, barley and <br />sorghum. Most of the area is devoted to winter wheat which is alter- <br />• Hated with summer fallow to allow moisture accumulation. Normally, <br />precipitation is too low to make beneficial use of fertilizers. <br />Good cultural practices such as stubble mulch farming, strip cropping <br />and minimum tillage are needed to combat wind and water erosion. Terracing <br />may alsd be needed to control water erosion. <br /> The potential native vegetation on this soil is dominated by blue grams. <br /> Several mid grasses such as western wheatgrass and needle and thread are <br /> also present. Potential production ranges from 1600 pounds :der acre in <br /> favorable years to 1000 pounds in unfavorable years. 1,'hen range condition <br /> deteriorates, the midgrasses decrease; blur grams, buffalograss, snakeweed, _ <br />~ <br /> yucca and fringed sage increase and production drops. Undesirable weeds <br />C\~ and annuals invade the site as range condition becomes poorer. <br />• 1•;anagement of vegetation on this soil should be based on taking half and <br /> leaving half of the total annual production. Seeding is advisable if <br /> range is in poor condition. Sideoats grams, little bluestem, western <br /> eheatgrass, hlue grams, pubescent wheatgrass and crested wheatgrass are <br /> suitable for seeding. The grass selected should meet the seasonal <br /> requirements of livestock. For successful seeding, a clean, firm, <br /> sorghum stubble--prepared the growing season prior to seeding--or a <br /> firm, prepared seedbed and grass drill should be used. Early spring <br /> seeding has proven most successful. <br /> Windbreaks and envirorucental plantings are generally well suited on this <br />t ~ <br />\`. soil. Generally all trees and shrubs adapted to this area will grow. <br />• <br />d <br />L <br />