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• Stocking rates should approximate those found on natural <br />pastureland (see Table 41, Forage production, Percent Vegetative <br />Cover and Carrying Capacity by SCS Baage Site). Pastureland will <br />either be fenced according to the standards suggested by Vallentine <br />(1971) or the land will be grazed by cattle in a fashion which makes <br />fencing each individual tract unnecessary (Hormay 1979). Pasture <br />readiness will be determined according Co plant phenology, <br />prevailing weather conditions and pasture size, <br />In order to allow far proper animal distribution, pastures will <br />be at least 50 acres in size. However, to accurately evaluate the <br />proposed pastureland, management unite 100 acres or larger are <br />needed. Consequently, CYCC. will avoid fencing whereever possible <br />• and concentrate on alternative means of achieving uniform forage <br />utilization, such as: herding, water developments, or forage <br />supplements. Small individual tracts will be graded until a <br />sufficiently large adjacent acreage of reclaimed land is available. <br />plant utilization will be determined according to the outlines <br />suggested by the D.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation <br />Service (1976). The conservative rule of thumb in range mangement, <br />"graze half and leave half", will be employed. The average <br />utilization by livestock will not eaceed 50 percent of the current <br />production on the site. Close herding will assure the SCS <br />recommendation for plant utilization is achieved. <br /> <br />2.05 - 106 <br />