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<br /> sugar beets. small grain. or beans. Few conservation prat- 'lie _rorenciai ❑ativa veget.afion is dominated by blue j
<br /> tices are needed to maintain top yields. grama. Several ma"I grasses, sucn as western wheacgrass 1
<br /> All methods of irrigation are suitable, but furrow ir- and needleandthread, are also present. Potential produc-
<br /> rigation is the most common. Barnyard manure ana corn- tiun ranges in%om 1,600 wounds per acre in favorable year.:
<br /> mercial fertilizer are needed for top yields. to 1.000 nounus :a unfavorable years. As range condition
<br /> Windbreaks and environmental plantings generally are deteriorates, the mid grasses decrease; blue grama. buf-
<br /> well suited to this soil. Summer fallow a year 'oeiore :afograss, snakeweed. yucca. and fringed sage increase:
<br /> planting and continued cultivation for weed control are and torage production drops. Undesirable weeds and an-
<br /> needed to insure establishment and survival of plantings. nuais invade the site as range conuition becomes poorer.
<br /> Trees that are best suited and have good survival are rManagement of vegetation on this soil should be based
<br /> Rocky Mountain .juniper, eastern redeedar, ponderosa on taking haif and leaving half of the totai annual produc-
<br /> pine, Siberian. elm. Russian-olive, and hackber•y. The Lion. Seeding is desirable :f the range is in poor condition.
<br /> shrubs best suited are skunkbush sumac, lilac., Siberian Sideoats grama, little bluestem. western wheacgrass, blue
<br /> peashrub, and American plum. grama, pubescent wheacgrass, and crested wheacgrass are
<br /> Openiand wildlife, such as pheasant, mourning dove, suitable for seeding. The grass selected should meet the
<br /> and cottontail, are best suited to this soil. Wildlife habitat seasonai requirements of 'livestock. It can be seeded into
<br /> development, including tree and shrub plantings anti it clean, firm sorghum stubble, or it can be drilled into a
<br /> grass plantings to serve as nesting areas, should be suc- :firm ureoaren seedbed. Seeding early in spring has
<br /> cessful without irrigation in most years. Under irrigation, proven most successful. I
<br /> good wildlife habitat can be established. benefiting manv Windbreaks and environmental plantings are generally
<br /> kinds of openland wildlife. ^:eil suited .o this soil. Summer fallow a year before
<br /> This soil ha.q gourd potential for urban and recreational planting and continued cultivation for weed control are
<br /> development. The chief limiting soil features for urnan needed to insure esu:blishmenc and survival of plantings.
<br /> develoument are the shrink.-sweil potential of the subsoil Trees that ire best suited and have good survival are
<br /> as it wets and dries and the limited rapacity of the soil to Rocky Mountain jumper•. eastern redeedar, ponderosa ;
<br /> support a load. Lawns• shrubs, and trees ;row ved. Capa- pine. Sibe-ran elm. Russian-olive, and hackbery. "he
<br /> bffity class I irrigated, shrubs best .suited are skunkbushn sumac, lilac, Siberian
<br /> 79—Weld loam. 1 to 3 percent slopes. This is a deep, ueashrub. ant American plum.
<br /> well drained soil nn smooth plains at elevations nt 4.850 to Ooemand -Nilddfe. such as pheasant, mourning uove,
<br /> 5,000 feet. It formed in eoiian deposits. included in and !ottontail. are best suited to this soil. Wildlife habitat
<br /> mapping are small areas of soils that nave a subsoil of development. including tree and shrub plantings and
<br /> loam and light clay loam. Also included are some leveled gruss plantings to serve as nesting areas, should be suc-
<br /> areas. eessful without irrigation during most years. Under ir-
<br /> Typicaily the surface layer of this Weid soil is brown rigation. yooiwildlife habitat can be established, benefit-
<br /> loam about .4 inches thick. The subsoil is brown and uaie ing many ~ands of ooenland wildlife.
<br /> brown heavy clay loam and tight clay about 20 inches This soil has goad potential for urban and recreational
<br /> thick. The substratum to a depth of 60 inches is slit loam. :ievelopment. The chief limiting soil features for urban
<br /> Permeability is slow. Available water capacity is high. development are she shrink-swell potential of the subsoii
<br /> The effective rooting depth is 60 incites or more. Surface as it .vets and dries and 'he limited capacity of the soil to
<br /> runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is low. support a load. Lawns, shrubs, and trees grow well. Capa-
<br /> In irrigated areas this soil is suited to all crops corn- biiity subclass IIe irrigated, Iilc nonirrigaced; Loamy
<br /> monly grown in the area, including corn, sugar beets (fig. Plains range site.
<br /> 8), beans, alfalfa, small grain. and onions. An example of a SO—Wend loam, :1 to 5 percent slopes. This is a deep,
<br /> suitable cropping system is Z to 4 years of alfalfa fol- well drained soil on plains at elevations of 4.850 to 5,000
<br /> lowed by corn, corn for silage, sugar beets, small grain, or feet. It formed in eoiian deposits. Included in mapping are
<br /> beans. Land leveling, ditch ining, and installing pipeline small areas of soils ;.hat have a subsoil of loam and light
<br /> are needed for prover water applications. clay loam.
<br /> All methods of irrigation are suitable, but furrow ;r- Typically the surface layer is brown loam about 8
<br /> rigation is the most common. Barnyard manure and com- inches thick. The subsoil is brown and pale brown heavy
<br /> mercial fertilizer are needed for top yields. clay loam and light clay about 18 inches thick. The sub-
<br /> This aoii is well suited to winter wheat. barley, and :stratum _o a depth of 60 incites is silt loam.
<br /> sorghum if it is summer fallowed 'in alternate years. ?a-meabiiity is slow. Available water capacity is high.
<br /> Winter wheat is the princinai erou. The predicted average The effective rooting :lepth is 60 inches or more. Surface
<br /> yield is .i3 bushels per acre. If the crop is wintencilled. <unuff is medium, and the arosion hazard is moderate.
<br /> spring wheat can be seeded. Generally precipitation is too in irrigated areas this soil is suited to most of the crops
<br /> iow for beneficial use of fertilizer. aimmonly grown in the :area, such as corn• aifaifa, wheal.
<br /> Stubble mulch `arming, striperoppung, _nd minimum til- and barley. Sugar beets are often grown. The soil is
<br /> loge are needed to control soli blowing and :eater erosion. suited to :rrigaceu pasture. Ditch lining and installing
<br /> Terracing also may be needed to control water erosion. pipeimes are seeded for ?roper water application.
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