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./ <br />This unit is well suited to irrigated hay and pasture. Irrigation ~,eter <br />-' can be applied by corrugations and by floodirg from contour ditches. If <br />corn pat ion .y,;romc arc a^e~l, tvnn .,Mold M on the mnrrpir or across tlr <br />slope. Water stx~uld lx` applial in cuff icient .unuunts to w.et tlu rwt. z~xu: <br />but in amounts small enough to minimize leaching of plant nutrients. <br />Leveling helps to insure tte unifoun appl.icaticn of water. Use of nitro7en <br />and phosphorus fertilizer pranotes goad growth of forage plants. Proper <br />stocJcing rates, pasture rotatiai, and restricted grazing during wet periods <br />help to l~ep the pasture in goad condition and w protect the soil fran <br />erosion. If properly managed, .this unit can produce 4 tons of irrigated <br />grass hay per acre. <br />The potential plant,camnunity .is mainly western wheatgrass, blue grams, <br />• - and prairie junegrass. Other less numerous plants are nat.i~,e bluegrass, <br />green needlegrass, and little bluestem. The average annual production of <br />air-dry vegetation is about 1,300 pounds per acre. If the condition of the <br />range deteriorates, sleepygrass, ring muhly, cholla, and tall rabbitbrush <br />increase. Pange seeding is suitable if. the range is in poor condition. <br />• <br />