_PERMIT FILE - M1974070 ‎(76)‎

• Permit No: M1974070
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT I-SOILS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

In nonirrigated areas most of this soil is in small grain with alternate S:
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years being in summer fallow. Winter wheat is the principle crop.
If the crop of winter wheat should fail due to winter kill , spring
wheat may be seeded. Normally, precipitation is too low to make
beneficial use of fertilizers.
Good cultural practices such as stubble mulch farming, strip cropping
and minimum tillage are needed to control wind and water erosion.
The potential native vegetation on this soil Js dominated by blue grams.
Several midgrasses such as western wheatgrass and needle-and-thread
are also present, Potential production ranges from 1100 pounds per acre I
in favorable years to 1000 pounds per acre in unfavorable years. When
range condition deteriorates , the midgrasses decrease , blue grams ,
buffalograss , snakeweed , yucca and fringed sage increase and production
drops . Undesirable weeds and annuals invade the site as range condition
becomes poorer.
Management of vegetation on this soil should be based on taking half
and leaving half of the total annual production. Seeding is advisable
if range is in poor condition. Sideoats grama , little bluestem, western i
wheatgrass , blue grama, pubescent wheatgrass and crested wheatgrass arc
suitable for seeding. The grass selected should meet the seasonal `
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requirements of livestock. For successful seeding, a clean, firm,
sorghum stubble -- prepared the growing season prior to seeding -- or
a firm, prepared seedbed and grass drill should be used . Early spring
seeding has proven most successful.
r� Windbreaks and environmental plantings are generally well suited on
this soil. Generally all trees and shrubs adapted to this area will
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