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<br /> <br />Cortner Feedlot IF2 <br />2 <br /> <br />This mix is adapted to the site, will provide adequate ground <br />tection, and will provide livestock forage. <br />*seeding rates are given in pounds of Pure Live Seed (PLS) <br />PLS = purity x germination <br />6) Seeding should be done using a grass drill. The drill shouH <br />with a satisfactory seeding mechanism, agitator, double disk fury <br />depth bands, and packer wheels or drag chains. The distance beta <br />rows should not exceed 12 inches. Broadcasting the seed can be c <br />areas which are inaccessible for drilling. If the seed is broadc <br />the above seeding rates should be doubled. The broadcasted seed <br />uniformly distributed over the ground surface, and mixed into the <br />a harrow or by hand raking. Planting can be done anytime betweer <br />1 and May 31. Seeding should not be done when the soil is frozer <br />should be planted between 1/4 and 3/4 inch deep. <br />7) Mulch should be applied to the reseeded area to help moderat <br />eratures, and to improve soil moisture absorption and holding ca <br />Grass hay or cereal grain straw free of weed seeds is recommende <br />4000 pounds of mulch/acre to the soil surface. At least half of <br />should 6e 10 inches or more in length. Do not use fine material <br />mulch should be anchored either with commercial netting products <br />steeper than 3: 1) or mechanically. The latter can be accomplish <br />heavy disk implement, with dull blades, to punch the mulch into <br />to 3 inches deep. Crimping should not sever the mulch. Mulchin <br />not be done when wind velocities exceed 15 miles per hour. 47e11 <br />lot or barnyard manure may also be used as a combination mulch/o <br />matter and nutrient source for the seeded area. Recommended app <br />rate is at least 20 tons per acre, spread uniformly over the are <br />man uce must be of a type that has 60% or more, by weight, heavy <br />5 inches or more in diameter. Granular or powdery manure will n <br />specifications. Repeated applications of manure for ferilizatio <br />are not recommended, due to potential salt accumulation. <br />8) All tillage, seeding and crimping operations should be perf <br />the slope when practical. <br />The area should be protected from grazing and trampling until thF <br />is well established. Normally two years of protection is needed <br />seedling establishment, weeds may be conttolled by mowing or by i <br />approved herbicide. <br />Sincerely <br />~~ <br />// ./ <br />Rich Rhoades <br />District Conservationist <br />pro- <br />be equipped <br />ow operners, <br />een drill <br />one in <br />asted, then <br />should be <br />soil with <br />November <br />The seeds <br />soil temp- <br />3City. <br />Apply <br />the material <br />The <br />(on slopes <br />i using a <br />~e soil 2 <br />should <br />cured feed- <br />3anic <br />ication <br />The <br />meet <br />effect <br />across <br />seeding <br />During <br />;ing an <br />db <br />