Pitting for Range Improvement in the Great Plains and the Southwest Desert Regions (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Pitting for Range Improvement in the Great Plains and the Southwest Desert Regions (Classic Reprint) written by Oscar K. Barnes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pitting for Range Improvement in the Great Plains and the Southwest Desert Regions Mechanical treatments havey been tested on soils that vary from clays to sandy loams and in some instances on gravelly and soils found ln the mountains. The topography of the area ranges from flat and rolling to steep hillsides. Annual precipitation ranges from 10 to 20 inches, with approx1 mately three fourths of this coming during the April to September period. Torrential rains that produce runoff are common during the summer season. Winter precipitation is in the form of snow, and m a large portion of the area much of the snow is blown off the range unless a good stubble cover is left. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.