ange Management, Why And How, Circular 376

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1965-10

Decade

1960s

Author

Gay, Charles

Subject (LCSH)

Range management--New Mexico

Subject (NALT)

range management

New Mexico

Table of contents

The goals of range management

Know the forage plants

Different life spans

Different origins

Different growing seasons

Kinds of plants

Management affects the plant community

Succession

The natural balance

Retrogression

Classify range sites

Determine range condition

Plant group method

Other methods

Determine condition trends

Determine range utilization

Fit livestock to the range

Use high-producing stock

Management problems

Livestock requirements vary

Nutritive changes in forage

Season of use

Grazing systems

Stocking rates

Range management practices

Distribute stock over range

Artificial seeding

Control undesirable plants

Control erosion

Round-up the range management plan

Make an inventory

Plan carefully

Select best alternative

Extent

36 pages

Notes

Circular containing general information on and recommendations for range management practices in New Mexico

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

University Park (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000376.pdf