. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. I.—Soapweed Ready to be Cut for Stock Feed. The dead leaves have been burned off. One hundred and fifty plants, each averaging 35 pounds in weight, or more than 5,200 pounds of soapweed per acre, were cut from this area. It is probable that more careful selection in cutting should have been practiced so as to leave enough plants for protection against wind erosion. There are fewer young plants here than in the average stand over the Fig. 2—Where Soapweeds are Arranged in this Manner and Burned to Remove th
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. I.—Soapweed Ready to be Cut for Stock Feed. The dead leaves have been burned off. One hundred and fifty plants, each averaging 35 pounds in weight, or more than 5,200 pounds of soapweed per acre, were cut from this area. It is probable that more careful selection in cutting should have been practiced so as to leave enough plants for protection against wind erosion. There are fewer young plants here than in the average stand over the Fig. 2—Where Soapweeds are Arranged in this Manner and Burned to Remove the Dead Leaves, the Fire Gets Too Hot and Burns Part of the Green Leaves. The loss in weight resulting from such burning on the Jornada Range Reserve was 42 per cent. Where the plants were arranged in rows two plants wide with the butts to the center, the loss in weight from burning was approximately 30 per cent. Burning on the range as shown in fig. 1 above is the most effective method where there is no danger of fire spreading and where there are but few young soapweed sprouts which may be killed by the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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