1B1 Deep, fine-textured, very slowly permeable soils that are gently sloping and slightly eroded.

1B2 Deep, fine-textured, very slowly permeable soils that are gently sloping and moderately eroded.

1B3 Deep, fine-textured, very slowly permeable soils that are gently sloping and severely eroded.

5B3 Deep, medium-textured, very slowly permeable soils that are gently sloping and severely eroded.

These soils are often wet in the spring or during prolonged wet periods and require very careful management if used for cultivated crops.

2C1 Denton clay, sloping, slightly eroded.

20C1 Denton clay loam, sloping, slightly eroded.

20C3 Denton clay loam, sloping, severely eroded.

These soils are deep, fine textured, and slowly to moderately permeable to air and water. If cultivated, they require careful management to prevent serious damage due to erosion. These soils are generally adapted to most crops common to the area.

17B2 Denton clay, shallow, gently sloping, moderately eroded.

18B1 Denton clay loam, shallow, gently sloping, slightly eroded.

These soils are shallow, fine textured, and slowly to moderately permeable to air and water. The shallowness of the soil material limits the capacity for storing soil moisture, thus reducing the capacity for production of crops and pasture.

CLASS IV land has definite restrictions that limit the choice of use or require very careful management. The number of years favorable for cultivated crops is often limited. It can be used for cultivated crops, pastureland, woodland, or wildlife.

17C1 Denton clay, shallow, sloping, slightly eroded.

17C3 Denton clay, shallow, sloping, severely eroded.

18C1 Denton clay loam, shallow, sloping, slightly eroded.

These soils are fine textured and slowly to moderately permeable to air and water. The lack of soil depth favorable for root penetration and soil moisture storage is a major problem. These soils are better suited for range than for cultivated crops; however, they can be cultivated if very careful management is followed.

THE FOLLOWING SOILS are generally not suited for cropland: 18D1 Denton clay loam, shallow, Strongly sloping, slightly eroded. 18E1 Denton clay loam, shallow, moderately steep, slightly eroded.

Because of the shallowness of soil and steepness of slope, these soils are better suited to range use than to cropland use. These soils are classified as Ordinary Upland for range use and are moderately productive if proper grazing management is followed.

24B1 Brackett gravelly clay, gently sloping, slightly eroded.

24C1 Brackett gravelly clay, shallow, sloping, slightly eroded.

24D1 Brackett gravelly clay, shallow, strongly sloping, slightly eroded.

These soils are classified as Shallow Upland for range use. They are very shallow and gravelly or stony and droughty. They are the least productive soils on the ranch.

Here is a description of the range sites on this ranch:

Bottom Land This is the most productive range site on the ranch. Soils are deep, fine textured, and nearly level to gently sloping. They are subject to occasional overflow.

Normal Upland This site is productive and well drained. Soils are fine textured, over 20 inches deep, and gently sloping to undulating.

Shallow Upland This site is the least productive on the ranch. Soils are shallow, fine textured, droughty, and undulating to steep.

A CONSERVATION RANCH plan, as shown, would be:

General Practices Tame pastures and new seedings will be mowed in June and July. Fire lanes will be maintained along public roads and other hazardous areas. One hundred to 2 hundred pounds of phosphate are to be applied each year to sweetclover fields. Terraced fields will be cultivated on the contour.

Field 65 acres will be used for native hay meadow and will be protected from fire and grazing the same as for Field 1 A. Stubble of 4 to 6 inches will be left when mowed.

Field 1 A-58 acres will be seeded to native bluestem mixture and used as hay meadow.

Field 4-12 acres will be used for production of Hubam sweetclover for temporary pasture and will be terraced, with water emptied on pasture to the east.

Pasture 12-453 acres-65 acres of bottom land will be cleared of trees and undesirable brush and seeded to Bermuda-grass, burclover, and rescue-grass. Dam and pond spillway will be sodded and fenced and the pond stocked with fish. Two hundred rods of fence will be constructed between pastures: 110 rods around Field 16; 100 rods on side of Field 11; and 50 rods around stock pond. Pasture will be grazed in winter until seedings along creek bottom and in Field 12 A are established.

Field 12 A-8 acres will be seeded to native bluestem mixture for grazing.

Fields 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19-286 acres will be used under 4-year crop rotation for oats, wheat, and corn, with the small grain overseeded with Hubam sweetclover. Fields 9 and 10 will be terraced after pasture outlet strip is established. Pasture strip of 170 rods will be fenced.

Field 20-6 acres--will be fenced and protected from grazing to serve as wildlife area. K. R. bluestem will be planted to control erosion in the gully.

Pastures 2 and 7-887 acres dams and spillways of the two stock water ponds will be repaired, sodded, and fenced.

Pasture 9 A-7 acres of tame pasture will be shaped for terrace outlets and seeded to Bermuda-grass and K. R. bluestem.

Fields 8 and 13-70 acres will be used under 3-year crop rotation: Hubam sweetclover for seed, oats-Hubam sweetclover and cane for hay. Land will be terraced. Water from Field 8 and Field 13 will be diverted on pasture. Diversion terraces will be constructed above both fields.

THE GOAL OF MANAGEMENT will be to improve ranges to high, good, or excellent condition. Grazing use of the bluestems and side-oats grama will be about half the annual growth.

About 1,500 pounds of hay will be fed per animal unit during cold weather and during the early spring calving period. Salt will be fed year long, and a salt-cottonseed meal mixture will be fed on the range during February and March. Salt and cottonseed meal will be fed in portable boxes or feed bunks and moved to under-grazed areas to equalize grazing.

Fall-planted small grain will be lightly grazed in winter in conjunction with native range. Grain fields will not be grazed after March 15 grain crops will be harvested.

Pasture 12 will be grazed only in winter until a new stand of native grass in Field 12 A is established.

Livestock will be moved between pastures to facilitate herd management and to improve the grass. Both current use and trend in condition will be used to fix the stocking rate.