@article {52290,
	title = {Brush eradicating, basin pitting, and seeding machine for arid to semiarid rangeland},
	journal = {Journal of Range Management},
	volume = {26},
	number = {3},
	year = {1973},
	note = {Permission to post articles granted by the Society for Range Management; www.rangelands.org.},
	month = {May 1, 1973},
	pages = {189-192},
	abstract = {A range seeding machine that increased the chances of successful seedling establishment on arid to semiarid rangeland has been designed and tested on 23 plots in southern New Mexico.  Working behind a standard rootplow, the machine picks up brush, forms basin pits, firms the soil, plants seed and replaces the brush over the planted area as a mulch.  Laboratory and field research was used to demonstrate improved soil conditions for seedling emergence under such a brush mulch.  Water retention by basin pits was found to be necessary to decrease runoff of the high intensity, short duration storms typical to this area.  About 50\% of the plots planted with this equipment were successfully seeded.},
	keywords = {arid, basin pitting, brush eradication, rangeland, seeding machine, semiarid},
	url = {/files/bibliography/138.pdf},
	author = {Abernathy, G.H. and C.H. Herbel}
}
