More Income for the Polacca Stockgrowers Through Good Range Management
Issue Date
1957-11-01Keywords
Polacca StockgrowersHopi Grazing Area
Stock Reduction
Carrying Capacities
Utilization Checks
Livestock Associations
Future Plans
marketing
livestock management
stockwater
shrub control
water spreading
ripping
overuse
management practices
conditions
income
range improvement
distribution
range condition
grazing
livestock
cattle
vegetation
rainfall
range management
Arizona
management
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Polacca Stockgrowers Association & Pitrat, C. (1957). More income for the Polacca Stockgrowers through good range management. Journal of Range Management, 10(6), 274-278.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3894578Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Type
Articletext
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3894578
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