Agronomy and Horticulture, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
10-1935
Abstract
The practice of burning grass is an old one. It was extensively used by the Indians to attract game animals in early spring and to facilitate hunting. It is also highly probable that a large portion of the prairie was burned periodically during very dry years from natural causes
Comments
Published in Ecology, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct., 1935), pp. 651-654. Copyright 1935 Ecological Society of America. Used by permission.