Agronomy and Horticulture, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-1935

Comments

Published in Ecology, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct., 1935), pp. 651-654. Copyright 1935 Ecological Society of America. Used by permission.

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

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