12 



County. 



Karnes 



King 



Knox 



Lasalle 



Lipscomb 



Live Oak 



Lubbock 



Lynn 



Jtf atagorda 



TMaverick 



IMcLennan 



McMuUen 



^Midland 



TMenard 



:Mit<bell 



Montague 



Moore 



Nolan 



iNueces 



'Ochiltree 



Oldham 



Palo Pinto 



Parker 



Potter 



Presidio 



Kains 



Randall 



Roberts 



Runnels 



San A.ugustiiie- 



San Patricio 



Sau Saba 



Scurry 



Shackcllbrd 



Sherman 



Starr 



Sterling 



Stephens 



Tarrant 



Taylor 



■ Throckmorton . 



Titus 



Tom Green 



Uvalde 



Vjilverde 



Victoria 



AValler 



Ward 



"VV heeler 



Wichita 



"Wilbarger .... 



"VA'illiaiii.son ... 



"Wise 



"Wood 



Young 



Zavalla 



Num- 

 ber of 

 persons 

 report 

 ing. 



The present carrying capacity 

 of the ranges; number of 

 head per square mile. 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 



■ft 



1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 7 

 1 

 5 

 5 

 2 

 4 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 10 

 1 

 3 

 I 

 5 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 3 



12 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 1 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 9 

 3 

 1 

 3 



12 

 1 



Cattle. Horses. 



100 

 45 

 52 

 60 

 40 

 80 

 32 

 40 



132 

 33 



100 

 70 

 30 



I 



53 

 68 

 50 

 48 

 74 

 57 

 35 

 80 

 100 

 32 

 30 

 57 

 64 

 34 

 75 

 83 

 56 

 65 

 38 

 64 

 60 

 35 

 45 

 64 

 96 

 04 

 32 

 20 

 53 

 60 

 50 

 122 

 210 

 17 

 35 

 66 

 44 

 48 

 100 

 90 

 60 

 55 



Sheep. 



58 



40 

 50 

 25 

 60 

 25 

 32 

 80 

 24 



45 



24 



40 

 60 



30 

 60 



75 

 50 

 30 

 30 

 62 



20 

 50 



40 

 30 

 25 

 55 



32 

 45 

 80 

 60 



39 

 30 



17 

 30 



32 

 25 



35 



28 



220 



640 



640 

 250 



500 

 170 



420 

 104 



150 

 225 



Estimated percentage of increase 

 or decrease in carrying capacity 

 of the range in a period of twenty- 

 five years. 



Decrease 

 (per cent). 



300 



850 



L200 



200 



60 



150 



300 



120 



250 



450 

 620 



210 

 250 

 150 



120 



112 



100 



75 

 30 

 38 

 50 

 50 



6 25 

 38 



c50 

 38 

 40 



23 

 c33 



Neither de- 

 crease nor 

 increase. 



Increase 

 (per cent). 



(o) 



id) 



45 

 33 

 40 

 6 35 

 80 

 33 

 38 



(d) 



(o) 

 (a) 

 (a) 



25 



65 



33 



18 

 20 

 6 50 

 28 

 25 



(d) 



UD 



id) 



66 

 83 

 31 



10 

 30 

 70 

 33 

 50 

 33 



50 

 38 

 24 

 28 

 40 

 30 

 80 

 42 



40 



id) 

 (d) 



(d) 



(d) 



(d) 

 (rf) 



[a) 



(a) 



(a) 



100 



Number of counties ■ 



Number of stockmen rejjorting cattle 



Averagi! (;arry iiig Ciii)acity. cattle, i)er square mile 



Number of stixkiiiiii r<iiorting horses 



Average < arrying (capacity, hiirses, per H(|uare mile 



Number of count ios whiie carrying cai)acity has decreased 



A veragi' pcn!i'nt age of ilectrcase • ■■ ," 



Number of counties reporting improveuient in pastoral conditions 



115 

 302 



64.8 



67 



33 



82 



19 



aMarked improvement. 



c Decrease from prairie dogs. 



6 Decrease from brush. 



dNo decrease cvcejil IhrougU occasional bad .soa.sons. 



Accordiiif;- to the above data it will be seen tliat the average grazing 

 capacity of the State as a whole, as reported by 302 stockmen, in 115 

 counties, is a trilie over 04 head per siiuare mile, or 1 head to 10 acres. 



