THE JHAWAIIAN 



FORESTER I AGRICULTURIST 



Vol. X. OCTOBER, 1913. No. 10. 



This number is featured with full details of recent forest re- 

 serve accomplishments. 



NEJV PLANTS DISCOJ^ERED IX STUDY OF GRAZING 



LANDS. 



In making a study of grazing lands on the national forests, 125 

 entirely new species of plants have been discovered by the govern- 

 ment's experts, and will be named and classified by the botanists 

 of the Department of Agriculture. 



Their discovery came about through the collection of some 

 9000 different plant specimens, with notes as to their habits of 

 growth and forage value. This work is part of a comprehensive 

 plan to determine the grazing value of every acre of national 

 forest land, in which the capacity of the soil to grow certain for- 

 age crops is to be determined and an effort made to decide for 

 which class of stock — sheep, cattle, or goats — the range is best 

 suited. 



The men who have made the studies have combined the quali- 

 ties of practical stockmen and trained botanists. They divided 

 the areas into such small subdivisions that maps have been pre- 

 pared which show exactly the kinds of feed which grow on each 

 acre, and the time of year it is ready for grazing. The maps also 

 show the stock's water supply and indicate the kind of stock best 

 suited to the area. 



The investigation also showed the examiners many areas cov- 

 ered with flourishing plants which apparently should furnish ex- 

 cellent grazing, but which were not of a character relished by 

 stock ; these areas, therefore, had little or no stock-carrving ca- 

 pacity. 



As a result of the study, the forest service announces that it 

 will be in a position to perfect its system of grazing management 

 to bring about still better conditions for both stock and ranee. 



