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the life history and control of diseases common to live stock on the 

 range. 



Obviously a thoroughgoing course in civil engineering, including me- 

 chanical drawing, is of paramount importance to the range technician. 



The meteorological work should consider the vegetative types and 

 the chief crop-producing areas of the United States, followed by a 

 study of the normal temperatures and of the precipitation of these 

 areas, taking into account the barriers and the general trend of the high 

 and low pressure phenomena and their relation to precipitation. Con- 

 sideration should be given to the study of weather forecasts and to 

 climatic cycles, so far as they influence forage and live-stock produc- 

 tion, and to the recording and assembling of climatic data, especially 

 \vith reference to determining the relation of climatic factors to plant 

 growth and live-stock production. It would probably not be necessary 

 to ofTer a special course in meteorology, as this work could be given 

 either in connection with the study of plant ecology or in some related 

 subject. 



GRAZING COURSES PROPER 



The curriculum here outlined is planned as a 4-year program.^ The 

 grazing courses proper aggregate 25 credit units. One unit is the equiv- 

 alent of 3 hours and consists of one-hour recitation and 2 hours of side 

 reading or laboratory work, or the equivalent thereof, for one semester. 



I. Range History and Economics (Introduction to Grazing)^ 



•A. History of the Range Industry.. 

 B. The Economics of the Range. (Three credit units.) 



There are certain historical events and fundamental economic prin- 

 ciples bearing on public policies and legislation which should be taught 

 early in the course. Range history should aim to show the development 

 of the grazing industry from the advent of domestic stock on the range, 

 through the "bonanza" period, to the present time. Range economics 

 should aim to consider the range problem in its economic aspect and 

 take into account the broader policies which have been designed to favor 



* Aside from those who intend to enter the profession of range management or 

 make the most of hve-stock production on private lands, there is the Forest 

 Ranger and the noncollege-bred man, who will require a short course in the sub- 

 ject of grazing. It should be the aim of schools teaching grazing to meet these 

 requirements. 



'Introductory to the pursuit of the first course, there is need for training along 

 the line of pastoral management and in the fundamentals developed and their ap- 

 plication to live-stock production and the interrelation of grazing subjects to other 

 lines of training. 



