Da LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
The area of standing timber is much less than the timber region, as 
the forests have been partially destroyed by fire. 
The timber regions cannot be used as farming lands; they are valua- 
ble for forests only. 
To preserve the forests they must be protected from fire. This will 
be largely accomplished by removing the Indians. 
The amount of timber used for economic purposes will be more than 
replaced by the natural growth. 
In general the timber is too far from the agricultural lands to be 
owned and utilized directly by those who carry on farming by irrigation. 
A division of labor is necessary, and special timber industries will be 
developed, and hence the timber lands must be controlled by lumbermen 
and woodmen. 
PASTURAGE LANDS. 
The grasses of the pasturage lands are scant, and the lands are of 
value only in large quantities. JO 
The farm unit should not be less than 2,560 acres. 
Pasturage farms need small tracts of irrigable land; hence the small 
streams of the general drainage system and the lone springs and streams 
should be reserved for such pasturage farms. 
The division of these lands should be controlled by topographic 
features in such manner as to give the greatest number of water fronts to 
the pasturage farms. 
Residences of the pasturage farms should be grouped, in order to 
secure the benefits of local social organizations, and codperation in public 
improvements. 
The pasturage lands will not usually be fenced, and hence herds must 
roam in common. 
As the pasturage lands should have water fronts and irrigable tracts, 
and as the residences should be grouped, and as the lands cannot be eco- 
nomically fenced and must be kept in common, local communal regulations 
or codperation is necessary. 
