Extension of per- 

 mits. 



GRAZING FEES. (Reg. G-4.) 



The full grazing fee will be charged on all animals under six months 

 of age which are not the natural increase of stock upon which the 

 fees are paid. 



Grazing permits for the summer season may be extended to cover 

 the entire year whenever there is winter range avail- 

 able within the National Forest, upon the payment 

 of the difference between the summer and yearlong 

 rates on stock covered by the original permit and on all animals 

 which have reached the age of 6 months during the summer period. 



In the extension of permits for the summer season to cover the 

 yearlong period, supplemental permits for the number of stock 

 which have reached the age of 6 months, in excess of the number 

 covered by the permit for the summer season, may be issued whenever 

 this will not result in injury to the Forest. 



Any increase in the number of stock allowed under such an exten- 

 sion is temporary, and the applicant's preference for the following 

 year will be based on his original permit. 



In determining the rates for periods less than one year, no division 

 of less than one-fourth of 1 cent will be made in the rates for sheep, 

 goats, or swine, or of less than 1 cent in the rates for cattle and 

 horses. For example, if in computing the rate for a short period on 

 sheep the result obtained is 6.8 the rate will be fixed at 6| cents, 

 but if the result is 6.9 the rate will be fixed at 7 cents. Under the 

 same plan if the result obtained in computing the rate for a short 

 perioa on cattle is 28.5, the rate will be fixed at 28 cents, but if the 

 result is 28.6 the rate will be fixed at 29 cents. 



There is no law which authorizes the leasing of National Forest 

 lands for grazing purposes and there are several 

 reasons why the use of National Forest ranges under 

 an acreage lease system is impracticable. It would greatly increase 

 the difficulty of proper silvical development, prevent a proper use 

 of ranges under abnormal natural conditions, and tend to exclude 

 the smallest owners. Adequate protection of the Forest would be 

 rendered difficult if not impossible because a lease even though 

 filled with careful restrictions would give the lessee some right to 

 dictate the use to which the area would be put. During the tenure 

 of the lease no part of the tract could be closed to grazing even 

 though the necessity was urgent to prevent the destruction of seed- 

 lings, to secure reproduction on cut-over or burned areas, or to pro- 

 tect important watersheds. The privilege would be a fixed instead 

 of a flexible one, and if during the period forage was destroyed by 

 fire, insects, or other cause the stock would have to be removed fro] 

 the Forest instead of being transferred temporarily to another rang( 

 The leasing system would practically result in a number of individus 

 allotments equal to the number of permittees and this would tenc 

 to shut out the small owner because he could not afford to hold hi 



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