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in a band does not justify any reduction below the rates charged for 

 ewes with lambs, and persons grazing dry sheep will not be given a 

 reduction in rates or an increase in number. 



The additional charge of 2 cents per head for the privilege of lambing 

 ewes upon the National Forests is intended to be an 

 ^charge for iamb- ex ^ ra charge for a special use of the range. It should 

 not be included with the season fee but should be fig- 

 ured separately upon the basis of the number of ewes or does to be 

 lambed or kidded. The control of suitable lambing grounds is one of 

 the most important factors in successful sheep raising. The intensive 

 method under which sheep must be handled cfuring the lambing season 

 causes more damage to the range than ordinary grazing, and the lamb- 

 ing charge is made for the use of the range for a special purpose which 

 causes more than ordinary damage to the range. It is not on account 

 of the additional feed required by the lambs. 



The phrase u for the purpose of lambing or kidding' 7 should be 

 construed to mean the use of a range during the period from the time 

 the first lambs or kids are born until the herds are made up for sum- 

 me'r grazing, or ordinarily the period during which the herd is on the 

 lambing grounds. The mere fact that lambing corrals are located 

 upon patented land within the Forest or upon public lands immedi- 

 ately adjacent will not relieve a permittee from the payment of the 

 lambing charge. Two cents per head will be charged in all cases 

 where drop bands are grazed upon the Forest or where ewe bands 

 enter the Forest immediately after the lambs are dropped and before 

 the herds are made up for the summer. If a lambing ground is 

 located partly within a Forest and partly outside, or on private lands, 

 so that the stock will be grazed on and off the Forest during the 

 lambing period, there should be a division of the extra charge for 

 lambing on the same basis as the on-and-off grazing fee. 



While it is true that in some cases ewes or does entering the Forest 

 with lambs or kids after the herds are first made up must be confined 

 to a limited area until the young are able to travel and consequently 

 damage the range to an unusual extent, the element of special use 

 and damage is not present and they will be charged for at the regu- 

 lar rate established for sheep and goats for the period. 



