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example, the protective limit being 100 head for cattle and 1,200 

 head for sheep, if he owned 50 head of cattle and 500 head of sheep 

 (92 per cent) ne would be in class A, but if he owned 75 head of cattle 

 and 750 head of sheep (137 per cent) he would be in class B. An 

 applicant owning sheep and cattle may, however, be in both class B 

 and class C. 



By ranch property in the grazing regulations and instructions is 

 meant lands producing cultivated crops which are 

 used for . feeding live stock. In localities where the 

 production of feed is not a requisite to the stock 

 business, the ownership of spring and fall range or lambing grounds 

 by a bona fide local resident dependent upon the use of the range, 

 should be given nearly the same if not equal weight with the owner- 

 ship of cultivated lands. The same is true of the ownership of water 

 rights which control adjoining National Forest range. In renewals 

 to purchasers of permitted stock the ownership of spring and fall 

 range or water rights closely related to the use of National Forest 

 range may be given equal weight with improved ranch property. 

 Property of this sort must be commensurate with the number of 

 stock and actually dependent for its value upon National Forest 

 range. To illustrate, a spring and fall range and lambing ground 

 sufficient for 1,000 head of sheep might justify the approval of an 

 application for a permit to graze 1,000 or less sheep upon a National 

 Forest during the summer season, but not of an application to graze 

 2,000 head of sheep during the summer season or to lamb and graze 

 1,000 head of sheep during the spring and fall seasons. 



A person will be considered dependent upon the use of the National 



Forest range when the Forest lands adjacent to his 



ran|r ndence up n own contain the only available stock range, and the 



grazing of a limited number of stock is essential to his 



success in the development of his land. 



Residence is simply an index in determining the degree of 

 dependence. A person residing at a distance from a National Forest 

 must have other ranges open to him and can not be considered so 

 dependent upon Forest range as one residing near by. 



Cooperative associations are formed to facilitate the handling of 



cooperative asso- stock and reduce the cost, each member retaining his 

 ciations. individual grazing preference and running his stock 



under his own name and brand. 



Such a cooperative association may make one application for the 

 entire number of stock owned by its members, if the application is 

 signed by each one and is accompanied by a statement snowing the 

 number and brands of the stock owned by each. The approval of 

 the application will be based upon the qualifications of the individual 

 members. When the association disbands each member may renew 

 his permit upon the basis of the number of stock which he grazed 

 prior to the organization of the association with a proportionate 

 share of any subsequent increases or decreases in the association 

 permit. 



If the association uses a common brand so that individual ownership 

 can not be determined, or if its profits are distributed on a pro rata 

 basis, it will be allowed the same privileges as a corporation, and 

 entitled to recognition only when the members waive their indi- 

 vidual preferences to the Government. 



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