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of the maximum limit may be allowed, but the purchase of stock and 

 ranches will not entitle the purchaser to a renewal of permit in 

 excess of it. Exception to this rule may be made by the District 

 Forester when an established outfit holding permit in excess of the 

 maximum limit is sold to a single purchaser. 



Ordinarily the maximum limit will be from four to eight times the 

 protective limit. Upon a Forest where the average number per 

 permit is high the maximum limit should be correspondingly high. 

 A safe rule is to set a limit which is not less than double the protective 

 limit and not more than the highest permit. 



The maximum limit does not apply to permits issued on account 

 of private lands or to permits issued under a cooperative agreement. 



Persons owning a less number of stock than the protective limit 

 will be allowed to increase their number gradually 

 and re ~ but may be restricted in the number added each 

 year. Old class A users may increase at once to the 

 number allowed new applicants. Increases above the protective limit 

 will be allowed only to purchasers of stock and ranches of permit 

 holders, and any such increase will not exceed the maximum limit. 



Increases may be allowed in the renewal of permits which are 

 below the protective limit, but on fully stocked Forests the total 

 increase allowed combined with the total number allotted new 

 settlers must not be more than 3 per cent of the allotment except 

 when a surplus in excess of this percentage is created by the reduction 

 on permits renewed to purchasers. The Supervisor will determine 

 the division of the allotment which will be made between new settlers 

 and persons whose permits are below the protective limit. 



Whenever it is found necessary to reduce the number of stock 



allowed in any Forest, class C stock will be excluded before the other 



Reductions classes are reduced. The reduction on a sliding- 



scale basis will then be made on the class B owners, 



and class A owners will be exempt from .reduction. 



Where the reductions are necessary, each National Forest will be 

 considered as a unit. Under unusual conditions, however, reduc- 

 tions may be made in one grazing district or range division. Reduc- 

 tions will be based upon the number of stock grazed under permit 

 the previous year. 



sliding scale ^ n8 fH wm g i g an example of the ordinary form 



of sliding scale: 



The protective limit having been fixed at 1,200 head of sheep, all permits for not 

 more than that number may be renewed without reduction. 



All permits for less than 1,200 sheep may be increased 20 per cent, provided none 

 goes above 1,200 head. 



All permits for from 1,200 to 2,400 sheep will be reduced 10 per cent, provided none 

 goes below 1,200 head. 



All permits from 2,400 to 4,800 sheep will be reduced 15 per cent, provided none 

 goes below the highest number allowed in the next lower grade, or 2,160. 



All permits for more than 4,800 will be reduced 20 per cent, provided none goes 

 below the highest number allowed in the next lower grade, or 4,080 head. 



Another form of sliding scale reduction which may be adopted is 

 as follows: 



All permits may be renewed without reduction on the first 1,200 head of sheep. 

 An increase of 20 per cent may be allowed on all permits for less than 1,200 head. 

 All permits will be reduced 20 per cent on the number in excess of 1,200 and up 

 to 2,400 head. 



