SALTING STOCK. (Reg. G-26.) 



Sheep will consume about a pound and a half of salt during a 

 summer season. Deprived of salt they are harder to herd and more 

 destructive to the range. 



Cattle and horses 'will use approximately 2 pounds of salt per head 

 per month from the time the green feed begins until midsummer 

 and 1 pound per head per month during the remainder of the year. 

 This quantity is in excess of that fed on most ranges, but experience 

 has demonstrated that a liberal use of salt is a profitable investment. 

 A lack of salt causes cattle to collect around old salt grounds and 

 tramp out considerable range. 



Salting is required as a means of Forest protection, and the regula- 

 tion should be enforced to as great an extent as the interests of the 

 Forest demand. Otherwise it should be enforced only upon the 

 request of a majority of the permittees or when the State laws 

 require the salting of stock. 



Ordinarily a person who refuses, upon request, to salt his stock will 

 be subject to a reduction in permit nunaber during the following 

 year. If his disregard is continued, and results in' damage to the 

 range, he may be denied further privileges. Obviously, where 

 natural licks occur salting will be unnecessary. 



Salt and water are two important factors in distributing cattle 

 and horses on the range. Stock will alternate between salt and 

 water if the two are widely separated, and will consume as much 

 range around a salt ground as around a water hole. For this reason 

 the best results are secured by placing the salt on rocky points at 

 some distance away from the water. The salt licks or troughs 

 should be placed on ground of no value for other purposes. 



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