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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 1911 

 GRAZING. (REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICUL- 

 TURE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FOREST OFFICERS RELATING TO 

 AND GOVERNING THE USE OF FOREST LANDS FOR GRAZING 

 PURPOSES.) 



Effective on and after December 1, an 2. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTTKE. 

 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Regulation G-12, pages 11 and 12. of the National Forest Manual, 

 1911. Grazing, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture on March 18, 

 1911. to take effect May 1, 1911. is hereby amended to read as 

 follows : 



Grazing applications, other than for renewal of permit, will not be 

 approved if the average number of stock per permit upon the Forest 

 or upon the grazing district where the stock are to be grazed is more 

 than 20 per cent below the established protective limit number, or if 

 the approval of such applications require a reduction of more than 

 20 per cent upon any permit of the preceding year. If a Forest or 

 a (/razing district is fully stocked the total number of stock to be dis- 

 tributed among new applicants and permittees below the protective 

 limit during any one year must not exceed 3 per cent of the total 

 number authorized for the year, and no new permit will be issued for 

 more than one-half of the protective limit number: or. if the average 

 number of stock per permit is less than the protective limit estab- 

 lished for the Forest or the grazing district, no new permit will be 

 issued for more than one-fourth of the protective limit number, nor 

 will such permit be issued except for stock which will be fed during 

 the winter from the products of the permittee's ranch. 



Upon fully stocked Forests or grazing districts, applications other 

 than for renewal of permit will not be considered unless filed with 

 the supervisor six months before the beginning of the grazing season. 



Persons who have sold their stock grazed under permit and signed 

 a waiver to their preference will not be recognized as new applicants 

 for a period of three years from the date of the waiver, except as 

 purchasers of permitted stock. 



Done at Washington, D. C., this 26th day of November. 1912, 

 Witness my hand and seal of the Department of Agriculture. 

 [SEAL.] JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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