UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



AMENDMENT NO. 12 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, 1912. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE, 

 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Regulation 0-11, .page 11, of the National Forest Manual, 1911. 

 Grazing, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture on March IS, 1011. to 

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



When necessary to secure an equitable distribution of grazing 

 privileges the district forester will establish protective limits cov- 

 ering the number of stock for which the permits of small owners 

 will be exempt from reduction in their renewal. It will be within 

 the discretion of the district forester to establish general protective 

 limits applicable to the entire Forest or special protective limits for 

 each grazing district, such limits to be based upon the character and 

 intensity of the demand for grazing privileges within each district. 

 Permits for numbers of stock in excess of the protective limits will 

 be subject to necessary sliding scale or other reductions and will not 

 be subject to increase in number except through purchase of stock 

 and ranches of other permittees. (See Reg. G-13.) 



When necessary to prevent monopoly of the range the district 

 forester will establish maximum limits in the number of stock for 

 which a permit will be issued to any one person, firm, or corporation. 

 Permits for numbers of stock in excess of the maximum limits will 

 be issued only to persons who, during the preceding year, held per- 

 mits to graze numbers of stock equal to or greater than that for 

 which application is made. The district forester may suspend the 

 maximum limit in special cases. 



Done at Washington, D. C., this 26th day of November, 191-2. 

 Witness my hand and seal of the Department of Agriculture. 

 [SEAL.] JAMES WILSON. 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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