(5:".iii th.e For:.-'jt Service, IT, S. Dapert.-nont of Agrieult -.re * ) 

 nroiTA^D GI^ZIKQ III 1TOT HDT5ASED FOR FJBLICATIG1I 



OALIFOPilTIA FORESTS I'lITIL S^PIKxBER 1, 191.3. 



Tnere ha-.-; bo en a gradual Increase In the demand for 

 range rn.thin the national forgets of California, as Indicated 

 "by the reports covering the fiscal year 1913, which have Just 

 been sent to the. forester in Wa3hAr?gc.on.-. Statistics prepared 

 by the U. 3. department of agriculture, r,ovv r ever, ^ho\7 a falling 

 off in the number of live stooge, in tL.3 state of California 

 amounting to 56,000 he^d of ce.ttle and 53,000 head of sheep as 

 o .oii^ ;( ,red to the sai^e date of the preceding year. 



r lhc ?rot stril'.ing change in gracing conditions on the 

 national forests has been in the increased number of persons hold- 

 ijig p emit a to graze stock within the formats. There are ID 3 new 

 porraltteea, which increasen tho total for the stats from 2,868 to 

 3,041. The tot 3,1 nunber of cattle and horses provided vith ran^a 

 was 181,716 head, a raise of l,ir.5 head above the 179,764 hsr.d 

 for wliich permits were issued the provicua year. The number of 

 sheep and ^'oats also incroased from 444 ,.643 head to 449,105 head, 

 a gain of 4,457. Trier e was, hov-'evor, a slump in swine, which 

 dropped from 3,480 to 2,360 head. 



The average nu labor of cattle arid horsos por permt in the 

 state of Oe,lif orrin i-3 63 head, -wtiile the average number of rheep 

 raid goats is 1,191 head. These average & are a trifle less than the 

 general average for all the national lOreata of the United States. 



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