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speculators; and finally, to secure as soon as possible the 

 cost of production and administration to the government and a 

 revenue to the national forest states , to which go 25 per cent 

 of all receipts. 



A large number of national forests already more than 



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pay operating expenses. The revenue from the Alaskan forests 

 now exceeds the cost of administration* The same is true gen- 

 erally in the southwest. 



Range management and receipts 



The forage resources of the national forests are 

 pointed out as contributing to the maintenance of over 20 rail- 

 lion head of livestock, v/hich supply in part at least the de- 

 mands for meat, hides, or wool of every state in the union. 

 The receipts from grazing, during 1913, though second to those 

 from timber were more than a million dollars, and showed an in- 

 crease over the previous year in spite of the fact that the 

 season was less favorable and the area reduced. Over 4 per cent 

 more stock was grazed as the result of increased forage produc- 

 tion and improvements in handling stock, especially sheep* 



The system of range management employed by the forest 

 service is held to offer hope of relief to the average citizen 

 concerned over the dwindling supply of meat products and their 

 alarming rise in cost. The national forests furnish abundant 

 forage supplies > opportunity for the adoption of the best meth- 

 ods, freedom from livestock dizsases, and protection in the en- 

 joyment of all rights and privileges. Cattle from the Hayden 



