this means 25,000,000 pounds to the sheepmen's salable 

 product, and to the country's meat supply. 



lie gave an anaisihg instance oi' a government experi- 

 ment In which it :><P,L attempted to try out the old alongside 

 Of the new uyt-ten, but tt V>ae found impossible to secure a 

 sheep owner who would return tc the old Method, except 

 through, a bonus. The chango in handling has been in large 

 part responsible for the "building up of the Had. is on forest, 

 which there enroled an increase in the number of .sheep grazed 

 from 90,000 to 107,000, with promise & of further increases of 

 s ev er al th oi ! s and 



One objection to the new method of handling sheep 

 brought up by many owners has bec-n that the herders who v/ere 

 used to the close system would not adopt the new one. The 

 associate forester says that herders naturally take a pride 

 in having their sheep look well cind that since they are coming 

 to realize that open herding means better sheep, they volun- 

 t i] lly adopt it. 



In conclusion Mr. Potter mentioned other studies 

 d experiments which the forest service is undertaking to 

 help stock growers secure a better utilization of the forest 

 resources and said, that the success secured in the work has 

 been due largely to the hearty cooperation of the stockmen. 



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