UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOR EST SERVICE 



(From the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 



San Francisco Office) 



NATIONAL FORESTS SHOW SUBSTANTIAL 



CREASE IN LIVESTOCK CARRYING CAPACITY 



The authorizations of the Secretary of Agriculture for 

 tho national forests show a net increase- for the season of 19..1 

 of 38,120 cattle and horses, 6,110 swine, and 346,598 sheep and goa^ 



tr tho numbers authorized for the season of 1913. 

 These increases, according to official statement , are th< 

 direct result of improvement in range conditions on the national for- 

 ests through government regulation. The total numbers of livestock 

 authorized for 1914 are 1,891,119 cattle and horses, 65,645 swine, 

 and 8,867,906 sheep and goats. 



On the California national forests grazing applications 

 will be received for 207,612 cattle and horsws, 0,490 swine ; 

 521,490 sheep and goats; which is a substantial increase over the 

 authorizations for 1913. 



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