THE GRASS LANDS 



151 



RANGE LAND IN THE 



UNITED STATES 



CARRYING CAPACITY 



1939 



WITH PROPER 

 MANAGEMENT, 

 IN 50 YEARS 



Each symbol represents 2.5 million animal units 



CONDITIONS TODAY 



GETTING 

 WORSE 



SAME 

 CONDITION 



GETTING 

 BETTER 



Each symbol represents 60 million acres 'PICTORIAL STATICS. INC 



Overgrazing is the chief cause of the failure of the range to support a profitable 

 live'Stoc\ industry. Land that once had enough grass to feed twentytwo and a half 

 million animals will today support but ten million animals. And for every sixty 

 million acres of range land that is improving there are one hundred and fifty mil' 

 lion acres of land growing poorer. 



