180 OUR USE OF THE LAND 



Get from the library a copy of the Future of the Great Plains, 

 and you will find maps on pages 150-158 of Montana counties 

 with the various types of ownership mar/ked. You can assign to 

 each member of the class one of the plots marked on the map. 



7. Suppose you were sent to the region mentioned in the 

 previous question by the Division of Gracing, to regulate grac 

 ing on government lands in this region. One of you can be the 

 Gracing Authority official and the remainder can be local 

 ranchers. Just what should you do to regulate gracing in an 

 attempt to restore the range? 



8. Draw a chart of the flow of power under the Taylor Gw 

 ing Act, the Forest Service range control, and the Montana 

 District grazing law. 



DEBATES 



1. Should the Forest Service through its gracing regulations 

 favor owners of large herds or owners of small herds of cattle? 



2. In view of the fact that it was impossible for a rancher to 

 make a living on less than 2,000 acres of range land, were the 

 ranchers justified in taking in more than the acreage allowed 

 to them under the Homestead Acts? 



3. Which is more important, to preserve the grass on the 

 range or to preserve the profits of the ranchers? 



4. Should the federal or local government have the final say 

 in the management of range lands? 



