INFLUENCE OF THE SETTLER 



thus imposes on the stockman a long winter-feeding period, it is 

 evident that the latter regions afford the better livestock breed- 

 ing grounds. Jt is a fact, however, that the Rocky Mountain 

 region furnishes the tenderest and choicest of feed. Climat- 



(Foresl Service.) 

 Fig. 2. — SUMMER RANGE OF HIGH GRAZING CAPACITY IN THE ROCKIES WHERE 

 BOTH TIMBER AND LIVESTOCK ARE PRODUCED. 



ically, this region is almost ideal for stock during the spring, 

 summer, and autumn periods; and, because of the abundance of 

 water generally, the forage crop is well utilized. 



GRAZING CONTROL 

 Influence of the Settler. — The farmer and ranchman are not 

 now, as formerly, especially in the West, the monarchs of all 

 they survey. Very recent years have brought a change in many 

 range sections from a state of open grazing lands to settled com- 

 munities, with the land in ownership or held under homestead 



