CONTENTS 



PART ONE 

 THE GRAZING INDUSTRY AND RANGE CONTROL 



CHAPTER I 



PASTURE LANDS AND GRAZING CONTROL IN THE 

 UNITED STATES 



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Pasture Lands 4 



Range and Pasture Lands 4 



Forage-Crop Areas 5 



The Great Plains 5 



The Great Basin 6 



The Southwest 8 



The Rocky Mountain Region 8 



Grazing Control 9 



Influence of the Settler 9 



Cause and Effect of Overgrazing 10 



Range Wars 12 



Questions 15 



Bibhography 16 



CHAPTER II 

 NATIONAL FOREST, STATE, AND PRIVATE GRAZING LANDS 



The National Forests 17 



Object of Creating the National Forests 17 



Livestock on the National Forests 18 



National Forest Grazing Policy 25 



The Stockmen's Protest 26 



Government Rules and Regulations 27 



Results of Regulated Grazing 28 



State and Private Lands 30 



The Texas Leasing System 30 



The Wyoming Leasing System 31 



The Northern Pacific Railroad Leases 31 



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