28 NATIONAL FOREST, STATE, AND PRIVATE LANDS 



grazing on the National Forests may be summarized as follows: 



1. The establishment of grazing allotments for the different 

 classes of stock. 



2. The location of stock driveways. 



3. The estabUshment of the dates when the stock may be 

 admitted, and of the period of grazing. 



4. The determination of the number of stock that may be 

 grazed without permanent injury to the resources of the Forest. 



5. The determination of what persons are qualified to enjoy 

 the grazing privileges, and of the number of stock each is entitled 

 to graze. 



6. The issuance of grazing permits, the collection of grazing 

 fees, and the admission and proper distribution of the stock. 



7. The control of trespass of stock and the collection of 

 damages therefor. 



8. The rendering of assistance to the grazier in every way 

 possible to secure the fullest economical utilization of each type 



)A of forage at the proper time in the season, and the doing of the 

 necessary improvement work to accomplish this end. 



Results of Regulated Grazing. — Through the enforcement 

 of the grazing regulations adopted by the United States Forest 

 Service, constructive cooperation has been substituted for the 

 old-time friction and bloodshed, and the ranges have been im- 

 proved in many ways. It is estimated that the carrying ca- 

 pacity of the Forest ranges from 1905 to 1920 has been increased 

 15 to 30 per cent, 20 per cent being the average, all localities 

 considered. There is still room for much improvement; but, 

 if one may judge from the remarkable advancement made in 

 little more than a decade, the restoration of the lands to their 

 original productiveness is only a matter of time. Just how 

 many more stock the National Forest ranges will support in 1930 

 than the number carried in 191 7 is difficult to say, but it is esti- 

 mated that an increase of between 15 and 20 per cent may be 

 expected.^ 



' Barnes, Will C, and Jardine, James T., "Meat Situation in the United States, 

 Pt. 2: Livestock Production in the Eleven Far Western Range States." U. S. 

 Dept. of Agr. Report no, p. 17, 1916. 



