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The increase in the production of livestock on the National 

 Forest ranges will undoubtedly enhance the money value of the 

 adjoining farm lands. On the other hand, as the public-range 

 lands are further curtailed, the farms adjoining the Forests will 

 become correspondingly more dependent on the cool summer 

 Forest ranges than they are even at the present moment. As 

 the productivity of the Forest ranges is increased, and as more 

 livestock can consistently be permitted on them, increased agri- 

 cultural development, in which the production of hay and con- 

 centrates suitable for the winter feeding of livestock will consti- 

 tute the chief feature, is sure to follow. 



The belief in such a development is based on two facts. In the 

 first place, there is practically no more unused range possessing 

 the essential natural facilities for the rearing of stock, upon which 

 the industry may be extended. In the second place, stock 

 raising on the highly improved and expensive farm lands, devoid 

 both of summer and winter range, can not be materially increased ; 

 for under most conditions greater profits may be expected on 

 such farms from merely finishing western-grown stock for the 

 packer than from raising the animals for the feed yard. 



The demand for grazing permits on National Forest ranges, 

 therefore, is sure to increase, and the closest possible use of the 

 forage crop may be expected. Without the most intensive and 

 judicious utilization of the forage on the National Forest ranges 

 each year, it would be impossible either to make adequate use of 

 the feeds grown on the adjacent farms or to maintain sufficient 

 grazing animals to make adequate use of the desert range, the 

 forage of which, owing to the lack of water for stock purposes 

 and because of unfavorable high temperatures, can be profitably 

 used only during the winter months. The use of these winter 

 ranges makes possible the running of far more stock throughout 

 the year than could possibly be taken care of without the desert 

 areas. 



To develop, maintain, and utilize to the highest possible 

 degree the forage resources within the National Forests is a 

 matter of the greatest economic importance both nationally and 

 locally. Further, the judicious management of these range re- 



