nearly $4,000.00, only about $500.00 of which was due to 

 the readjustment of rates. From the point of view of the 

 livestock industry itself, then, we foel we have made com- 

 mendable progress. 



Principles Governing Pref oronces . A year or so 

 ago we prepared a set of finest ions and ans./ers on the graz- 

 ing Manual, the purpose of which w^s to nal:o us all, from 

 the District office to the Ranger on the ground, thoroughly 

 familiar with the principles governing the general conduct 

 of the Grazing business. The Assistant forester, on a re- 

 cent visit -co my office, convinced me that we were not, as 

 a District office nor ae Supervisors, paying enough atten- 

 tion to regulations and instructions concerning the appli- 

 cation of protective limits, transfers of stoclt, sliding 

 scales, etc. I have nevor made from my office a sjrgtem- 

 atic attempt to trace do\7n the history of your action on 

 all complicated grazing applications to see if jrou have 

 tied them in properly to the provisions of the Manual t "be- 

 yond a check upon the disapprovals or rejections which come 

 throiigh the office here, a general inspection of your files, 

 or an occasional case which lias come to my attention in the 

 field. If there is one thing I have tried to do since the 

 establishment of the District office, it has "been as far as 

 possible to put grazing into the field where it belongs. 



