havo not received any "benefits from such r:orli in sheep graz- 

 ing, we aro living in hopes of doing so in the near future. 



Another reason is that there are approximately 

 76COO head of foreign oho op or sheep that $o not graze on 

 the Inyo but are driven up in the spring ead ha.Qlr in the 

 fall. These sheep are driven along the boundary line and 

 through the early spring cattle and sheep range and we have 

 found it necessary to have the Rangers, constantly on the 

 job patrolling the lino while the sheep aro Going thrqugh, 

 This fall this worlc required ois weelro 1 time of the Hangers 

 from Independence to Big Pine along, and for which the Inyp 

 did not receive a dollar in grazing foes* Our hardest- 

 grazing problem to solve is furnishing oarly feed for stock. 

 The ranchers must got their stool; off the wet pastures early 

 in the spring, to avoid a'-ithras: and blaclrlog and they must 

 got then off from the alfalfa early tp melee a crop to feed 

 the stoelr during the wintor. Tor this reason we have to 

 guard what oarly range we havo very closely, 4 year ago 

 last fall the Ranger in the southern end had more work: than 

 he could attend to and I instructed him to attend to his 

 other duties and if he had to out out any of his work, to 

 make the cut on at rolling the boundary and see how it 

 would work out. The consequence was that the sheep got 

 over the line in many places and we v/ere unable to get suf- 

 ficient evidence against any of the owners to mate a case 



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