not a staple product, what does all of this grazing admin- 

 1st rat ion amount to? If it is not a staple product, at the 

 present tine, it is up to the ITorest Service to malre it such. 



In considering the public service rendered in ad- 

 ministering grazing, it is necessary to take a IPorest as a 

 unit, since general statistics for the entire district are 

 very meagre. 



Since oiyf of the principal resources of the Modoc 

 is Grazing, it is necessary to deal with this "branch as a 

 part of the preliminary plan* Stool: grazing is the princi- 

 pal industry of northern California. The area affected "by 

 the Hodoc consists of approximately three and a half million 

 acres. Of this, 1,570,200 acres is National IPorest land. 

 Of the remaining, 1,921,800 acres, approximately 600", 000 

 are devoted to farms and ranches, valued at a little more 

 than three and a half million dollars, consisting- of about 

 800 farms. The "balance of the land is public grazing land 

 and grazing land "belonging to private owners. . On these 

 farms, National Porest range and public rango, there are 

 grazing approximately 182,497 head of stoclr, including cal-ves, 

 colts and lambs, valued at a little more than three and a 

 half million dollars, or about the sane as the assessed val- ' 

 nation of the faros. It is safe to say that 300 of the 800 

 farms depend entirely upon grazing, or 87& Approximately 



one-half of the remainder are more or less dependent upon 



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