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NATURE OF THE RANGE AND OF THE SHEEP 



and their lambs may be charged eight cents per ewe on a definite 

 allotment which he may use from June 15 to November 1. To a 

 certain extent the rate charged depends on the quality of feed on 

 the allotment and the length of time it may be used. 



FIG. 224. 



FIG. 225. 



FIG. 224. Lambs in clover in Oregon. Here and there in the West a more intensive 

 method than herding on the open range is being practiced. 



FIG. 225. Supplementing the range when snow is on the ground with corn, cottonseed 

 cake and hay. 



In every state of the range country, all sections of land bearing 

 the survey numbers 16 and 36 are at the disposal of the common- 

 wealth. They are often leased to sheepmen, the price depending 

 on the location and the quality of feed growing on them. As a rule 

 the sheepmen have little to say in adjusting rentals on these lands 

 because they are so distributed among the other lands they propose 



