Range Management Society Meetings - 

 The Inter mountain Section and Northern 

 Great Plains Section of the American 

 Society of Range Management held meetings 

 in June and July at Havre. Many ranchers 

 supervisors, county agents, and techni- 

 cians, attended, and learned many inter- 

 esting range management facts. Of 

 Special interest was a tour of and pictures 

 of work being done at the Northern 

 Montana Branch Station, Research there 

 shows promise of many ways of growing 

 grass and of new grasses. 



This American Society of Range Manage- 

 ment prints a monthly, "Journal of 

 Range Management,"" which has the 

 best obtainable information on Range 

 Management. Ranchers and especially 

 supervisors should subscribe and read 

 this valuable publication. Dues & 

 Subscription are $8 . 00. Mail to Executive 

 Secretary, P. O. Box 5041, Portland 13, 

 Oregon. 



Each is given a bag of tools, 



A shapeless mass, 



A book of rules; 



And each must make. 



Ere life is flown, 



A stumbling block 



Or a stepping stone. 



— «. t. SHARPE 



DISTRICT DOINGS 



Area Supervisors, technicians and County 

 Agents toured the Plant Materials Center 

 at Bridger July 18. Here many grasses 

 are being grown and seed harvested for 

 use as basic atuCK 



Three Rivers District employ their local 

 newpaper editor as their secretary . He 

 is Lyle K. Williams, publisher of the 

 Three Forks Herald. 



Jefferson County SWCD provides agree- 

 ment forms for contractor s and coopera- 

 tors to negotiate before any work is done 

 and thus avoid many misunderstandings. 



Supervisor Dale Re id of Ruby Valley 

 District believes cooperators in his 

 district are improving their ranges 

 considerably and taking range manage- 

 ment seriously. 



Go to 

 your 

 Conser- 

 vation 



meetings. 



or your 

 crops will 



take a 

 beating 



- Janet 

 Good 



Chester, 



Mon tana 



Chairman Gene Hanson of the Jefferson 

 Vallen district reports much interest in 

 a proposed drainage project near White- 

 haU. Application has been made for this 

 as a Watershed project. Thirty farmers 

 with 6,000 acres will benefit. 



John Buttleman , Chairman of the Three 

 Rivers District and former chairman of 

 Montana State Soil Conservation Committee 

 believes in starting meetings on time. 

 He uses the count down system. Of course 

 he has all his supervisors there waiting 

 to go. 



Chairman Jeffers of Madison district 

 reports a lack of finances in his district. 

 He states they raised a couple of hundred 

 dollars last year by contributions from 

 cooperators but is not so sure it will go 

 every year. (Ed. Note. Conservation 

 pays. Don't be afraid to ask. You won't 

 get much if you don't'.) 



County Agent Lee Rovig of Liberty County 

 SWCD arranged a range tour near Tiber 

 Reservoir. The tour included a visit to 

 nearby range areas to see first hand some 

 examples of range condition and use , and 

 talks on Plant Identification by Fred 

 Blaisdell, WUC; SCDSCS Planning Assistance 

 by Fred, Grazing Response - Root Growth 

 by James Newman of SCS, Range Condition 

 by Joe Zacex, SCS Range Management 

 Specialist, and Economics of Range Manage- 

 ment by Lee. 



Many districts have held range tours . Whether 

 only a few or many attend, they are very well 

 worthwhile. This has been a good year for 

 growing grass and many interesting observa- 

 tions can be made on what grows on ranges 

 that have been misused and those that haven't. 

 All districts should arrange several meetings 

 a year to bring benefits of good range use to 

 attention of ranchers and public. 



Chairman Sam Kovando o f Stillwater District 

 and WUC Vern Sundberg report serious Leafy 

 Spurge weed infestation in their district. The 

 extremely high cost of control has prohibited 

 doing much with it. Do any other districts 

 have any suggestions? 



Sam was also concerned about the new Basic 

 Memorandum of Understanding with USDA 

 which districts are requested to negotiate, 

 relative to the provision that districts make no 

 charges for any assistance provided by USDA. 

 This has always been so. Districts can charge 

 for services they perform, such as collecting, 

 providing materials, etc., so long as Federal 



