words, if the sheep are permitted to 

 graze with the greatest possible free- 

 dom that can be allowed without dan- 

 ger of loss from straying and wild 

 animals, almost the same results can 

 be secured as if they were in a pas- 

 ture. Losses from coyotes, as a rule, 

 will also be much less than when 

 sheep are returned to the same bed 

 ground for several nights in succes- 

 sion. 



The Forest Service wishes to make 

 the National Forest ranges produce 

 year after year the greatest possible 

 amount of mutton, beef, wool, and 

 hides. If the annual production is to 

 be kept up the stock must be so han- 

 dled as not to injure forage plant 

 growth, except to feed off the annual 

 crop. When stock are not handled 

 carefully they damage the range. If 

 they are shaded day after day in the 

 same place on the creek bottoms 

 they soon kill out all plant growth 

 and nothing but dust or gravel beds 

 remain. The Forest Service can not 

 allow such injury to the range and 

 in such cases must prohibit further 

 grazing on such areas until the plant 

 growth is restored. In closing such 

 areas to grazing, the allotment is of 

 course reduced in size and the number 

 allowed on the forest for the sheepman 

 on whose range the damage is done 

 must be cut down. This works to the 

 disadvantage of both the owner and 

 the herder. The fewer sheep the owner 

 has on the forest, the less money he 

 makes. The fewer bands the owner 

 can put on the forest range the fewer 

 jobs for herders. 



