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AMERICAN FORESTRY. 



EXCELLENT FOR MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 



This area is in the vicinity of the Chicago lakes at the head of Chicago Creek in 

 the Pike National Forest and an effort is being made to have it set aside for 

 the mountain sheep which are plentiful in this region. 



The placing of domestic stock upon 

 the range is purely a matter of dollars 

 and cents, and the question arises as to 

 whether we can not consider the game 

 question upon this same basis. There 

 is no mountainous range region in the 

 National Forests but what from one- 

 fifth to one-third of the area is con- 

 sidered unsuitable for ranging domes- 



tic stock of any sort, and in many 

 cases, were the matter carefully looked 

 into, it would be found that these so- 

 called unadaptable mountain ranges are 

 well suited for the propagation of 

 game animals. Then again, the proper 

 stocking of mountain ranges with do- 

 mestic animals does not necessarily pre- 

 clude the possibility of affording pro- 



