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Figure 75. Sheep grazing on the Montezuma National 

 Forest at the foot of Mt. Wilson, Colorado. 

 Over 7,500,000 sheep and goats grazed on 

 the National Forests during the fiscal year 

 1917 ........... 216 



Figure 76. Grazing cattle on a National Forest in Col- 

 orado. Permits were issued during 1917 to 

 graze over 2,000,000 cattle, horses, and 

 swine on the National Forests . . . . 216 



Figure 77. North Clear Creek Falls, Rio Grande 

 National Forest, Colorado. The National 

 Forests contain about one-third of all the 

 potential water-power resources of the 

 United States ......... 230 



Figure 78. The power plant of the Colorado Power 

 Company, on the Grand River, Holy Cross 

 National Forest, Colorado. Every fiscal 

 year there is a substantial increase in water 

 power development on the National Forests 230 



Figure 79. This is only one of the thousands of streams 

 in the National Forests of the West ca- 

 pable of generating electric power. It has 

 been estimated that over 40 per cent, of the 

 water resources of the Western States are 

 included in the National Forests. Photo by 

 the author .......... 232 



Figure 80. View in the famous orange belt of San 

 Bernardino County, California. These or- 

 chards depend absolutely upon irrigation. 

 The watersheds from which the necessary 

 water comes are in the National Forests and 

 are protected by the Forest Service. Some 

 of the smaller watersheds in these mountains 

 are said to irrigate orchards valued at $10,- 

 000,000 .......... 282 



