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entirely possible to meet the wishes of the majority 

 of users if made known through an organization. 

 The organization of stock associations is encour- 

 aged by the Forest Service and the opinions and 

 wishes of their advisory boards are recognized when 

 they represent general rather than individual or 

 personal interests. It is often possible through 

 these organizations to construct range improve- 

 ments such as corrals, drift fences, roads, trails, and 

 sources of water supply for the common good of 

 the members of the organization and paid for by 

 them. 



Protective and Maximum Limits. In order to 

 secure an equitable distribution of grazing privi- 

 leges, the District Forester establishes protective 

 limits covering the number of stock for which the 

 permits of Class A owners will be exempt from 

 reduction in the renewal of their permits. Permits 

 for numbers in excess of the protective limits will 

 be subject to necessary reductions and will not be 

 subject to increase in number except through pur- 

 chase of stock or ranches of other permittees. 



Protective limits are established to protect per- 

 mittees from reduction in the number of stock 

 which they are allowed to graze under permit below 



