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permitted stock of Class B and C owners is made 

 in order to make room for the new man. Thus it is 

 seen that the matter of protective limits is actually 

 a protection to the small stock owner; he is pro- 

 tected from the monopoly of the range by big cor- 

 porations. 



When necessary to prevent monopoly of the 

 range by large stock owners, the District Forester 

 establishes maximum limits in the number of stock 

 for which a permit may be issued to any one person, 

 firm or corporation. 



Prohibition of Grazing. It often becomes neces- 

 sary to prohibit all grazing on an area within a 

 National Forest or at least to materially reduce the 

 amount of stock which is allowed to graze on a given 

 area. Sheep may be excluded from a timber-sale 

 area for a certain number of years after cutting or 

 until the reproduction has become well established. 

 Where planting operations are being carried on it 

 is usually necessary to exclude all classes of stock. 

 If investigations show that grazing is responsible 

 for the lack of reproduction over a considerable 

 area, the area or a portion of it may be withdrawn 

 from range use until young growth has become 

 established again. The watersheds of streams sup- 



