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areas fenced against stock. These areas are, in all cases, ad- 

 jacent to the plots which represent the conditions on the open 

 range. 



As shown in the accompanying table (No. 1) the plots 

 examined during the vernal season of 1911 contained a total 

 of 4,570 seedlings and saplings. ' The plots on the cattle range 

 had 1,261 seedlings and saplings, among which 41 specimens 

 or 3.25 per cent of the total were grazed and 37 or 2.93 per cent 

 were injured by trampling. On the sheep ranges 29.08 per 

 cent and 0.26, respectively, were grazed and trampled, while on 

 the goat areas 6.26 and 0.06 per cent, respectively, were grazed 

 and trampled. 



Table 1. Grazing injuries of all species first count: 



Table 2. Grazing injuries of all species second count : 



The notable features of contrast found in the autumn 

 count (Table 2), after the season's grazing, as compared with 

 the vernal record, are : first, the increase in the number of 

 grazed species on the goat ranges, and second, the greater 

 number of killed specimens. In the latter case, two Douglas 

 Fir seedlings were pulled up by the roots on a plot on the 

 sheep range ; one sapling of White Fir was deprived of bark 

 on the goat range ; the remaining had received general injuries 

 at various times of such seriousness as to finally kill them. 



