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has made a good start and to prevent the holding of stock on 

 the forests after the herbaceous forage is consumed, for 

 then stock might be forced to eat forest reproduction. 



5. The development of water sufficient for the number 

 of stock requested is necessary before a permit is issued to 

 use an allotment. This provision is one of the greatest aids 

 in preventing overstocking near old water holes, in opening 

 up otherwise inaccessible range, and in fortifying the stock 

 industry against long droughts. 



6. The bona-fide settler is given the privilege of run- 

 ning a certain number of stock. Provision is made for his 

 stock by reducing, if necessary, the number of stock run by 

 the other permittees using the range. 



7. A maximum limit restricting the number of stock 

 which any one man or corporation is allowed to run on a for- 

 est is established in order to prevent possible monopoly. 



8. Speculation is minimized by requiring permittees 

 to own improved ranch property and to be the bona-fide 

 owners of the stock which they desire to run on a forest. 



9. Forest officers cooperate with stock associations in 

 determining matters affecting the handling of stock, appor- 

 tioning the range, and, as far as is practicable, the suggest- 

 ions of permittees submitted through their advisory boards 

 are considered by forest officers in working out administrative 

 problems. 



10. By Act of June 11, 1906 Congress provided that 

 all government land within the forests that was better suited 

 for agriculture than for growing timber should be subject 

 to homestead entry. The liberal application of the provisions 

 of this Act has resulted in many settlers taking up homes 

 within the National Forests. Since these settlers are assured 

 grazing privileges the result has been that the forests are 

 dotted with ranches whose owners are enabled to make a 

 comfortable living by combining farming with stock rais- 

 ing on a small scale. In this way the man of small means 

 is helped in getting a start and the development of these 

 natural resources is encouraged to an extent impossible with- 

 out government regulation. 



The effect of the enforcement of these regulations up- 

 on the carrying capacity of the range is indicated by the 

 fact that in 1907 the average area required to support a cow 

 upon the National Forests of Arizona was approximated 48 



