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water during the dry season. The water supply problem is 

 important in this region and development of water facilities 

 should be encouraged in order that all parts of the range 

 might be fully utilized. 



5. Poisonous Plants. The species and abundance of 

 poisonous plants and the exact location of badly infested 

 areas were described. These occur scatteringly over much 

 of the forest. However, some areas were found where they 

 were so abundant that stock exclusion was recommended 

 during the period of greatest danger or when other vegetation 

 is scarce. 



6. Range Destroying Animals. The kinds, and amount of 

 damage done by each were given. If a certain area was 

 badly infested, its exact location was given. Prairie dogs 

 and gophers were very abundant in some localities; ants, 

 badgers, coyotes, and moles were less common. 



7. Examiners' Comment. Points not previously brought 

 out and which the examiner thought were of sufficient im- 

 portance were mentioned ; such as reasons for poorly stocked 

 conditions, the type of stock best adapted to graze on the 

 area, whether the area was fully stocked, the time of year 

 best suited for the different kinds of stock together with 

 any other recommendations which were deemed important. 



The area examined and described as above averaged about 

 three sections each day, although this varied with topography, 

 density of undergrowth, distance from camp, and uniformity of 

 the vegetation. The sections examined by each man formed 

 a continuous tier. Ordinarily the work was so arranged 

 that none of the men needed to walk over three miles to work, 

 unless it was on the day when camp was moved and the new 

 camp was not more than three miles from the point where 

 one finished work. On extra long runs the two men working 

 farthest from camp would sometimes ride the team of mules 

 to and from work, McClellan saddles being carried with the 

 outfit. In moving camp if the new location was to be situated 

 within about eight miles of the old camp site and the road 

 was not rough, the cook took the outfit alone. If the dis- 

 tance was longer or the road very rough he was accompanied 

 by one man, the other men examining sections and walking 

 to the new camp at night. Every night each man matched 

 the contours, types and streams on his sections with those of the 

 adjoining sections. The man in charge of the party would plan 



