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conditions and pass upon the recommendations. He will then prepare 

 a memorandum to the Forester recommending the number of each 

 class of stock to be authorized upon the Forest during the following 

 season. A letter for the signature of the district forester to the 

 supervisor will then be prepared giving detailed instructions for the 

 handling of the grazing during the coming season and covering the 

 following points: 



1. The number of stock of each class authorized. 



2. The grazing periods. 



3. The grazing fees. 



4. Allotment of stock. 



5. Special points of policy or administration. 



6. Instructions for advertising, by circulars, posters, and news- 



papers. 



Two carbons of this letter undated and signed by the district 

 forester and bearing a space for the Forester's approval, together 

 with the district forester's memorandum and the original copy of 

 the grazing section of the supervisor's annual forest plan, will be 

 forwarded to the Forester, the signed original of the district forester's 

 letter being held hi a waiting file. 



Approval Washing-ton Office. 



After its receipt in Washington and after the authorization for 

 grazing has been signed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the year- 

 long fees approved by the Forester, the district forester will be notified 

 by wire and the approved carbon of his letter mailed to him. On 

 receipt of the telegraphic approval he will date and mail his instruc- 

 tions to the supervisor after making the proper entries on the author- 

 ization record card (Form 404). If modifications of the district 

 forester's letters are required he will be notified by letter and will 

 change his instructions to the supervisor accordingly. 



Grazing Chapter, Supervisor's Annual Forest Plan. 



As a matter of convenience to the stockmen it is desirable to make 

 public as soon as possible the number of stock that will be allowed 

 to graze on the Forest the following season, the periods and the fees. 

 Therefore, immediately after the close of the grazing season and not 

 later than December 1, supervisors will submit the " Grazing" 

 chapter of the annual forest plan in duplicate, forwarding it to the 

 district forester without waiting for the completion of the rest of 

 the plan. The following points will be covered: 



PART ONE ADMINISTRATION. 



(1) General range conditions: 



a. Amount of rainfall as compared to previous years 



6 . Amount of forage as compared to previous years 



c. Total numbers of stock grazed under permit. Number of permittees. Aver- 



age number per permit 



d. Total numbers of stock grazed without permit. Number of owners 



e. General condition of the range at close of season 



/. Areas which were overgrazed and damaged 



g. Areas which were partially or wholly unutilized 



h. Condition of stock at time of entering and leaving Forest 



i. Market conditions, weights, and sales of stock 



j. Matters of general interest concerning welfare of live-stock industry as 



affected by administration of Forest 



