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on a Forest where the protective limit is 100 head may also be 

 allowed a permit to graze 300 sheep if the protective limit on sheep is 

 1,200 head. 

 Maximum Limits, General Purpose. 



When necessary to prevent monopoly in the use of the range 

 through the purchase of permitted stock and ranches or to effect a 

 wider distribution of grazing privileges, the district forester will estab- 

 lish a maximum limit in the number of stock allowed any one appli- 

 cant, such limit to be effective within a part of a Forest, an entire 

 Forest, or a group of contiguous Forests, as decided by the district 

 forester. No permittee will be allowed to increase the number of 

 stock above this limit. When necessary reductions in permits for 

 more than the maximum limit will be made in accordance with the 

 sliding scale. 



Renewals of old permits in excess of the maximum limit may be 

 allowed, but the purchase of stock and ranches will not entitle the 

 purchaser to a renewal of permit in excess of it. . Exception to this 

 rule may be made by the district forester when an established outfit 

 holding permit in excess of the maximum limit is sold to a single 

 purchaser. 

 Relation to Protective Limit. 



Ordinarily the maximum limit will be from four to eight times the 

 protective limit. Upon a Forest where the average number per per- 

 mit is high the maximum limit should be correspondingly high. A 

 safe rule is to set a limit which is not less than double the protective 

 limit and not more than the highest permit. 



The maximum limit does not apply to permits issued on account 

 of private lands or to permits issued under a cooperative agreement. 



RENEWAL OF PERMITS. (Reg. G-17.) 



Change of Residence. 



A permittee with an established preference may change his resi- 

 dence to a point more remote from the Forest without disqualifying 

 for a renewal of permit, provided ho retains his other interests. 

 Disregard of Winter Feeding Clause. 



A permit issued upon condition that the stock would be fed during 

 the winter upon the products of the permittee's ranch will not be 

 renewed if the stock were not so fed during the winter preceding the 

 season for which permit is desired. 



Sale of Ranch. 



A permittee having a range preference based on ranch property 

 located in or adjacent to the National Forest may dispose of such 

 ranch property without entirely disqualifying himself for a renewal, 

 but unless he secures similarly located ranch property his classifica- 

 tion is changed, and the renewal of the permit should be on the basis 

 of the changed classification. 

 Change in Class of Stock. 



A renewal of permit may be allowed for a class of stock different 

 from that previously grazed. It may require relinquishment of one 

 range and acceptance of another on some other part of the Forest. 

 The ratio of exchange will depend on the demand and the capacity 

 of the ranges in question. A permittee grazing cattle upon a heavily 



