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number of plants in the vicinity of the bed ground that ordinarily 

 would escape destruction. Reestablishment of the forage thus 

 destroyed is difficult if not impossible. 

 Maximum Period Six Days. 



To reduce the damage to a minimum the bed ground should be 

 changed every six days at least. Lambing ewes can not be moved 

 every six days, and the interests of the range must in this instance be 

 sacrificed in a measure to the needs of the sheep. Where 110 such 

 exigency exists, and where the Government is' not compensated for 

 the damage (by the lambing charge), sheep must not be allowed to 

 occupy one bed ground for more than six consecutive days. 

 Protection of Water Supplies. 



The bedding of sheep within 300 yards of a stream or spring that 

 is a source of water supply for a community or town must not be 

 allowed under any circumstances. 



DISPOSITION OF CARCASSES. (Beg. G-27.) 



To prevent the pollution of water supply and the spread of disease 

 among human beings, as well as live stock, this rule will be strictly 

 enforced. The carcasses of animals dying from blackleg, anthrax, 

 glanders, and other bacterial diseases scatter germs on the range 

 when they decompose, and a healthy animal may contract the 

 disease. Therefore such range losses will be materially reduced if all 

 carcasses are burned. 



SALTING STOCK. (Beg. G-28.) 



Influence of Proper Salting in Bange Management. 



Salt and water are two important factors in distributing cattle 

 and horses on the range. Stock will alternate between salt and 

 water if the two are widely separated, and will consume as much 

 range around a salt ground as around a water hole. For this reason 

 the best results are secured by placing the salt on rocky points at 

 some distance away from the water. The salt licks or troughs 

 should be placed on ground of no value for other purposes. 

 Extent to Which Salting Should be Bequired. 



Salting is required as a means of Forest protection, and the regula- 

 tion should be enforced to as great an extent as the interests 01 the 

 Forest demand. Otherwise it should be enforced only upon the 

 request of a majority of the permittees or when the State laws 

 require the salting of stock. 



Action in Case of Befusal to Properly Salt Stock. 



Ordinarily a person who refuses to salt his stock when requested to 

 do so will be subject to a reduction in permit number during the fol- 

 lowing year. If his refusal is continued, and results in damage to the 

 range, he may be denied further privileges. Obviously, where nat- 

 ural licks occur salting will be unnecessary. 

 Approximate Quantity of Salt Bequired. 



Sheep will consume about a pound and a half of salt during a 

 summer season. Deprived of salt they are harder to herd and more 

 destructive to the range. 



