Grazing 



The subject of Grazing was opened by lir. Hatton 

 as folloro: 



In the 19 national Forests of California the 



gracing cf 06,750 cattle and horses, 10,575 sv/lno and 474,070 

 sheep -oats was authorized. These were the Secretary's 



authorizations but they were not quite taken up by the 

 permits issued. The Tahoe ranks twelve in the number of 

 cat lie an'* horces an?, tho ."-Idorado ranges eleven in the number 

 cf ccttlo anc" horcos tho IlOorado having 0200 onfl. the Tahoe 

 770C. Tho Ta'.ioe ran'.:s four in the number of shoep r.nd goats 

 and -'.-.o Ulucrado eleven, tracing has been considered by some 

 ao a now thin:;, but it existed long before tho National For- 

 ests wore over thought of in this country and will no doubt 

 continue to exist for many years to oorao. 



One thing io truo in Erasing. \io have to deal very 

 -oh with tho ovory day life, './e are dealing with every day 

 utilities anc* nonoy vf lues all tho tine. The annual forago 

 yiolc* of our national Tores-tenor supply 0,000,000 oheep and 

 .ta and l millions of cattle and" horses, and is utilised 

 by norc than 27, COO individuals and concerns, besides 

 f-arniohing free grazing for thousands of settlers, prospect- 

 ors and travelers. One thing I have beon trying to empha- 

 size durin': our district organisation is the point of what 

 relation grazing has to ell our other forest interests, 

 especially that of silviculture, and to try as hr.rd as 

 oible to harmonize the two. 



We do not want to interfere with the business 

 interests. It has *reon the studied policy of tho Service to 

 worlr alon the line of least resistance to the extent of not 

 upsetting existing conditions. Tho part that tho national 

 Forests have played in tho past, they will continue to play 



the production of boef, pelts, mutton wool and hides. 



can get some idea of the production of our forests from 

 this illustration. If the animals grazed on the national 

 Forest could be placed in single file and could span the seas 

 they would lap around tho world five times 126,000 nilos. 



As I said a moment ego, so far as we can, we wor": 

 along the line of least resistance. Ve havo dono this with a 

 great degree of satisfaction to ourselves as well as the 

 ctoc'.onea. The tine has come when wo rrast look ftt grazing 

 from tho outside consider its relation to the Forest it- 

 self and if the foresters in this coun-ry fail to do that 

 they fall far short of the obligation put upon the foroetor. 

 The grazing policy of liurope cannot be practiced here because 

 , we will have -racing with us for a long time to oome. It 

 ic a large economic factor demanding attention. There is a 

 t deal of discussion over the district as to what extent 

 azins- is injurious or beneficial to tho reproduction. 



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