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Remarks and Suggestions on Grazing 



By 

 George E. Pvoro 



Thore is a great deal of inquiry "by grazing men why 

 the Forest Service does not Bead depleted rangos and "barren 

 areas. V/e can say we have not reached the experimental stage 

 and I think it would prove a very expensive undertaking con- 

 sidering the rnmll grc.zing fee charged. On this Forest there 

 is nraoh patonted land, railroad and private. Naturally tho 

 best grazing areas are patented, so it is up to tho permittee 

 to do nnt of the seeding at c.ny rate. 



While ne havo no data of the number and kind of stock 

 grr.zed upon theso rrngos yocrs before the inauguration of th 

 i'oroflt Service, we are informed by stoolonon of that time, among 

 whom some c.re present day permittees, that the rangos then 

 produced rrach nore feed and uupported more stook. This yoar 

 a permittee told ne that forty years ago his present range 

 would support nany more sheep than it was new doing and that 

 other rar^os he was fnrailiar svith presented tho same condi- 

 tion:.;. Ho explained that upon certain portions of his range 

 he hr.d not grazed for one or two years and that it had not 

 inproved it tc rny appreciable mount. To a great measure 

 this can be accounted for. The principal forage in the 

 locality consists of herbaceous perennials, which at the 

 altitude, require three years or more tc reach a state af 

 valuable productiveness. This permittee and others realiz- 

 ing tho fact thnt \;hero is r.o plp.usible reason why their 

 permits v.lll not bo granted indefinitoly, so long as they 

 abide by tho rules n-d regulations of the Forest Service, are 

 looking forward towards increasing the foragf of their range, 

 as well as to increase the number of stock grazed. They 

 woulc* purchase oeod r.nd do seeding themselves. They esk, 



