11:3 ca-.rclrat is vhoeled out by hand as aro also 

 the Blabs. 'Jie olcbo are dumped on a fire which burns 

 nif,ht t.i.d day. bri'ch and slashings, which in many 

 localities r.rc piled, aro horo ooc.ttci*od v/hen cutting is 

 conploted. TIio luca in Uoi:y thin In to procure an even 

 layer of ..-.IruMr.f v, throughout tho out-over area and by 

 BO doing prevent oorio'Js surface erooion. This method 

 also furnioheo good protection for coodlings, arv\ all 

 the brush being near the ground faster decomposition is 

 made possible thr.n in ths case of unbumt y,lies. 



J. rtunoel Bruff . 



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NEWS. 



At tho close of the grazing ceaoon of 1911 the 

 rr-nges, with but few exceptions, were reported to 

 bo in good condition. 1? early all the stock were in ex- 

 cellent ol:cpo \7i-or. thoy loft the Forest In the fall. The 

 fall narJ.et prices wore otill higher than thoso of the pro- 

 coding year, earning many ovmero to sell close, thus 

 reducing the herds, which had already been depleted under 

 the otrong market of 1910. Tho prevailing prices for 

 beef cattle ranged froa 7 to 10 oents, averaging about 9f 

 cents per pound on the hoof. Ho oales of sheep vere '.r 

 on the Forest, so tho price of thio class of stoc : : la 

 unknown. Stool: cattle sold for fron $30 to 



\YhilG tho rainfall in 1011 for the Poreot aa a 

 whole v.'as rruoh belo'/ normal, the rain wag fort\matoly 

 distributed throu.gli the opring months in ouch a Banner 

 that the forage received the greatest amount of good. Al- 

 though tho Curator season was ao dry ao usual, ths tenper- 

 ature for the mo^t part was unusually moderate and cool, 

 which offset the drynesa to oorre extent and I'opt the range 

 in good condition. 



3winp; to abundant forage and to the reduced 

 number of stock uoing the rango, due to heavy sales of 

 the prevlouo fall, a large anount of grass went to seed 

 throughout the whole Forest. Thia should prove of great 

 benefit to tho ranges in the future. In rany places 

 where overgrazing before the establishment of the Forest 

 had nearly killed out the grass, there are very encourag- 

 ing signs of the return of the native grasses. 



A brief review of tho grazing business for the 

 Porost is contained in the following summary, which was 

 prepared for the annual grazing report: 



