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It is an old saying that "money talks," and I am going to take 

 the liberty of reading a few extracts from our forest supervisor's 

 report for the season of 1912, showing the results of regulated grazing. 



From the Humboldt Forest in Nevada it is reported that, when 

 the Independence District was put under management, and for several 

 years prior thereto, four or five bands of sheep, aggregating not more 

 than 10,000 head, and those not doing very well, was the extent of 

 the grazing, and the cattle belonging to the settlers grazed on the 

 low flats and in the fields. Now 20,500 sheep and 5,000 cattle find 

 excellent grazing during the entire season. 



From the Beaver Head Forest in Montana it is reported that 

 formerly the bands of sheep on this forest numbered 3,000 head up. 

 Now they do not number over 1,600 ewes and lambs, or 2,100 dry 

 sheep. This grazing in smaller bands has made a noticeable improve- 

 ment both in the range and the condition of the lambs. 



From the Madison Forest in Montana the supervisor reports that 

 the sheepmen are unanimous in their belief that "blanket herding" 

 is increasing the feed on the ranges. Mr. T. F. Jenkins, of Twin 

 Bridges, Montana, sold 260 spring lambs that averaged ninety-seven 

 and one-half pounds. Twenty others averaged 112% pounds. These 

 lambs came from the forest ranges. One buyer paid five cents flat 

 for all lambs coming from the forest ranges, and four and one-half 

 and four cents for those from outside the forest. The buyer said the 

 forest lambs averaged from six to nine pounds more than the others. 



From the Beartooth Forest in Montana it is reported that this 

 year's lambs are from eight to twelve pounds better than outside 

 lambs. 



The supervisor of the Tahoe Forest in California reports that 

 excellent results were obtained from the burro system of herding; but, 

 while the owners are well satisfied, the herders do not like it, and 

 only follow the methods under the direct eye of the owners. 



On the Modoc Forest in California it is reported that out of fifty- 

 nine permittees all but seven are using the burro system in handling 

 their herds. There has been a great improvement in the carrying 

 capacity of the ranges, and also in the weight of the lambs. In one 

 instance the owner informs us that he believes he gained ten pounds' 

 weight on each of his lambs. 



From the San Isobel Forest in Colorado it is reported that the 

 Tompkins Cattle Company sold 500 three-year-old steers, half 

 natives and half southern, which averaged 1,000 pounds, at |60 per 

 head flat. Sixty graded shorthorn, two-year-old steers from the Rio 



