GRAZING RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION 63 



for the National Forest forage consumed, or an annual revenue 

 of $120,000. There is range for 34,000 head of sheep year- 

 long, and for 66,000 additional sheep during the season from 

 June 1 to October 31. It will cost $1 per head to feed these 

 sheep during the remainder of the year. At two years of 

 age each sheep would be worth, using present prices as a 

 basis, $5 per head, and would have sheared 15 pounds of 

 wool at 20c per pound. This would make each sheep yield $8 

 at two years of age, or $136,000 for the yearlong sheep, and 

 $462,000 for the sheep grazed part of the season, or $299,000 

 for one year. The grazing resources then will produce beef, 

 mutton and wool valued as follows: 



Cattle grazed yearlong $120,000 



Cattle grazed during part of year, less amount re- 

 quired to carry them balance of year 120,000 



Sheep grazed yearlong, including 7^ Ibs. wool each 68,000 

 Sheep grazed during summer, less amount to carry 



them balance of year 231,000 



$539,000 " 



The Wallowa Forest and its adjoining agricultural lands 

 in Wallowa County may then be described as an excellently 

 balanced grazing unit, capable of supporting, when fully de- 

 veloped and utilized, 120,000 head of sheep and 25,000 head 

 of cattle and horses. The farm lands depend upon the Forest 

 ranges for the profitable utilization of their products, an3 

 without these products the stock could not so profitably uti- 

 lize the forest ranges. There is enough hay raised to supple- 

 ment the winter range and feed the farm stock, so there is 

 practically a continuous balance in farm and forest during the 

 entire year. 



In 1915 the Forestry Club of Iowa State College became a 

 member of the Inter-Collegiate Association of Forestry Clubs. 

 T. W. Rehmann, who was elected local vice-president of the na- 

 tional organization, will represent Ames at the next convention 

 of the association to be held at Seattle, Wash., in November, 1916. 



