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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



provided or purchased to tide them over till the time of green 

 grass. Sheep are frequently driven fifty and seventy-five 

 miles to feeding places, thus making a market for the farmer's 

 hay and 'grain, which, before the time of the sheep man, fre- 

 quently rotted in the stack. The demand for hay and grain 

 has thus become so great that sheep men have become the 

 chief promoters of irrigation and reclamation schemes and 

 are seeking to establish settlers to satisfy this want. Talk 

 about leasing and fencing laws in aid of the stock interests ! 

 You might as well talk about leasing and fencing the navi- 

 gable streams and waterways of the country as an aid to 

 navigation and commerce. We want none of it! 



We believe in forestry and the conservation and utiliza- 

 tion of natural resources to the fullest extent, but we do not 

 believe in raising a 50 cent tree at a cost, direct and indirect, 

 of $5.00 or more. 



The Big Horn Forest Reserve, which lies along the west 

 border of Johnson and Sheridan counties, in Wyoming, com- 

 prises 1,151,680 acres, or an area of about 75 miles long by 

 25 miles wide. The town of Buffalo is situated close to this 

 reserve, yet notwithstanding this fact and the further fact 

 that we are 35 miles distant from the nearest railroad station, 

 the citizens of this town and the settlers of the surrounding 

 country draw their lumber supplies largely from the Pacific 

 coast. 



Our lath, our shingles, our flooring_, siding, finishing, and 

 much of our dimension lumber, is imported. Even fence 

 posts from the west are beginning to be extensively used by 

 the farmers for fencing their lands. The native trees are so 

 stunted, knotty and cross grained that the lumber made from 

 them can only be used for the most ordinary purposes. These 

 are facts which cannot be denied and which should not be 

 overlooked when the expense and sacrifice necessary for the 

 maintenance of the reserve is considered. E. D. METCALF. 



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