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vision applicants for grazing ( permits are given 

 preference in the following order: 



Class A. Persons owning and residing upon improved ranch 

 property within or near a National Forest who are de- 

 pendent upon National Forests for range and who do not 

 own more than a limited number of stock (known as the 

 protective limit). 



Class B. Regular users of National Forests range who do 

 not own improved ranch property within or near a Na- 

 tional Forest, and persons owning such ranch property 

 but who own numbers of stock in excess of the established 

 limit. 



Class C. Persons who are not regular users of the National 

 Forest range and who do not own improved ranch prop- 

 erty within or near a National Forest. Such persons are 

 not granted permits upon Forests which are fully oc- 

 cupied by classes A and B. Classes B and C are not 

 allowed to increase the number of stock grazed under 

 permit except by the purchase of other permitted stock. 



From this classification it is very evident that the 

 small local stockmen who own approximately from 

 30 to 300 head of cattle and from 500 to 2,000 head 

 of sheep and who own and reside upon the ranches 

 near the Forests are given the preference in the al- 

 lotment of grazing privileges. 



Grazing Permits. Various kinds of grazing per- 

 mits are required each year on the National For- 

 ests. These are known as ordinary grazing per- 



