ordination with the critical factors of other resources, such as big game 

 winter ranges and streambank stabilization on the blue ribbon fishing 

 streams. 



Reuben Pankey, of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, stated, 

 "We, in the livestock industry, who use public lands for forage purposes, 

 are firmly committed to the multiple-use concept. This concept was not 

 arrived at easily. But after several years of experience, we find that we 

 can live under this principle and even enjoy benefits from it by demonstrat- 

 ing to the American public the values of the production of food and fiber. 

 Forage, namely grass, is not a resoiirce that can be harvested and stored. 

 It has to be utilized in place, properly by livestock and wildlife." I feel 

 certain Reuben is talking of coordinated planning. Maybe, if he were say- 

 ing it today, he would include coordinated range planning of intermingled 

 ownerships. 



Coordinated ranch planning also provides the landowner opportunities to 

 both learn and teach new and advanced techniques in land management. Many 

 of the skills in business and animal husbandry that will improve their range 

 management practices can be shared with agency personnel, and we frequently 

 see an opportunity where government lands can be used to demonstrate new and 

 different scientific techniques that can be readily adapted to private lands. 



We should start now to inventory our better Timber Producing sites where 

 we can increase wood fiber growth by range improvement techniques. I'm 

 speaking of fertilizing for both range improvement and wood fiber growth to 

 produce red meat and increase oTir wood fiber yield. Some of the better tim- 

 ber growing sites are privately owned. Pine plantations with spacing of 

 trees 20 feet by 20 feet decrease forage yield very little, compared to the 

 total gain from both forage and wood fiber production. So, while you are 

 fertilizing for economic gains on pasture forages, increased cordwood can be 

 realized, and at the end of 55 to 50 years, this boost in family income can 

 set the stage for well-financed retirements or new starts for new young 

 ranchers in the family. 



We need to take advantage of our opportunities for coordinated range 

 planning of intermingled lands by involving Extension Service, Agricultiiral 

 Research Service, and major timber producing landowners. The Extension 



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