flood waters we are certainly saving them quite a few dollars as well as 

 saving the water right where it falls. 



At the World Food Conference this year that was held in the United 

 States, they told us that by the year 2000 we are going to have to prod- 

 uce two steaks where we are presently producing one. We feel that this is 

 one area that we might consider contoirr fuirowing as a new tool. 



Another thing I would like to mention that has already been mentioned 

 is range condition. This picture was taken in Nevada and I don't know if 

 the condition of this range is bad, good or excellent. Maybe this is climax 

 vegetation, and I feel that this is an area that we should put a little more 

 research in and then educate the general public as to what is good, bad, or 

 excellent range. 



Let's take a look at Montana Rangeland. This is crested wheatgrass on 

 Land Utilization Act Land which is Bureau of Land Management controlled now. 

 Any rancher knows the chaotic condition that was created by the Land Utili- 

 zation Act which is still in existence today and leaves quite a so\ir taste 

 in most every ranchers' mouth. The crested wheatgrass plants you see here 

 are big wolf plants. These plants, that exist after a drought era, utilize 

 most of the moisture around them. Then on drier years the small seedings 

 cannot begin to become established. The white you see is predominately fr- 

 inged sagewart which is not particularly desirable unless you are running 

 sheep. 



This area, that is farmed, is a hard-pan spot to start with, and if we 

 let it alone it will continue to produce very little as was pointed out 

 earlier this morning on the program and at least once since then. We can 

 seed it back to grass and the grass will become established but it isn't 

 very long until the grass goes away and other undesirable plants fill in. 



In this particular case this Bureau of Land Management controlled land 

 is unfenced in a pasture where I turned the camera around and show this 

 slide of native range. It has never been disturbed, which one is overgrazed 

 and what is the condition of this land? I think that there is a lot to be 

 done in our program of Range Management and if we go to fencing the cost is 

 prohibitive. I think that this particular range from what the range scien- 

 tists have told me, would fall in the excellent category, but what about the 



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