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BULLETIjST 367, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table VII. — Stock grazed on individual pastures on the Santa Rita Range 

 Reserve, Ariz., 1908 to 1914, inclusive — Continued. 



W. B. McCLEARY, OPERATOR. 





Year. 





1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Month. 



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January 



February 



230 

 210 

 238 

 210 

 209 

 216 

 225 

 240 

 237 

 271 

 260 

 271 



7 

 7 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 9 



290 

 246 

 250 

 270 

 240 

 248 

 302 

 278 

 600 

 233 

 289 

 367 



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8 

 9 

 8 

 8 



10 

 9 



20 

 8 



10 



12 



168 

 234 

 356 

 352 

 405 

 438 

 442 

 445 

 450 

 368 

 380 

 399 



6 

 8 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 15 

 12 

 13 

 13 



465 

 364 

 430 

 496 

 527 

 510 

 527 

 434 

 492 

 527 

 480 

 470 



15 

 13 

 14 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 16 

 17 

 16 

 15 



434 

 394 

 403 

 420 

 429 

 470 

 510 

 583 

 570 

 589 

 510 

 432 



14 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 20 

 16 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 17 

 14 



345 

 344 



442 

 414 

 430 

 380 

 603 

 561 

 402 

 563 

 485 

 493 



11 



13 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 20 

 18 

 13 

 18 

 16 

 16 



488 

 474 

 403 

 394 

 403 

 390 

 248 

 375 

 398 

 405 

 305 

 284 



16 

 17 

 13 



April 



13 





13 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



13 

 8 

 12 

 13 

 13 

 10 

 9 



Total.... 



2,81? 



7 



3,613 



10 



4,437 



12 



5,722 



15 



5,744 



16 



5,462 



15 



4,567 



13 



Acres per head 



103.1 



80.2 



65.6 



50.9 



50.5 



53.2 



63.5 



Since the fenced area available to each man is relatively small, and 

 since each of them has just as much right to the use of the open 

 range outside his fence as anyone, it has been their custom to watch 

 the condition of the feed outside their pastures and the condition of 

 their stock at all times and to carry their stock on the outside feed 

 just as much of the time as possible. This policy causes them to turn 

 out stock as soon as the feed outside warrants it, a procedure that 

 results beneficially for the fenced pastures, because it allows the 

 plants inside the fence to grow to the best advantage during the 

 growing season. The control given by the fence makes it possible 

 to save this feed until the outside feed is mostly eaten, when the 

 stock can be brought inside on good grass. This method of treat- 

 ment throws the greater part of the burden upon the outside range 

 and tends to build up the carrying capacity of the inclosed area. 



Under such a method, if the fenced area is stocked to its full 

 capacity, but not overstocked, the carrying capacity derived from 

 the numbers actually carried is probably a little in excess of what 

 might be expected from the same land if stocked to its legitimate 

 limit all the time. For this reason the carrying capacit}^ indicated 

 in Table VII and the diagram (fig. 5) may be a little too large. 

 But this conclusion is not true if for any reason the pastures have 

 not been stocked to their limit, or if they have been overstocked, 

 either of which conditions may have arisen. 



