UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 588 
Contribution from the Forest Service 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 
O° 
Washington, D. C. . v November 15, .1917 
_ INCREASED CATTLE PRODUCTION ON SOUTH- 
WESTERN RANGES. 
By James T. Jarpine, Inspector of Grazing, and L. C. Hurt, Grazing Examiner. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
Better range MIAMAPCINENG ce ces sccee ences 1 Prevention of loss—Continued. 
Jornada Range Reserve...............-.--.-- 2 Concentrated feed (cottonseed cake) to 
Range improvement by naturalrevegetaticn. 4 supplement range forage........-.-...- 24 
Water development.....................-.-- 9 Providing roughage.....-....... ees 26 
Carrying capacity........ Pat aha ine al akan 12 Prevention of blackleg............-.-.--. 27 
The reserve as 2 Whole...............---- 16 Total loss....---.-.--+-+-+-2e seer reer ees 28 
Grama-grass (winter) range.............- AG CONCLUSIONS 22 eam men eee ace nomaeeieee 28 
Jornada Reserve......---c-cceececcee 16 Range un provement by natural revegeta- 
Uniencedirange....<2../.-..---:-<-- 18 MOD io gongoncosqoocee soetodonsascnencos 28 
Bunimer ranges soe eee ek 19 Water development..................... 29 
Minrntain range s-)o- 02652). 2.02). Secs me old Carrying capacity........ seneeeeseeeees -- 29 
Increase in calf crop and improvement in Increase in calf crop and improvement in 
Pememnspock =) :.55. 050025. e lc sees. Ze 8). 20 grade of stock..........-.--..-..2-...-. 30 
Prawertion offlosss;s,)j<- 2nd sas -5 o2ee eee 23 Prevention of loss........... ........---- 31 
Holding range forage for use during criti- Pistol PUDLICALONSo. seateenca cece set oss 32 
cal spring months.............-.-.-.-- 23 
BETTER RANGE MANAGEMENT, 
This bulletin presents the results of experiments which bear 
directly on the problem of how to produce more and better cattle 
on western range lands, a matter of pressing importance in view of 
the present need for increasing the Nation’s food supply. 
It is generally conceded that the carrying capacity of the remaining 
areas of public range is at least 25 per cent less than it was originally, 
the result of grazing stock at improper seasons and overstocking. 
It is also a fact that the productiveness of many privately owned 
ranges, both fenced and unfenced, has been reduced through faulty 
management. To work out a system of range management and 
improvement practicable for large grazing units, which will build 
up the depletéd areas and insure the maintenance of the whole range 
in good condition, is one of the important objects of grazing studies 
5546°—17—Bull. 588 —1 
