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BULLETIN 790, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Distribution of salt. — Salting places should ordinarily be located 

 so as to draw the cattle away from watering places and other areas 

 where they naturally congregate and overgraze the range. Wliere 

 new dirt storage tanks have been built it may be advisable to depart 

 from the general rule and salt at the tanks temporarily, so that the 

 stock will tramp the bottom of the tank and thereby help to make 

 it hold water. The main object should be to secure uniform utiliza- 

 tion of range between salt and water over the entire range unit. 

 The distance of salt from water will depend upon water distribution 

 and topography. No set rule can be laid down. The problem must 

 be worked out on the individual range unit so as to secure the most 

 uniform grazing possible and limit as far as practicable congrega- 

 tion of stock and overgrazing around water holes, salt grounds, and 



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natural passes. Ordinarily, salting places should not be more than 

 1 mile apart, and occasionally salting places well chosen at distances 

 less than 1 mile apart will result in the use of range which otherwise 

 would not be grazed until the more accessible parts are overgrazed. 



The amount of salt for any salting place should be based upon 

 the grazing capacity of the range to be used from the salting place. 

 If, for example, such a range is expected to support 50 cattle for 

 one month early in the season, the amount of salt put out should be 

 100 pounds, or for the same range late in the season, 50 pounds. 

 The amount of salt for each salting place should be worked out on 

 this basis. If it does not conform to the grazing capacity of the 

 range intensity of grazing will not be uniform. 



The stockmen who use the range should cooperate in the selection 

 of salting places. As nearly as possible the sites selected should be 

 satisfactory to them. The deciding factor, however, should be the 

 best use of the range and not the wishes of the users. The results 



