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BULLETIN 1001, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 6. — Data obtained from stockmen using ranges within the limits of the Atlantic 

 and Pacific Railway land grant [12.] 





Cattlemen. 



Sheepmen. 



Data. 



Average 

 percentage. 



Number 

 reporting. 



Average 

 percentage. 



Number 

 reporting. 



Estimates of losses: 



Normal 



8 

 16 



18 



26 

 16 



52 

 49 

 45 

 ' 34 

 55 



50 

 23 

 37 



6 

 36 



19 

 27 



48 

 58 

 44 



9 

 20 

 17 



60 

 67 



78 

 76 

 58 

 48 

 90 





For 1917 





For 1918 





Forced reduction of breeding stock: 



In 1917 





In 1918 



- 



Rate of increase: a 



In 1915 



8 



In 1916 



12 



In 1917 



26 



In 1918 



32 



RstiTnatpr] normal 



26 









Number 

 who fed. 



Number 

 reporting. 



Number 

 who fed. 



Number 

 reporting. 



Supplemental feeding: 

 Ordinary practice — 



To feed none 



18 

 6 



18 



1 « 

 } " 



1 30 



1 " 



I 6 3 

 | 



1 





17 



To feed poor, weak stock 



j 



In 1917— 



Fed none 



1 



Fed a few 



5 

 9 



5 



8 

 16 



1 







Ferl a. large, rmmhpr 



... 



1 :... 







j 



In 1918— 



Fed none 



r 



1 



Fed a few -. 



1 i 



I 



Fed a large nrnnhpr 



1 U 



Removed stock 









a Based on number of breeding animals. 



b Feed bucks. 



SOME BENEFITS ARISING FROM FENCING THE RANGE AND CONTROL- 

 LING THE METHODS OF USE. 



In contrast to the disadvantages of an open range are tne positive 

 advantages that may result from individual control. Experience on 

 privately owned ranches of large size, as well as experimental results 

 obtained where all the factors were known and measured, show that 

 in many ways the business may be better organized, rendered more 

 productive, and relieved of many of its uncertainties by simply giving 

 the present user a legal right to control the land he now uses. 



A change in our laws which makes it possible to grant to an indi- 

 vidual, or a small group of individuals acting together, the privilege 

 of grazing stock upon a specified portion of a National Forest, for a 

 Limited time and under definite regulations, has resulted in marked 

 advantage to the users, even though the permit has only occasionally 

 carried with it the privilege of fencing the land used. The establish- 

 ment of a legal method whereby the arid grazing lands might be 

 fenced in units of convenient size would revolutionize the business by 

 removing the obstruction to its orderly development. Of course 

 mere control of itself does not necessarily bring about the improved 



