Bui. 1031, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IV. 



Fig. I. — A Badly Congested Watering Place on the Open Range 

 Where the Distance Between Watering Places is 7 to 12 Miles. 



The result of great distances bet^veen ■n"ater3 is overgrazing and killing out of the best forage 

 near water, with under-utilization bevond a distance of 4 miles on level range. 



Fig. 2. — When Watering Places are not more than 5 Miles Apart 

 ON Level Range and there is no Overstocking, Stock Secure even 

 Utilization of the Range and the Vegetation Extends Almost Up 

 TO THE Water. 



Contrast vrith fig. 1 v.here there is very little good forage within a mile of water. 



