30 USE OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



grants the permit. Every year, before the grazing 

 season opens, notice is given of the date on which all 

 applications must be in. Be sure to send your applica- 

 tion in on time. The Supervisor or Rangers will furnish 

 all necessary information about the fees and other details 

 of the business. 



No stock can be grazed without a permit, except the 

 few head in actual use by campers, prospectors, and 

 travelers; ten head of milch cows or work animals 

 owned by settlers living in or near a Forest, and a 

 reasonable number of saddle, pack, and work animals 

 used for caring for stock grazed under permit. 



The Government limits the total number of stock to 

 be grazed on each National Forest. The Supervisor 

 allots the range among the various applicants, giving a 

 preference to the small near-by owner and the men who 

 have always used the range. 



To drive stock across a Forest it is necessary to get a 

 permit from the nearest Ranger or the Supervisor, except 

 along a public road. A permit is also necessary to drive 

 stock across a Forest to reach private lands within it, if 

 the stock grazes along on the way. 



Get a permit from the Supervisor before constructing 

 drift and pasture fences and corrals. 



Remember that most of the range in the West has 

 been overgrazed and that in National Forests it is being 

 brought back into good condition. This means that the 

 Supervisor is often unable to grant applicants the priv- 

 ilege of grazing the full number of stock applied for. 

 It should be borne in mind, too, that all the applicants 

 are cut down proportionately, the big men the most. If 



