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head of sheep and goats to graze upon the National Forests free of 

 charge. 



Under a cooperative agreement entered into with the land board of 

 the State of Utah, by which the State in return for the use of its 

 lands within National Forests sells permits to graze a stipulated num- 

 ber of cattle, horses, and sheep upon the National Forests within that 

 State, 85 permits were issued allowing 747 head of cattle and horses 

 and 12,242 head of sheep to be grazed upon 8 Forests. 



ADVISOBY BOABDS. 



The advisory boards of live stock associations, representing the ma- 

 jority of the users of certain defined ranges, were recognized by the 

 Forester for 20 of the National Forests, and satisfactory adjustments 

 of important grazing questions were made by the Forest officers in 

 cooperation with them. 



GRAZING TRESPASSES. 



During the past fiscal year 183 cases of grazing trespass were 

 reported by the officers in charge of 44 of the National Forests. In 

 166 of these cases propositions to make settlement by the payment of 

 damages were accepted, and civil action was closed. The total 

 amount collected for grazing trespass damages was $5,576.80. 



Of the unsettled cases, 3 are those of trespassers who are under bond 

 to appear before the United States jury on a charge of criminal tres- 

 pass, 2 are pending in court, and the remaining 13 were reported dur- 

 ing the months of May and June, when the time was too short to secure 

 settlement before the close of the year. 



QUARANTINE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry required all sheep permitted t» 

 graze upon the National Forests of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, 

 Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon, and also upon the Tahoe, Stanis- 

 laus, and Diamond Mountain National Forests of California and the 

 Wenaha National Forest of Washington, to be inspected before enter- 

 ing the National Forest ranges and to be dipped when found to have 

 been exposed to or infected with scab. Upon the Medicine Bow Na- 

 tional Forest of Wyoming, on account of the prevalence of scab among 

 the stock grazed upon the adjoining ranges, all cattle were required 

 to be dipped before entering. 



The State and Territorial authorities have in all cases heartily co- 

 operated with the Government inspectors, and this disease will soon 

 be entirely eradicated from the stock grazed upon the National 

 Forest ranges. 



WORK OF THE ENSUING YEAR. 



The regulation of grazing along the same lines followed in the past 

 will be continued and-extended to the Forests created since March 1. 

 As fast as improved condition of the range makes it possible the num- 

 ber of stock permitted to graze will be increased. No change will' be 

 made in the general scale of charge, but in certain cases local changes 

 will be made to equalize the rate. 



