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ranges. They seek ownership of the summer 

 range, or of parts of the fall and spring 

 ranges, and are establishing farms where for- 

 age may be cut and stored for winter use. 

 lliere is a large body of good citizens engaged 

 in the sheep industry in these regions and 

 also unfortunately some of the most selfish 

 and degraded of men. A nomadic sheep herd 

 under the management of an ignorant, lawless 

 and irresponsible man is a curse to any land 

 over which it travels. It sheds off scab germs 

 to infect other herds so unfortunate as to fol- 

 low in its trail, it pollutes streams, devastates 

 young forests and destroys the range by over 

 pasturing. It will indeed be a happy day for 

 all this region when the land is divided up, 

 owned or leased by the cattle and sheep 

 owners and the era of destruction of that 

 beautiful region ends and reconstruction be- 

 gins again. It is a short-sighted policy of 

 our National Government that permits ranges 

 to be devastated and refuses leases that would 

 tend to preserve them and thus enrich all the 

 community. 



MONTANA, WYOMING AND THE DAKOTAS. 



These regions possess a distinct character 

 and have a type of sheep husbandry of their 

 own. They are characterized by very wide, 

 well grassed plateaus or plains, somewhat 

 destitute of trees or brush and sometimes de- 

 void of hills, canyons or natural shelter. The 

 climate is much milder than it would be in a 

 similar latitude in the Eastern states and 



