10 Western Live-slock Managevient 



Beside the Forest Reserves, some small areas are re- 

 served as Indian Reservations, power sites, and the like. 

 Grazing on Indian Lands is under control of the Indian 

 agents, while the power sites are subject to no grazing 

 regulations. 



Deeded lands. 



A considerable part of the grazing lands belongs to 

 private owners. Some of this land is owned by stock- 

 men and some by timber companies, road companies, 

 and other large interests. The grazing lands belonging 

 to stockmen are mostly under fence. The lands belong- 

 ing to the big commercial corporations have in most cases 

 been held for other purposes than grazing, and until re- 

 cently have been grazed by anyone who wished to do so. 

 Within the last few years many of these lands have been 

 leased or sold to stockmen and are being fenced. By 

 far the largest area of deeded range is in Texas, where there 

 are no Forest Reserves and no government land. When 

 Texas joined the Union, she retained the ownership of 

 all her unoccupied lands, and has since sold or leased 

 them to stockmen. 



Unappropriated lands. 



The unappropriated lands are those which have not 

 been reserved by the national government for forest or 

 other purposes and which have not yet been considered 

 of sufficient value to be worth homesteading. Anyone 

 may use these unappropriated lands for grazing or for 

 any other purpose, but cannot legally prevent anyone 

 else from using them by fencing or in any other way 

 except by the ownership of all the available water. If 



