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Western Live-stock Management 



cultivation. That which is not under cultivation is al- 

 most entirely range, although there are limited areas so 

 exceedingly rough and mountainous or so heavily tim- 

 bered as to afford no grazing. 



From the standpoint of ownership and legal control, 

 the lands of the West are of several classes, as shown by 

 the accompanying table : 



Classification of Western Lands 



By far the larger portion still belongs to the United 

 States government and is therefore designated as federal 

 or government land. This federal land may be sub- 

 divided as reserved and unreserved. 



Reserved lands. 



The reserved land is mostly Forest Reserve, which is 

 grazed only by the possessors of permits obtained by 

 application to the Forest Supervisor. In the allotment 

 of these permits, preference is given to ranchmen owning 



