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In the various discussions of live-stock raising in the 

 West which follow, the reader may assume that we refer 

 to the higher and drier districts unless otherwise hidicated. 



GRAZING AREAS 



The West may be considered as one great grazing 

 ground or range. The term "range" is applied to all 

 the grazing lands of the West where the area is large and 

 the carrying capacity small. There are stockmen -who 



Fig. 



restrict the use of the word to grazing areas that are not 

 fenced, but this definition is not generally accepted. For 

 example, we hear much of the "ranges" of Texas, yet 

 nearly all of the grazing land of that state is fenced. 

 The accompanying map (Fig. 3) showing the land in 

 crops will indicate at once the very small portion under 



