16 Western Live-stock Management 
Grazing on Nationa Forrsts or OREGON 
CatTLp 
Eaquiv- | Acres 
CatTTLE ALENT PER 
Nationau Forest Net AREA AND SHEEP (Srx Cow 
Horses Surge |Eautva- 
To ONE | LENT 
Cow) 
Siskiyou 981,949); 4,000; 3,000) 4,500)218.21 
Siuslaw : 544,396) 1,200} 4,000) 1,267/429.67 
Total, Coast Mts. . ./|1,526,345) 5,200) 7,000! 5,767|/264.67 
Oregon - {1,030,132} 2,000) 30,000) 7,000)147.16 
Santiam -| 588,336 300} 24,000} 4,300/136.82 
Cascade . {1,019,737 900] 33,000} 6,400/159.33 
Umpqua . 949,052} 1,000) 12,000) 3,000/316.35 
Total, Cascade Mts. . 13,587,257/ 4,200) 99,000} 20,700/173.30 
Crater 748,960; 8,000} 10,000) 9,667] 77.48 
Deschutes 804,794} 3,000; 43,000) 10,167) 79.16 
Fremont . 779,941} 11,000/105,000) 18,500) 42.16 
Klamath . s 5,640 
Malheur - |1,057,842} 24,000!130,000) 45,667} 23.16 
Minam 400,767} 10,500; 60,500) 20,583) 19.47 
Ochoco 716,576} 10,000)107,000) 27,833) 25.17 
Paulina 802,144 
Umatilla 490,884} 11,000) 77,000) 23,833) 20.59 
Wallowa 999,260) 15,000/120,000} 35,000) 28.59 
Wenaha 429,462] 10,000/100,000| 26,667) 16.11 
Whitman . 877,540} 8,300/113,500} 27,217} 32.25 
Total, eastern Oregon . |8,113,810}110,800/866,000}245,134! 33.10 
acres a head. Six sheep consume about as much feed as 
a cow, while a horse will need slightly more. 
Homesteaders. 
The statement is often made that the open ranges of 
the West are a thing of the past and that the homesteader 
has taken them all up and put them under the plow. 
