8 Western Lave-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 
MISscEL- 
LANEOUS. 
Toran Arba) Acres In |Acres Unap- oo Ry PRIVATE 
in ACRES Crops | PROPRIATED arate E-| OWNERSHIP, 
Mostiy 
GRAZING 
Arizona . .| 72,838,400 190,982} 39,525,195} 12,288,125} 20,834,098 
California .| 99,617,280} 4,924,733) 20,853,637] 19,532,731] 54,306,179 
Colorado . | 66,341,120] 2,614,312) 19,353,231] 13,107,681] 31,265,896 
Idaho . .| 53,346,560 1,638,479) 17,915,622] 17,719,972) 16,072,487 
Montana .| 93,568,640} 1,848,113) 21,542,853] 16,104,734] 54,072,940 
Nevada . .} 70,285,440} 392,387] 55,138,593] 5,287,710] 9,466,750 
New Mexico | 78,401,920} 632,769] 31,298,621] 8,470,043] 38,000,487 
Oregon . .{ 61,188,480] 2,281,288! 16,545,522) 13,123,010] 29,238,660 
Utah . .| 52,597,760} 755,370] 33,837,596] 7,449,160] 10,555,634 
Washington | 72,775,040} 3,431,273} 1,750,208} 9,953,166) 57,640,393 
Wyoming .| 62,460,160} 786,650) 32,255,679] 8,385,288] 21,032,543 
Total . .|783,420,800/19,496,356/290,016,757/131,421,620/342,486,067 
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 
