The West 7 
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 indicated. 
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 
LAND IN CROPS EACH DOT REPRESENTS: 
25,000 ACRES 
ACTUAL AREA COVERED BY THE 
OT 9 THREE-FOURTHS AB OREAT 
AS THE AREA IT REPREDENTD 
LAND IN CROPS, ACREAGE 
VT stare GS tm [stare | acxts 190 | 
11431610 | Ky 
11331338 | Ne. 
9ce2383 | Ark 
Fia. 3. 
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 
