46 BULLETIN 790, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the range, improvement in grade of stock, and increase in calf crop 

 have a direct effect upon the net profits of the individual user. 



More and more attention should be given in the future, therefore, 

 to* the organization of the grazing permittees who graze their stock 

 in common on a range unit. It has been shown that such permittees 

 have a common interest in the range practice on the grazing unit, 

 but this alone is not incentive enough, ordinarily, to stimulate organi- 

 zation of local associations and keep them active. There must be a 

 definite worthy purpose to be accomplished in the immediate future 

 by the united effort resulting from the organization, such as the 

 application of a comprehensive salting plan, the eradication of poi- 

 sonous plants, the construction of drift fences, the use of high-grade 

 bulls, and other similar objects. 



With a proper appreciation of the functions and possibilities of 

 live-stock associations in relation to range management on the Na- 

 tional Forests, forest officers can do much to encourage organiza- 

 tion among the grazing permittees. This can best be done by formu- 

 lating definite practical plans for the solution of important problems 

 in management of the range unit involved, so that the stockmen will 

 have a definite object in organizing. After a local association has 

 been organized and has been officially recognized by the district for- 

 ester, special rules may be adopted by the association as needed to 

 carry out specific plans in the management of the range and the stock. 

 Special rules are of two kinds: (1) Those that not only aim directly 

 to promote the interests of stockmen but are designed to secure a 

 better and fuller use of the forage resources; and (2) those that aim 

 wholly to promote the interests of the stockmen. 



The following special rules, which have been adopted by various 

 local live-stock associations, will serve to give a clear idea of the 

 nature of these rules and functions : 



GROUP 1. AFFECTING DISTBIBUTIOX OF STOCK AXD UTILIZATION OF BAXGE. 



All permittees grazing cattle and horses on the range within the Caribou 

 Basin allotment will be required to pay their pro rata share of assessments 

 levied by the Caribou Basin Cattlemen's Association for salting, herding, and 

 handling of permitted stock. The advisory board shall purchase salt, attend to 

 its distribution, hire the necessary riders to handle the stock, and levy an a-- - - 

 ment sufficient to meet these expenditures. 1 



Subject to the supervision and control of the Forest Service, the Willow Creek 

 Grazing Association is hereby authorized to purchase salt, employ herders or 

 riders, superintend the salting, herding, and handling of all cattle and horses 

 grazed under permit on the range open to this class of stock within the Willow 

 Creek division of district 6 of the Fishlake National Forest. All persons hold- 

 ing permits to graze cattle and horses on this division will be required to 

 cooperate with the association in this respect if they desire to allow their stock 



1 Caribou Basin Cattlemen's Association, Caribou Forest. 



