98 BULLETIN 790, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Management of cattle on the range — Continued. Page. 



Cooperation 44 



Group 1. Affecting distribution of stock and utilization of range_ 46 



Group 2. Primarily of benefit to stockmen 47 



Additional references 48 



Management of sheep on the range 48 



Control 48 



Establishing sheep range units 48 



Control by units 49 



Handling the sheep 50 



Herding 50 



Watering 52 



Salting 53 



Timely use of forage 53 



Additional references 54 



Stock driveways 55 



Range reseeding 56 



Seeding to cultivated forage plants 56 



Natural reseeding 59 



Deferred and rotation grazing 60 



Additional references 65 



Grazing and protection of timber, watersheds, game, and recreational use_ 66 



Policy 66 



Protection of timber 66 



Conifer species 66 



Aspen _ 69 



Importance of proper management of the range and the stock 69 



"Watershed protection 70 



Protection of game 71 



Recreational use 73 



Additional references 74 



Range reconnaissance and range inspection 74 



Object 74 



Range reconnaissance 75 



Range inspection 76 



Outline for range inspection 76 



Type classification 79 



Forage estimates 79 



Use of maps SO 



Degree of accuracy required 80 



Time of inspection 80 



Cooperation of stockmen 81 



Cooperation of local force 82 



Presentation of data 82 



Poisonous plants 82 



Partial bibliography for stock-poisoning plants of the United States 86 



Publications of the Department of Agriculture 86 



Miscellaneous publications 88 



Forage plants : Collection, identification, and notes 88 



Suggestions for the collection of range plant specimens on National 



Forests 91 



Selection of specimens 91 



Method of drying 92 



Numbering 93 



Notes 93 



Forms 93 



Additional data 94 



Plant catalogue 94 



Identification of the specimens -- 94 



Reporting on the collections 95 



Mounting for the herbarium 95 



Additional references useful in National Forest range plant studies 96 



Taxonomic 96 



Economic 96 



