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yet unruined ranges, that the interests of all concerned— the stockman, the irriga- 

 tion farmer, and the possible investor in the storage propositions of the future — 

 may be brought into harmony with each other as well as be individually bettered. 



In view of the difficulties and failure which have been encountered in this direc- 

 tion [range improvement] and in view of the successful operations of the forest- 

 reserve system, it seems to me that we can turn with some hope of success to the 

 idea of range reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. The Government is there 

 yet in control of great unbroken tracts of its public lands, and those Territories 

 afford a most favorable opportunity for the institution of the experiment on a 

 large and convincing scale. 



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The carrying out of such a plan by impartial and authoritative means, including 

 provisions for a proper economic and scientific study of the problems involved, 

 ought in time to vastly improve the range for the benefit of the stockman, and 

 also to render the operations of the irrigation farmer and of the storage-reservoir 

 promoter much more certain of returns. 



F. Lamsox-Scribxer, 



Agrostologist 

 Office of the Agrostologist, 



Washington, D. C, September 6, 1901. 



