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and attain success in our range-improvement investigations. This information 

 can only be furnished by reliable and experienced men who are conversant with 

 the condition of the grazing lands of the Territory at the time when they yielded 

 profit to the rancher. 



You have l^en recommended to us as a person who, on account of your wide 

 exi:)erience and abundant opportunity of observation, will be able to give us the 

 information desired. We hope that you will be willing to assist us in this matter, 

 in which we are all so deeply interested, by answering as many of the inclosed 

 questions as you can at your earliest possible convenience, sendmg your answers 

 to us in the inclosed addressed free envelope. 



Very truly yours, David Griffiths, 



Sjyecial Agent in Charge of Cooperative Work. 



1. With what portions of the Territory are you especially familiar? 



2. How long have you been acquainted with the regions spoken of in question 1? 



3. What was the relative abundance of the feed on the native range at the time 

 you first became acquainted with it, compared with the present time? 



4. Will you please compare the grazing conditions in two or more regions with 

 which you are familiar: for instance, the Santa Cruz, San Pedro, and Sulphur 

 Spring valleys? 



5. Can you describe any specific instances of the destructive action of water in 

 gullying out the river valleyg? Can you state how and at what time such gully- 

 ing started in any particular instance, and the extent to which the washing pro- 

 gressed in a given time? 



6. What influence has this gullying had on the productiveness of the river bot- 

 toms? 



7. What grasses or other native forage plants furnish the greatest amount of 

 feed at the present time in your vicinity? ( If you do not know the names of these 

 plants and are willing to send us samples, so state in answer to this question, and 

 we will send you franks so that you can forward the samr "o us free of charge.) 



8. Do you attribute the present unproductive condition of the range to over- 

 stocking, drought, or to both combined? Please explain why. 



9. Will you please state the largest number of cattle which, in your opinion, 

 have at any time grazed on any particular range with which you are a;quainted, 

 and at what time.- What do you estimate is the present carrying capacity of the 

 same range? 



10. Provided we should be able to furnish seed, would you be willing to put 

 it in the ground in proper shape in some favorable situation on your place where 

 cattle will not graze it for at least one year after planting? A very small patch 

 would be required, say oO feet square. Such an experiment would enable us to 

 determine what forage plants are best adapted to your locality. 



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The answers returned have been very suggestive and indicate an 

 intelligent, active interest in the questions which are of such vital 

 importance to the stock growers located on the public domain. Two 

 of these, however, appear of such general excellence and indicate such 

 a keen insight into the forage problems that they are reproduced in 

 full. Col. H. C. Hooker, one of the earliest and most successful stock 



