Table 1 shows permits issued for grazing on western national 

 forests by size class in 1945, the last year these statistics were 

 compiled. 



Table 1. — Grazing permits and livestock permitted, national forests 

 in 11 Western States, 1945 



SIZE CLASS 



PERMITS 



LIVESTOCK 

 PERMITTED 





Number 



Percent 



Number 



Percent 



Cattle and horses: 



17, 302 



10, 278 



3,937 



1,864 



1,223 



3,721 



2,332 



1,079 



205 



105 



100.0 



59.4 



22.7 



10.8 



7.1 



100.0 

 62.7 

 29.0 



5.5 

 2.8 



1,183,283 

 172, 883 

 263, 120 

 269, 781 



477, 499 



3, 893, 097 



1, 029, 772 



1,635,581 



642, 825 



584, 919 



100.0 



1-40 head 



14.6 



41-100 head 



101-200 head 



More than 200 head.. 

 Sheep and goats: 



22.2 

 22.8 



40.4 



100.0 



1-1,000 head 



1,001-2,500 head 



2,501-4,000 head 



More than 4,000 head. 



26.5 



42.0 

 16.5 

 15.0 



10. What percent of the livestock in the 11 Western States are 

 grazed on the national forests? 



On the basis of the Department of Agriculture estimate of 

 numbers of livestock in the 1 1 Western States January 1, 1947, 

 11.6 percent of the cattle, exclusive of dairy animals, and 24.8 

 percent of the stock sheep grazed for some part of the year on 

 national-forest ranges. ( Stock sheep are those not being fattened 

 for market.) 



1 1 . To what extent do national-forest ranges contribute forage 

 for livestock in the West? 



In 1947, national-forest ranges in the 11 Western States pro- 

 vided permitted cattle and sheep with 5^ percent of the total 

 animal-unit months of forage and feed required for cattle other 

 than dairy animals and for stock sheep in those States. Although 

 it is not possible to determine accurately the forage provided 

 calves and lambs grazed with permitted livestock on national 

 forests, but not charged for, it is probable that this forage equaled 



