38 Circular 211, Dept. of Agriculture I 



GRAZING INVESTIGATIONS ♦. 



Grazing investigations have to do with improving 

 the forage crop and securing its fullest and best use. 

 Studies are made of artificial and natural reseeding 

 of the range; of the feed value of the various forage 

 plants, and where they grow; of the best methods p f 

 handling stock on the range; of water developmeftu 

 for stock and the relation between the frequency of 

 watering places and the welfare of the range and the 

 stock; of the eradication of poisonous plants; and 

 of the effect of grazing on forest reproduction, on j 

 erosion, and on stream flow. 



These investigations are both experimental and 

 general. Experimental work is carried on mainly at 

 the Great Basin Forest Experiment Station on the 

 Manti National Forest in Utah, the Jornada Range 

 Reserve in New Mexico, and the Santa Rita Rang** 

 Reserve in southern Arizona. The general studies 

 concern the actual management of the range, and are 

 made where particular problems come up in connec- , 

 tion with grazing on the national forests. 



PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT WOOD- 

 LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS 



The Forest Service does all that it can to put its 

 information at the service of the public and get what 

 it has found out into practice. Besides publishing its 

 results in helpful, practical form, it furnishes informa- 

 tion, advice, and cooperation to the extent of its ability. 



Timberland owners, farmers who have woodlands, 

 other small owners, and persons wishing information 

 on tree planting for timber production, windbreaks, 

 shelter belts, and the like are given such data as the 

 Service has available, applicable to their special needs. 

 For the benefit of farmers and other small owner?. 

 information has been gathered, and may be had on 

 application, concerning the marketing of timber in 

 relatively small quantities. By devoting land of rela- 

 tively low agricultural value to timber growing, ap4 



