16 Circular 211, Dept. of Agriculture 



will impair the protective cover that the forest afford^, 

 because one of the chief objects of the national for- 

 ests is to regulate stream flow. 



Small sales of timber are made by local forest offi- 

 cers without delay. Red-tape methods are not per- 

 mitted in national-forest timber sales, big or little. 

 Larger sales are made either by the supervisor of tb 

 forest, the district forester, or the forester, accordin 

 to the amount desired. 



Small sales of timber for local use are encouraged. 

 This is one of the ways in which the national forests 

 are made to serve the small lumberman and consumer. 

 Though single sales have been made that involved 

 timber with a contract value of approximately $2,250, 

 000, over nine-tenths of the sales are for $100 worth 

 of timber or less. Of the 12,720 timber sales on the 

 national forests in the calendar year 1923, 12,269 were 

 of this latter kind. 



Homestead settlers and farmers may obtain national 

 forest timber for their own use at the actual cost 

 of making the sale. No charge is made to them for 

 the timber itself. This is one of the ways in which the 

 national forests are made to serve local residents. 



GRAZING 



Along with the timber on the national forests there 

 is a great .deal of grazing land which at present is 

 used every year by over 6,000,000 sheep and goats and 

 nearly 2,000,000 cattle, horses, and swine. If the 

 6,000,000 young of all kinds (which are not counted or 

 charged for) are added, the total number of ani- 

 mals on the national forests is about 14,000,000. 



Local settlers and stockmen are given first consid- 

 eration in the use of the range, just as in the case of 

 the other resources, and every man who grazes stock 

 on the forest under permit is allotted a certain area' 

 for the grazing season. Unfair competition between 

 the big man and the little man, which in the old days 

 worked so much harm, is done away with. A good 

 supply of forage year after year is insured by not 



