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STATUS OF FOEESTRY IN THE UNITED STATES. 



stockmen is invited in bringing about any necessary changes, and 

 every effort is made to utilize the range to the fullest extent com- 

 patible with the protection of the forests. 



The range is classified and divided between the owners of different 

 kinds of stock, and when local conditions will permit it individual 

 range allotments are made. When necessary for proper control of 

 the stock, or to prevent losses from poisonous plants and straying, 

 fences are constructed in cooperation with the stockmen. Under a 

 proper regulation in the use of a range, the quality of the stock is 

 improved and the weight of the animals increased over that of 

 animals from other ranges where grazing is unrestricted. Improve- 

 ment in the methods of handhng the stock results in a better utiliza- 

 tion of the forage and an increase in the number of stock which may 

 be grazed upon the range. During the season of 1908 permits were 

 issued to 24,000 different owners, allowing 1,380,000 cattle and 

 horses and 7,000,000 sheep and goats to be grazed upon the National 

 Forests. The revenue derived from grazing this stock was $960,000. 



SPECIAL USES. 



All uses of National Forest lands and resources, except those which 

 relate to timber and grazing, are known as '^special uses," among 

 which are included the following: Kesidences, farms, pastures, drift 

 fences, corrals, apiaries, dairies, schools, churches, roads, trails, 

 telephone and telegraph lines, stores, mills, factories, hotels, stage 

 stations, sanitariums, camps, summer resorts, wharves, miners' and 

 prospectors' cabins, windmills, dipping vats, tanks, dams, reservoirs, 

 water conduits of all kinds, power houses, power-transmission lines, 

 aerial tramways and cable conveyors, railroads, tramroads, and the 

 purchase of sand, stone, clay, gravel, hay, and other National Forest 

 products except timber. 



For such permits a reasonable charge may be made. This charge 

 is based chiefly upon the value of that which is actually furnished to 

 the permittee by the Forest Service, including advantageous location 

 and other indirect benefits, and not directly upon the profits or the 

 magnitude of the business which is to be carried on. 



The following table shows the number of special-use permits issued 

 in the fiscal year 1908, and the revenue received therefrom: 



Special uses, 1908. 





Number of 

 permits. 



Receipts. 



Kinds of 

 use. 



Charge 



2,684 

 3,239 



$30,425.23 



1 108 



Free 



Total 





5,923 



30,425.23 









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