30 BULLETIN 367, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE VII.—Stock grazed on individual pastures on the Santa Rita Range 
Reserve, Ariz., 1908 to 1914, inclusive—Continued. 
W. B. McCLEARY, OPERATOR. 
Year. 
| 1908 1909 | 1910 1911 in2 «| (1913 1914 
’ Hy ' | ea ' = 1 ! I t iT 1 = 
Month” | 18S le. a eles feu eres hee eee 
a3 |84] gd \24 sd |E4| es | 84] es [84] es | 84| as | 84 
eS BE Gases [SUC Re Se NG |e Se eG) pce eS ig SIGH ses | Shia 
== RE] o& fee e& |S] 2S |S] SS | Ae a= ag a= ag 
~ = cS oa > on = oe = od = S | ° = 
a8 |&s|-39 |fs) 39 |Ss| so |8s| ge |S5! ao |Ss| gS [Ss 
° a leat) tae iS) > ° tee iS) = iS) > S) > 
Bl le ofS es 2 el EA Fee Ws Wee ete a tice et < 
January....-.- BOs Ti 290 9 G86 465sa The oaeee 4s kesd nal aotiaieeaas 
February....- DUO! Tle 246N| Ee Shhh OS4AUe “SA VS64a| e138) | esodn lerdal nent oel eee 
March........- D381 2 Sul S2501/E Sul) e565) Tiel. 430 14 4030s) eee44 ult 4e ee OS 
prileiaaee see D0. 2 | 270| 9| 352] 12] 496| 17] 420] 14| 414] 14| 394 
ay ip see ee 209| 7| 240! 8| 405| 13] 527] 17] 429| 14] 430] 14] 403 
Sunes eee ee DIG! ||) Wale 248|". SU ARB PH BLOM 17470" e200 SOR dae ieees a0 
Tul eee eed 2025! 7| 302| 10| 442] 14| 527| 17| 510) 16| 603] 20| 248 
MUgUStete ee 240 Sil QB 9 Aab ESTA 4340 tae S309) ee holes mers 
September....} 237| 8] 600] 20| 450] 15] 492| 16] 570] 19| 402] 13] 398 
October....--- Dita\= OVE? 233s 8h S68 ela» 5275 |e dige le 15SUh |e IGeleen5o5e et On lames 
November....| 260] 9] 289|/ 10] 380] 13| 480| 16] 510] 17| 485] 16] 305 
December..... S71: 9 = 367) (12-899 | 1354708) 1a) 482 | ae i4osnieetG |e nnet 
Total....| 2,817 | 7|3,613| 10] 4,437| 12] 5,722| 15| 5,744] 16| 5,462] 15 | 4,567 
Acres perhead| 103.1 80.2 | 65.6 50.9 | 50.5 53.2 63.5 
Since the fenced area available to each man is relatively small, and 
since each of them has just as much right to the use of the open 
range outside his fence as anyone, it has been their custom to watch 
the condition of the feed outside their pastures and the condition of 
their stock at all times and to carry their stock on the outside feed 
just as much of the time as possible. This policy causes them to turn 
out stock as soon as the feed outside warrants it, a procedure that 
results beneficially for the fenced pastures, because it allows the 
plants inside the fence to grow to the best advantage during the 
growing season. The control given by the fence makes it possible 
to save this feed until the outside feed is mostly eaten, when the 
stock can be brought inside on good grass. This method of treat- 
ment throws the greater part of the burden upon the outside range 
and tends to build up the carrying capacity of the inclosed area. 
Under such a method, if the fenced area is stocked to its full 
capacity, but not overstocked, the carrying capacity derived from 
the numbers actually carried is probably a little in excess of what 
might be expected from the same land if stocked to its legitimate 
limit all the time. For this reason the carrying capacity indicated 
in Table VII and the diagram (fig. 5) may be a little too large. 
But this conclusion is not true if for any reason the pastures have 
not been stocked to their limit, or if they have been overstocked, 
either of which conditions may have arisen. 
