Bul.1031, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE IV. 
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Fic. |.—A BADLY CONGESTED WATERING PLACE ON THE OPEN RANGE 
WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WATERING PLACES IS 7 TO 12 MILES. 
The result of great distances between waters is overgrazing and killing out of the best forage 
near water, with under-utilization beyond a distance of 4 miles on level range. 
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FIG. 2.—WHEN WATERING PLACES ARE NOT MORE THAN 5 MILES APART 
ON LEVEL RANGE AND THERE IS NO OVERSTOCKING, STOCK SECURE EVEN 
UTILIZATION OF THE RANGE AND THE VEGETATION EXTENDS ALMOST UP 
TO THE WATER. 
Contrast with fig. 1 where there is very little good forage within a mile of water. 
