LIVESTOCK INCREASE ON NA- 
TIONAL FOREST RANGES 
A marked increase in the quantity 
of livestock grazed on national forest 
‘ranges during the past fiscal year is 
reported by the forest service. Nine 
and a half million domestic animals 
have been occupied during the sum- 
mer in converting one of the by-pro- 
ducts of the forests into meat, hides, 
and wool, In addition, there were in 
round numbers three hundred thous- . 
and calves and colts and five million 
lambs and kids exempt from permit 
tain, 
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and therefore not enumerated. 
According to the figures gather- 
ed, the amount of stock grazed under 
permit during the year is over four 
per cent greater than for the previous 
year, while the number of permittees 
using the forests for pasturage pur- 
poses was increased from 26,501 to 
27,406. ‘The total receipts by the 
government from grazing fees for the 
twelve months ending June 30, 1913, 
were $1,007,739, and the portion of 
this applied to schools and roads in 
the states in which the national for- 
ests are situated is about $352,708. 
Grazing is second only to lumber- 
ing as a principal use of the national 
forests. Practically all of the na- 
tional forests used extensively for 
grazing purposes are within the 
eleven states extending east from the 
Pacific Coast, known as the “far 
western group.” ‘These states con- 
according to latest reports, 
8,546,000 cattle, 2,810,000 horses 
and mules, and 28,366,000 sheep. 
The national forests support in these 
17 per cent. of the total 
number of cattle grazed, 3.48 per 
cent. of horses and mules, and 27.5 
per cent, of sheep. 
It is estimated that the annual pro- 
duct of these animals is 300,000 head 
of beef cattle of various ages and 
grades and 5,000,000 head of lambs 
and mutton sheep. 
Since the average net meat weight 
of a beef animal is 515 pounds, of a 
lamb 37 pounds, and of a sheep 52 
pounds, the stock grazed on national 
forests in the eleven far-western 
states produce annually about 155 
million pounds of beef and 312 mil- 
lion pounds of mutton. In addition, 
it is said the wool grown totals 55,- 
000,000 pounds, hides approximate 
300,000 in number, and pelts 5,000,- 
ooo. 
This output, according to the forest 
Service, does not involve any mater- 
ial sacrifice of forest or watershed 
protection or permanent forage pro- 
ductivity on the national forests. The 
system of range management applied 
by the government has proved, it is 
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MoTHERS’ CONGRESS AND PARENT- 
TEACHER ASSOCIATION CONVENTION 
The annual State Convention of 
the Mothers’ Congress and Parent- 
‘Teacher associations will be held in 
City hall, Gloucester, on Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday, Oct, 9, 10 and 
tr. As each association is entitled 
to one delegate for every ten mem- 
bers, the following twelve have been 
appointed from Manchester :— 
Mrs. Wm. Follett, Mrs. S. A. Sin- 
nicks, Mrs. J. Davis Baker, Mrs. C. 
lL. Crafts, Mrs, A. L. Saben, Mrs. 
Joseph Thomas, Mrs, O. M. Stanley, 
Mrs. Charles Fritz, Mrs. J. C. Mack- 
in, Mrs. Robert Baker, Mrs. F. 
Merrill and Miss Lila Goldsmith. 
Any other members who can _ go 
are urged to do so, as the program is 
sure to be of great interst to all. 
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