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Show TDE CONVENTION Salt Lake Men Expect to Win Over Strong Bid From H Boise. Bin POTTER READS PAPER H Associate Forester Reviews Forest Service Work and H Public Land Grazing. Salt Lake, Jan. 16. Declaring that HH government supervision of the public domain was inevitable. Mayor E. O. iBH Sol way of Dillon, Mont, urged the fH members of the National Wool Grow- HH erB association, in annual convention JHH here today, "not to oppose public sen- 9h timent, but to direct all their efforts to obtaining the wisest regulations HhH possible " flBB "Instead of taking the stand the ffiBI wool men originally took in opposi- 19B tion to the forest service," he said, ll "we should appoint a committee to ifSII confer with the cattlemen and to act rpfl in harmony with cotigress. We are R,B going to have government supervision 'fSyBH of the public domain aud we might as iifiHffl well get In line. " MHnP Forcsfy Rules Upheld. Hffixi Mayor Sel way's aadress struck the 38 keynote of a sentiment that has been tffijaS growing among the delegates for a IwflK change In policy of the organization Sl by leading federal regulation along IfiS favorable lines rather than by oppob- Ibffii ing laws that seemed against their in- gfSSl terests. His address, which followed a paper read by Associate Forester A F. Potter on "Improvement in EgnB Range Conditions," precipitated a dis- cussion in which there was argument 'SB&i for and against such a policy. tSkII Those In favor declared that if a IbIbS bill providing for a system of leasing OSBI public ranges was to be passed, ef- sSBB forts should be made to obtain a law isS that would fit different conditions in WHgB different parts of the country and IswSy work no hardship on any particular iiiSjK section. jjRaj Salt Lake, Jan. 16. It was the IFK opinion generally expressed here this rf-iSB morning that Salt Lake would again i WJa be chosen for the next annual con- LmI ventlon of the National Wool Growers' Grow-ers' association, although Boise, Ida., i was making a strong bid for the affair. af-fair. The Salt Lake men are not fighting for the convention, but Bald 5 they would accept It if offered. The second day's session opened with practically every delegate present pres-ent William Spry, governor of Utah, opened the day's session, but refrained refrain-ed in his address from mentioning the new tariff bill. The National forest service appears as a factor in reducing the high cost of living or increasing the stockman s profits In a paper read before the National Wool Growers association today by A. P. Potter of the National Nation-al Forestry bureau. During the eight years that have passed since the Na-tional Na-tional forest service took charge ot the national forests, with the mala object of protecting the woodlands against destruction by natural agencies, agen-cies, it has extended Its activities until un-til they now include cooperation with the stockmen In getting the most for their money out of the public grazing lands. I The grazing areas have been exten sively increased, according to Mr. Potter, and at the same time restrictions restric-tions placed upon their use which have eliminated forage losses. Wa ter has been developed on hundreds of range?, and in two states alone -Arizona and New Mexico nearly half I million acres have been made available avail-able for grazing Over 500 experiments experi-ments have been conducted in the reseeding of ranges, and the forage crop increased from 100 to 400 pr cent. The forest service has also assumed the role of a school master in teach- j ing the "bedding out system." foi handling sheep, which is simply open, quiet herding during the day and beu ding the sheep where night overtakes them instead of driving them back to shelter A vigorous campaign for the adoption of this method was Started in 1909, and at .the present time there are n number of forests : where it has been adopted. "The result." said Mr. Potter, "in-ariablv "in-ariablv is an average increase ot about five pounds in the weight of the lambs and of about 10 to 25 per cent In the carrying capacity of the ran-Res ran-Res An Increase of 6 pounds per lamb for 5.000.000 lambs would mean f 6 1100,000 pounds added to the sheep- j men's salable product and the country's coun-try's meat supply. "There has been some difficulty in potting the herders to adopt this new system for tho reason that It mennd ! harder work, but experience has shown that after the sheep get used to the open system of herding they are no harder to handle than under the close herding system' The forest service is carrying on many other studies and experiments with" vie w to helping the stockmen secure a better utilization of the for-;ig for-;ig resources of the National fotesta and t' raise more and better stock- j I in 1911 a systematic range recon- j naissnnce was begun and over 5,000.- j 000 acres have already been, covered j by this survey. |