Show CLASSIFICATION TION Of WESTERN RANGE CONTEMPLATED TEll Conservation of Grazing Land Principal Object of U. U S. S Plans Classification of ot the range in the Western states H. H to determine n the areas n I u u Lue 01 stock and the establishment of ot seasonal I grazing g is contemplated by the United I States department o of agriculture to tc I protect he range from rom injury by overgrazing overgrazing overgrazing over over- grazing according to information received re received received re- re by Miner M. M Justin field agent agento o of the bureau of crop estimates of ot the department for tor Utah and Nevada from Washington Seasonal pasturing will willbe i ibe be accomplished by dividing the range Into sections and besl beginning on a different different ill dif dif dif- ferent portion each year Classification of ot the range to de determine determine de- de S termine terminG the areas best suited to the different classes of stock is the first important step toward the best use of 01 grazing resources the communication states Cattle and horses use a different different dif dl- dif dif- S ferent Eort sort o of range ranse from sheep Sheep Sheer relish tender green foliage and the grains o of many grasses while the cattIe cattle cattle cat cat- S tle tIe consume coarse grass STass foliage CatI Cattle Cat Cat- I tie tle prefer preer level or rolling country and altitude mal makes es little difference If the stock has been raised on the range Sheep do best on smooth range and where the summers are cool They can cango cango cango go without drinking from several days to several weeks depending upon the abundance of succulent weed forage orage the temperature and the amount of ot ofrain ofrain rain and dew Cattle need water oftener at at least every ery two days Overgrazing Is a cause o of injury to the tho range and and must be bo carefully guarded against Establishment of grazing periods so as to prevent damage damage dam dam- age e to the range through premature use has had as much to do with range improvement on the national forests as th the prevention of o overgrazing The re repeated repeated repeated re- re removal of herbage year after atter year vear during the early part of its growing growing growing grow grow- ing season causes rapid deterioration of ot the range Little damage is done after atter the plants have mature eed but It is not practicable to allow all of ot the range to po go o until the seed matures The problem Is to work out seasonal grazing which will result inthe inthe in the tho maximum production of forage and livestock year after alter year The usual way of doing this Is to divide the range into several parts and begin grazing early carlyon on a different part each j year ear car for tor fora tora a series of ot years |