Show < lll nl < lri In the Xniilli I Tho practice of burning the old i am dry gran In unoccupied lands In or tier thnt n joungcr nnd more tcndc MOVUI may give paturo to cntllo 10 I cull common In Rome of our rtatea am 1 It rpsultd though of benefit to n few nro disastrous to the general welfare In Klorldn Iho rattle men havo long been I > omnipotent They Imvo way III I tho legislature which enact lawn 10 suit their withes even to tho oxlrn of prohibiting town nnd village from pnulng ordinance to prohibit the running nt largo of cattle A con hl oralle portion of the stnto I thu burned over Nor II I It tho grow nlon that burn but fire communicated to the plno trrra thousand of which yearly iiirciimb Meantime fence e must bo maintained to keep out cattl I commoner only to he often burnei In their turn Wono than all tbo humus In the sandy Mil Ie I burned out nnd tho futuro wealth nnd resource of tho itnto nro destroyed to prlvll rge n few vvhono entire Interests lire not a thousandth part In valuo of tho ruin they accomplish At thl da nnd everywhere may be encounters tracts of utterly barren and worth IH l land In the midst of comparatively comparative-ly fertile whose fertility ha been thu destroyed In northern Cnllfornl similar OErrosslono nro committed by the shecpherdera and t the cavern mcnt retervfs have to bo prolcclel hy tho army lItln IR 101 I ular Bclcnce Monthly |