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Show GRAZING INDUSTRY I FORESTS GROWS Report of ' District Forester Shows Vast Extent of Stock Business in Utah. Special to The Trlbuna. OGDEN. Dec. 6-More than 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 sheep and nearly 200,000 cattle and horses, a material increase 0rer 1912, were grazed on the national for-eats for-eats within the borders of Utah during tho season of 1918, according to the annual report which has been made to District Forester E. A. Sherman of the Fourth district. The total number of Individual grazing permit granted by tho federal authorities for the year was nearly 8000. The annual grazing reports from tho various forests of the districts are due in tho Ogden headquarters by December De-cember 1 of each year, and the district forester's roport, complete at this time, shows that a very satisfactory condition condi-tion obtainod throughout tho forests of this stato during tho season just closed. According to District Forester Shor-mnn. Shor-mnn. the season of 1013 has been one of tho moat favorable from a grazing fitnndpoint sinco tha creation of tho national forests, In fact, mnny of the supervisors report thnt not since the early eighties 'hnve stock loft tho mountain moun-tain ranges in aa uniformly good condition con-dition or have the ranges themselves been in bettor shape. Thoso conditions are all the more satisfactory to tho local lo-cal offioers of the forest 6orvice, since in no othor woatern Btate is the grazing graz-ing nse on the national forests as in-tenelro in-tenelro as in the stato of Utah, or the demand for grazing privileges greater. Of the total number of grazing per- raita issued by tho forest scrvico on all of tho national forests, botween 25 and 30 per cent are awarded to tho residents resi-dents of tho atato of Utah alone. In fact during tho soason of 1918, 7789 peoplo wore granted permits to graze eithor sheep, cattle or horses on tho foroats in this state. The total numbers num-bers of all classoa of Btock grazed wero 171,845 cattlo and horses and 1,007,101 shoop. or an average number per permit per-mit of 625 sheep and 27 hoad of cattlo and horses. The recorda in the district offico of the forest service show that 371 more permitB to graze cattlo and horses and sixty-six moro permits to graze sheep were issued in 1913 thnn during tho season of 1912. The total number of stock, grazed on tho Utah forests was also increased to tho extent of 13,020 cattlo arid horses, and 15,392 sheep. Lambing privileges wero grnntcd for 21810 moro sheop during J913 than in The increased number of stock which the forest ranges have supported is duo almost wholly to the system of regulation regula-tion in rango use, which has boon put into effoct by tho forost sorvico. The methods of regulated use and tho proper division of tho range between be-tween tho different classes of stock have encouraged tho stockmen to take a greater interest in questions of rango management nnd improving tho grade of thoir stock, with tho result that through thoir co-operation with the forest servico tho' vory snififactory conditions con-ditions which now obtain havo been accomplished. Lr. Sherman is much pleased indeed with tho showing made this yoar and has expressed tho belief that the rapid recovery of the ranges will ultimately result In tho grazing of still lurgor numbers of Etock on tho national forests. for-ests. . |