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Show WILL STUDYI' RANGE In accordance with the policy of tho National Forest sorvlco to carry car-ry on extensive scientific Investigations Investiga-tions of grazing conditions on the forests of tho country. Grazing Examiner Ex-aminer A E. Aldous is In the clt7 ready for duty Ho has beendlrec-t od by District Forester E A. Sherman Sher-man to proceed to St. Anthony, Idaho, Ida-ho, to take up a thorough and systematic sys-tematic study of ranco conditions on tho Targeo forest Mr. Aldous Is a "Utah boy, a graduate grad-uate of tho slato agricultural college, and ho has selected as his assistants three students from tho agricultural college, who, by reason of special educational edu-cational training In botany, physiology, physiol-ogy, animal husbandry, and kindred subjects, together with practical experience ex-perience In handlfng livestock, and a thorough knowledge of western conditions, con-ditions, are specially qualified to render rend-er valuable servlco In the work at hand. Mr Aldous spent the past winter in tho University of Minnesota, where he further qualified himself for grazing graz-ing examiner, which requires special training of tho highest ordor to successfully suc-cessfully pass the United States Civil servlco examinations This is a posi tion recently created to meet tne nppds for men of special training and experience to carry on tho grazing lcconuaissance work of the forest service. According tq Forester Sherman, this Is tho first work of its kind to be undertaken in this district and Is the result of a well defined plan recently re-cently adopted by the forest service to bring about the economic ult'.liza-tlon, ult'.liza-tlon, from the sLindpolnt of forage growth and livestock Industry, of grazing graz-ing lands within national forests. The work when completed will give an accurate ac-curate classification of all lands wlth-I wlth-I in the forests according to typos of grazing land3. showing the acreage and location of each type, the condition condi-tion of the range, whether normally normal-ly grazed, overgrazed, or undergrazed, the presence of poisonous plants, and ; methods for their eradication, the I type and state of development of all j water facilities, topography of the forests, for-ests, roads, trails, drift fences, driveways, drive-ways, and sue hother details as are of value to grazing administration. A j complete collection of forage plants ( will also be secured, with notes, maps, and reports showing their abundance, distribution and value as forage. It is expected that the result of this work will be of great assistance to the forest service in the proper regulation of the grazing business, and of much value to the stockmen using the forests for-ests for grazing purposes, since It will sorvc as a working basis for more complete co-operation between the foresters and tho stockmen, better bet-ter methods of management of stock on tho range and more complete utilization util-ization of the forage crop on tho ua-forests. ua-forests. nn |