Show flu IU U. U S. S REDUCES I GRAZING INI FEES I 50 PER CENT CENTI I Federal Action Will Mean Saving of Per Year to Stockmen BIG BENEFIT TO Action Follows Long Fight by Westerners n y UDIt United d Press run DENVER Feb 25 Stockmen 25 of the west had a cut in their feed bills today I Grazing fees in the federally owned ranges Oranges es have been reduced 50 per cent I Announcement of oC the reduction was made here yesterday b by Colonel Allen S. S Peck regional forester after I he received instructions to that effect from Washington Peck said aid the cut followed a conference conference conference con con- ference between President Hoover and Secretary of Agriculture Hyde A bill to accomplish a cut in grazing fees h had d been introduced in the senate senate sen sen- ate by Senators Carey Wyoming and Thomas Idaho but no action had been taken on it il BENEFIT Last year the forest service collected collect collect- ed in grazing fees from western west ern era stockmen The cut this year therefore was estimated at more than thana a benefit to stock growers The fee last year ear averaged 20 cents a head a month for tor cattle for a five five- month grazing period and 55 cents a month for sheep for a three month period Utah livestock men will benefit greatly by the 50 per pel cent cut in grazing grazing grazing graz graz- ing fees on national forests J. J M. M MacFarlane president of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' Growers association association tion said Thursday SOUGHT REDUCTION Utah stockmen both cattle growers and wool growers have made strenuous strenuous efforts for months to have these expenses reduced Forest officials have resisted the demands on the grounds that grazing on national forests forests forests for for- ests has not been injured by the drouth and that the forest permit permit- tees were already getting settin better grazing grazing graz graz- razing raz- raz ing rates rater than those stockmen not on forests |