Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-19 | Page 10 | Grazing on U. S. Land to be Cut

GRAZING Oil I). S. LAND TO BE GUT Marked decline In the number of livestock raised In the public domain do-main of western Utah during the coming year loomed Friday. Deadline taw filing af applications for g rising permits Is Saturday, but E. H. Krensell, regional grazier, r reported re-ported that only 3300 stockmen have applied this year, as against 4000 a year ago. Many cattle and sheep owners evidently evi-dently have concluded they do not need use of the publie domain in order to provide adequate food for their animals, Mr. FrenxeU explained. ex-plained. "It Is possible that last year many stockmen applied for permits without with-out realising they would be charged 1 cent a month for each sheep or goat and 5 cents a month for each horse or cow grazed on the public domain," Mr. Frensell said. "This year, then, if they do not absolutely need the public domain for their animals, they will not spply." Orsslng service officials Indicated that drop In the number of applicants appli-cants will make It fairly easy to adjust the number of animals grazed to the carrying capacity of the ranges. Applications must be submitted sub-mitted to the grazing office in the federal building here.