Show fORESTERS DISCUSS ADMINISTRATION Of PUBLIC RESERVES Questions QU relE relating ln to the the- 1 administration tion lion of ot tho the grazing business 8 on tho the naI national na na- na- na I forests forests' were cro up for tor discussion us lon at this mornings morning's II session of tho lImo district foresters forester's foresters forester's for for- esters ester's convention corl being held at tnt t tile ilIa trio Hotel Utah Tho lin afternoon which convened at at- 30 o'clock Is In be-In being devoted d to lo miscellaneous business and amid the the convention con con- will run over o the neck eck end and conclude probably Monday aCt afternoon In discussing disc this mornings morning's session lon Chief For Forester ter Henry S. S Graves said It ma nay may not be a matter of or common knowl knowledge that upon acres of or land in the tho United States under the JurI Jurisdiction Jur Jur- I of or the forest service nervier permits arc are issued annually to over OG stockmen stock- stock mono mon allowing tIle Uio grazing of or head of sheep and goats head hear of cattle and horses see and iSOO head of or hogs hOJI Time The Grazing crazing fees received b by the government OV rn last lasts car year amounted to something sonic some thing thin like like- There Theio is 18 a feeling of or greater confidence confidence conn dence on time the pa pai Ut t of or th the limp live stock Interests in interest interests In- In terest- terest In Jn our purpose purpose to build up rather than tear down don tho the live hive stock tock industry of or the westA west weaL A A grazing s experiment station has been established on tho thin Mantl Manti national forest and will be bo under tinder tho direct charge of oC ono one of or our our most experienced scientific men This station will be e tho scene of or our principal Investigations to determine th the relative value of or the time different forage Corae plants and the tIme best hest methods of tating o cl overgrazed ranges a amu aH well welt as determining de t tho time relation relation of grazing to erosion erosion ero ero- ero- ero sion don and stream flow Tho The latter p problem ob- ob tem lent we wo regard as of or special Importance In addition to the activities s a at t tho the cx- cx station we arc al alu u taking up ext extensively grazing work which Involves a RUT C survey 1 of the time forests the classification of or the range according to fora forage e t types pcs A considerable amount of or mone money has been expended during the past year ear In la latho II tho construction of or trails In order that the stockmen ma may reach tho the more remote and portions of these theo for for- cs cats to II |