Show h ING ON V S RANGE 1 14 the pooling of cantli fur for better management and more ono mical handling on the national forest rang O LS OS S is accomplishing the expected re suits according to G S klemmedson of the cost production division of the united states department of agn agri culture mr Mem medon working in cooperation alth ith the department of econ economies omits of colorado agricultural college hai has just completed a study covering outfits running cattle on the national forests of this state i of the 44 outfits pooled their cattle and seventy one ranchmen I 1 handled their own ohn the cattle in pools had an average summer cost for 1922 of 1 87 a head cattle in the individual outfits cost 2 26 a difference upon the average of 39 cents a head in favor of pooling pooling not onla makes it possible po s sible to handle cattle on the forest re serves more economically sas mr mir Mem kle amed medon n but many of these pool are fol following loing the practice of pur chasing high grade bulls for use on all the he t in the pop pool this is show sho ing it its effect in the size of the calf crop and the type of calves secured the cash grazing fee paid to the federal 60 government emment A as an ae average r age for the total cattle studied 27 per cent of the total rout riders and and their grub rub made up r per cent in addition to the cah cash rating fee there were email small akil lional costs for drift ances and new bril for horrex and bull bullit deaU salt oi 1111 I 1 cost ot of i equipment made up th the illah r portion artion of the other ex nennele ti it t the e cattle owners korty forty four IM pi r rent cent of the fetock run on the ol fount ranges were cowe cows 19 14 r vill nl yi irling steers 14 per cent two vearold vear var old steers 4 A er cent three old steers and the rent rest bulle bulls hiar and mixed tuff stuff bout on hulf halt of the outfit outfits using tilt th forist uny pay that pol poisonous planta plants nn art trill the princ principal P if cause of alonse 1 arm nv thir cuttle cattle these the colorado forest continue onti nue to be tilted principal I 1 lv al a carrying an and calving round ground foi 1 I ill the e I 1 leei ing heni herd there lechance lech anci for improvement in the type of bulls arid and 1 the method methods now practiced practice in handling hand lintt the bres ding heni herd to in breare the calf crop which today av brages about CO 0 per cent says mr klemma doton gr bood I 1 bustling huttl lne three and an four year old bulle bulls of good breed ing 1 should make up a larrer larger tion of the bulls used our eludy study shown 23 4 cows to the bull thia this means beai careful razing grazing management mut mutt be exercised to insure worth while calf production |