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Show I I I I i Grazing Report ReportFor ReportFor ReportFor For Year Given 283 285 Licenses Issued in 10 DIS DIStrlct District Distnct trlct trict 6 for 193 193021 021 Sheep Sheepand Sheepand Sheepand and 24-992 24 992 24,992 24992 , - CattleTwohundred Cattle CattleTwohundred Two-hundred Two hundred - - eighty five grazing grazinglicenses grazinglicenses grazingI licenses weie so \ el ei e Issued to stockmen stocknien ingrazing m in mgrazing ingrazing grazing district No 6 during the thepast thepast thepast past year according accordmg to the annual annuallepolt annualnepoit annuallepoit lepolt nepoit of Grazier Grazuer James S Andrews Andrewsfiled Andrewsfiled Andrewsfiled filed \ with ith the regional reg10nal office on onJuly onJuly onJuly July 1 In the cI1 district dltrict tnct which em embraces embraces e ebraces braces Grand and San Juan lOun coun lOunties counties counties ties a total tetal of 193 19304 0"4 04 " ' ' sheep and and24992 24 992 cattle were grazed on the thepubhc thepublic thepublic pubhc public domain A totil tohl totsl of 235 cattlewere cattle cattlewere were \ ere licensed hcensed to 42 tree free use ap ap.11cants ap.Ii apIi apli ap.Iicante aplicant . .11cants 11cants . cante cant : . ; . Of the 285 licenses issued 136 136'lpphcants 136wpplicants 136ipplicants 'lpphcants lpphcants wpplicants ' were given private allot allotments allotments allotments ments the others operating operatmg m in mI mglOUp ingioup ingioup glOUp gioup aIIotmentsThere allotmentsThere allotments aIIotments allotmentsThere There is a total gross acreage in indIstrict indistrict indistrict I dIstrict 6 of 5095 5 095 960 acres Of thIs this4431590 4 4431 431 590 aCI acies es comprise the public publicdomain publicdomain publicdomain domain for graang gracing gra llng < use the re remamder remainder remainder mamder mainder being owned O\\11ed O 11ed \ as followsState foIlo follows followsState s sState State land 300800 300 800 acies acues ac1 es privateland private privateland privateland land 313950 313 950 acres national monu monuments monuments monuments ments 36 363'70 36370 3630 390 ? ' acres Indian allot aIlot- aIlot allot- aIlotments allotments allotments - ments 13300 acresIn acresIn acres acresIn In the district there are t\\ t \ t0 two tshetp twosheep twosheep 0 shetp sheep operatois operatols running o\ei o ei o\er er oser \ \ 8000 8000sheep 8000sheep 8000sheep sheep three run ovpr over 5000 27 0\ 0 0er oser o\er2000 o er2000 \ er 2000 17 over 1500 19 over 1000 1000and 1000and 1000and and 14 under 1000 One cattle outfit outfitoperates outfitoperates outfitoperates operates more thin th\n th n ' \ 2000 head oneoperates one oneoperates oneoperates operates 2000 or less six run 1000or 1000 1000or 1000or or less 21 iun I 1 un 500 or less 20 nn200 n re n 200 or less 22 run 100 or le less and and110 110 licensees operate less than . 50 50head 50head 50head 50headTotal head headTotal Total grazing fees assessed 111 in 111the inthe inthe the district during dunng the year aggre aggregtec aggregstec aggreg-ltec aggreg ltec g\tec g tec gstec ' \ - ' " $17 17 $1769'721 1769721 $ 69 ? ' ' 21 of which approxl approxi approxlmately approxixnately approxlmately mately xnately $1767226 1767226 $ ' \ was as collectedThe collectedThe collected collectedThe The range improvement Imjrovement : program programin in the district during the year Ineluded in ineluded ineluded eluded the follow foTIolIIng foflowing ing projects cornpleted com corn completed cornpleted pleted 10 resel reseivoirs VOll'S VOllS ' constructed constructedfive constructedfive constructedfive five sprlnes sprines : developed 23 mlle mile mileo , of oftruck oftruck oftruck truck trails built I lo loOOO . > 000 acres re reseeded reseeded reseeded seeded to grass 10 experimental experimentalplots experimentalplots experimentalplots plots con constructed tructed and seeded 2817 2817rods 2817rods 2817rods rods of fence completed 101 101504acres 504 504acres 504acres acres treated lor for rodent control controlone controlone controlone one fourth milo mile of stock trail com corn completed cornpleted cornpleted pleted a diversion ditch 4300 feet feetlong feetlong feetlong long built two wells drilled driUed andequipped and andequipped andequipped equipped two 17000 17 000 gallon gaIlon storagetanks storage storagetanks storagetanks tanks constructed noxiouseeds noxious \\eeds eeds weeds weedseliminated ' \ weedseliminated eedseliminated eliminated from 3000 acres 50 50miles 50miles 50miles miles of stock trails completed one onecattle onecattle onecattle cattle guard constructed In addi additlon addition addtion ! tlon tion . all 11.11 1111 projects formerly com corn comcompleted corncompleted corncompleted completed were maintained mamtalned in ineluding ineluding ineluding eluding 15ater 15 ' \ water \\ater ater wells weIls and the re removal removal removal moval of snow from 186 miles of oftruck oftruck oftruck truck trills tr\lls tr lls trsIls trllsIn trsIlsIn trillsIn ' \ In addition to the improvementprojects improvement improvementprojects improvementprojects projects listed aboie abae abose aba\ aba \ e scores of additional ad addltional additional dltional ditional projects were completed completed1th completedwith completedwith \\1th 1th with ' \ the aid of 25 per cent and 50 50per 50per 50per , per cent funds . , . 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