Show FROM NATIONAL 1 f L FO t fr S washington february 3 the giboin merit hay has pl planned arineA a gerfe series 0 of scientific re seeding experiments oh sev ral W of the itte national forent ranges ne next at spring and su nidier to tudo do formino under unde r what roan mad ner teofla portions of 01 t the range which have been seriously dan damage Agod dIt 0 O over gra grazing ali may be tea to loth estr former productiveness A geatI great deal of the abo ranga land in the west is ia aver geroyed iia zoid and does docs not ca carry rry its aa much stok 48 astor T 0 rm merly erv 1 the the method I 1 I 1 of handling stock is perhaps mote moie responsible for ibis condition than any other caubo but all causes ol of deterioration deteriorate oft and nd all indans of Impi improving oving the iho forage crop choji decd kneed bg be studied that tha range may bo Q brought in 0 the best condi condition tiati to tn e ath 84 imperative m per demand of the lire stock industry the plan is to estaba oa ish ex experimental pori on t al stations in se several eral parts of the country pi probably Pio ob bably abilio abI jio not t moro more tha than i n six en will b be tried at first but they willbo willbe located GO aal to secure typical al conditions the m bats will wiil be beg begun unon on a on 40 ao or six pix acre tracts both and ivald grasses fillba trill be tried but it ai ial ia believed that the plan of encouraging 1 ing native grasses grasse swill will meet with wit greater sue cess than the anti inti of af cultivated species I 1 at at 1 te at 4 1 th the 0 rocky y i on region in the coast RADI franges JR anges with thel 1 1 greater rainfall cultivate cultivated itro more likely to play an important li part in in range development tile the ranges of the haye not hot been so seriously damaged by ayer over graz grag ing as those of the southwest perhaps ps because ot of superior of the northern part of the co country it I 1 isa is a fact however that none of df tho the rang es support the stock which they did aid formerly and re seeding arpea experiments ments W will in therefore be undertaken in this section of the country alik the method oi of handling bundling stock is alo to be considered every knows that stock do not waste a much food feed when in their movements ments as when clo close v herded an r pasture tores way wati enclosed last summer in ia the imnaha Nat national loual forest in ore oregon 0 n which will iio bo A m modal od 1 tor for others next season in this thio pasture its re tu turned cited loose without a herder to hatt t for them selves it is too soon 16 to draw positive conclusions conclusion a from this experiment but the sheep did well had and thre wasa was decided lessening in in the toe loss of forage th through rough trampling it looks aa though a given area of ground can chabe be made to carry a larger nu number m b er of animals when they are allowed to graza free diee than when close herded this fact i t established will bo be of decided importance to fidoe kinen |