Show HEAD SHEEP ON FOREST IN 1914 the Gri orning Aing fee will lie seven cents per read head an increase of one cent the total number of sheep grazed on oil the ashley national foiest during the past season was head distributed among 82 permit tees the number of cattle and horses grazed on the forest under permit was head distributed tri buted among permit tees in addition to this there were about head of cattle horses and burros used in connection with lumbering operations and by stockmen stoc kmen in carrying cheit supplies and camps which were grazed without charge e were also about head of cattle belonging to the ute and whiteriver Whlter White lver river indians indiana which were grazed without charge in accordance cor dance with an agreement with the indian service whereby the indians indiana are allowed to graze 1200 head of stock on the ashley national forest free of charge horses and cattle upon entering the forest at the beginning of the past grazing season were in reasonably fair condition but the sheep were in unusually poor condition owing to the drought during the early part of the season horses and cattle came oft off at the end of the season in filst continued on page 2 rook licad sun N us laii continued t aiom loin page I 1 lass class shape but tile tho sheep did not do as well is as usual beaus au they weib pool upon entering and e was a t gi gibat eat avil of the lat tei pait of the season which their getting the bast advantage of the feed dill dining ing the past season about head of sheep died atoni the effects of poisoning 10 head hobt aiom unknown eaues causes 35 head killed by lightening and head aci acie e killed by pred predatory predator y about JO 30 head of cattle died with blackleg five fine head aneio lost figun poisoning and 15 head from unknown I 1 now I 1 I 1 only about five fhe head of boises lost dining the season all the battlo 0 nab vaccinated vaccina ted foi blackleg blackl tg aich saved a heaby loss bioni that cause roi foi the season seabon of 1914 the i recommends the gid of head of sheep and head of vattie cattle and boises in this nuin bet bei animals ani nials dundei six months old ate aie not counted if they ate aie the incie ase of stock permitted on oil the foiest the glazing glaring pei tod foi cattle and boises hoi yes will be filin april 10 to october 31 cind and lor for sheep aloni july I 1 to septem bei 30 the lates for cattle will bo 33 cents aci head and foi hoisea 42 cents pet pel lead head tile the saine as they iceie hist season the late lot sheep will be 7 cents pet pel head which is an all inci oabe case ot one cent pel pei head avei last hercio boic tho the late for sheep has been low coin compared pared to that chat chaigen ged fol foi cattle and hot boises amo among ng the holding pei tit its on the forest e have been three thice cattle associations and two heep alsoc assoc lations tat ions and some deiy good insults have been obtained through till ough the co oceia opeia a tion of tile the cattle as associations pdt ticul aily in soine rome iastan leb abere tiled to evade the alio title iule go governing veining salting their cattle and tuini shing a certain number of bulls the membris of the associations the names dames and assisted in getting these delinquents into line on june 30 1913 there wei e 37 homesteads on the ashley foiest where settlers sett leis were maintaining their homes the total acreage of these homesteads is in the fiscal year ending june 30 1913 there was sold feet b TO in green valued at 2010 23 and feet b ill dead timber valued at 19 in addition to this diee use penults were issued for feet of dead timber valued at 33 the following special uses are pet permitted bitted on this foi foiest est three one branding korial two dipping vats two lime kildis kilns two pa pastures pastilles ies eleven and conduits and ten sawmills |