Show utah forest ranges a feed moro more stock tb n any other state in union when the size of the national forests in utah Is talen into consideration the proportional number ot of livestock graced on these areas each summer is greater than any of the surrounding states state 3 it 16 Is declared in a circular issued by the department ot of the national forests in utah some cattle and sheep depend on the utah forests for forage the forest service each summer issues upwards of 6 cattle permits and approximately 1700 sheep permits this Is more than twice the number tn in any other elates states it Is declared the approximate value of these herds Is placed at the water ater sheda sheds are pointed to as another resource of the national forests eighty percent of the im tan proved farm land or more than I 1 million acres Is irrigated these lands in 1929 produced crops worth the greater part of the irrigation wafer water comes aiom the watersheds included inthe national forests another inter interesting feauve of the circular Is the statement that the forests forest of utah can supply nearly 60 board feet of timber a year ot of the larger material this exclusive ot of that which loes oes into poets posts cor cordwood dood ftc f tc |