Show livestock industry vital to state of utah disappears iram this range early an n spring and when the divert desert bat aters tall fall or when feed on the turns farms fives gives out there la is a strong tendency to turn lock stock on thia this range a before the plants are properly de without control it la is the re nee to uh aich ich the transient oner 0 those with no other place to graze their stock naturally turn consequently much of this range Is used for summer aich which should be saved tor for ping fall ae As a result ot of buch luch use and abu e too early use summer use and too heavy us ethis raniro range has been seriously depleted the top soil or humus haa has iti in many cases been largely cashed off many gullies have been cut at ard d in thousands of places one can see the th gravel deposits that are beilig brought doun domn there lands and left near or upon the farm farms and roods roads thence lands haze hae deteriorated as much as CO 60 per cent or in other words they are not now producing more than 40 pr per cent of a hat tiey arc aro capable of producing debert tats range has no con arol of any sort the forage on this class of range 1 naturally rather scant and its value is almost together for ft inter use any use ot of this rant range as deNn dependent dent upon wide ulde ly scattered vater holes and upon inter winter thorns especially enow snow this use has been so by the cresence of water that heavy gra crazing 91 has occurred in the iain ity of 0 ater also there he hae been attempts to summer grazing by transients this unnatural season a at I 1 use haa has depleted large areas A decline ol 01 the range haa has re bulted the finer forage and foll 11 ape ace has been removed and live stock gm gradually dually forced to exist upon the more fibrous woody substances winter losses from malnutrition liae iwo gradually increased the productive capacity of this range la Is probably not more than 50 to 63 per cent of tant of its natural state alreen lr een anil wid difficulties fes of handling Ui diestock estock from the above description of the three classes cla esca of ranee range it la is evident that seasonal use is a necessity there are ury ry few lands uen aich chich a i stockman can carry on year long operations tlona most stock op ernt ions lor are migratory in character nearly vearly nil all stock must nwe mine from 20 to miles during a to and winter range or feed lot handling in rn their migration the stock often oft en cross state lines the stock an must have all three claws owes ot of and land available for mi his use much ot of the land over oer which he must run in hie his migrations Is of very ery lo 10 low capacity capac ltv tv he ile must shift nt at times long distances from hia ilia regular route of travel in carr carrying ving on an operation operations over auch a large 1 territory and adders tr of condit ons it t appelt evident that it Is imps elble sible for ninny stockmen to 0 own n the nece sarv the operator Ls is new secure ae as to his range on the forest lie ile has his summer simmer fred feed and kravs when hen he ther that it vi will nob not heie lime been taken by someone else ile Is not secure however hoever on hia his other seasonal ranges lie ile may find his hi sprine spring fall range eaten out or occupied by transients or even nen hv bv permanent stockmen the variation aria tion or lack of of v water ater or of snow on the desert may make great shirts shifts of inter minter location or of plans necessary ilia neighbors are all affected the same way ay under present conditions the results are confusion and uncertainty these practices on the open ranges arc are not now susceptible to corrective cor rectie measures because of lack of any possibility for coif controlling toll the movement or distribution of the stock regardless of how much the individual mav desire to to protect and use wisely the range resources any effort that he intent might make to this end la Is offset by the need or desire of another the live livestock toek man most of all recognizes the need for some plan hereby it u would be bp poss ble to cor relate the use of the various arious seasonal range and thereby eliminate acl much rf I 1 the hazard and uncertainty that now nou exists as its he ile moves moles from fram his summer to the winter range the individual with mith ahls summer range on private primate land or within a national forest la is in a position properly to re gulite gulte the w use e thereon in order to safeguard range interests when he be leave leaves thet the tends in the fall he must go to the open spring fall and winter ranges chere ft here he must take a chance on or hia his ability to get his share of u what hat forage Is found thereon in competition with others tempting attempting to do the same thine thing more or less loess chaos exists and it Is 13 imply PlY a hl ct of the fittest and there la is no time to riven given consideration to the needs or welfare of the range when ahen weather conditions are fao favorable rable on the winter range the situation la is somewhat relieved AS jl it an opportunity tor for wider d tion oer a large urea area nen during perlous of lack of con in the vicinio ot of vat nat er li Is inevitable the isolated settler and anti ami and communities in tie tte outlying eglons pretria pre a special mi an acute problem these mesa settle ment usually are located at the foot of the in the foot hill rana or near the junction of et that tha t ra ranee n a e with aty product production lon li ii not now no rio can it b be made ery wery beavy y aliese settlements ments were ere built up on the bals of the ue ot of the thre chrt e a r asmal avnal range herein discua sm the il III I 1 inet mc their summer national Mat tonal ore ganve but in many in f nce tey have lost the their ir spring ill nr wn er range in la or fr r wrt rrt UL through burch their occupancy oem pancy b lh r and strong stron gec ahr ar f hwn for forel e I through the ex ali i ot of their U own to invade the battler atti lers range ilia range necessities of these mft mfr canerot bo be met by owning or controlling tiling ft a area right around them the variations in snowfall and other water supplies malte tt it necessary that their range use be elastic so that they may be able to shift long dista el for winter forage where the settled has ling lost one or more of his season binl al range unite units through lack ot of any kind of legal control his situation Is indeed desperate lie ile to 1 facing cert certain aln and not far distant ext n me ment nt if some solution Is not reached aution the golit soli lon tion of thu this situation Is one involving solving fri land use a subject alch Is attracting the attention of economists throughout the nation there should be kept clearly in mind the fact that the use of the three classes nf of ranee range discuss ed are all one operation that any plan set up must tit fit the uses ct of these ranges into each other to form an integral whole there must be going for any season of the year in order that he may construct ne cessare implements develop wat cr er look ahead for supplemental feeds if U necessary iw essary and have places in which to store euch such feeds it must also be recognized that the solution of thie this matter is a longtime job and that definite policy should be established under such supervision as a will insure continuity in progress pro gresa toward the desired end in orklie ork lre this matter out pre r sent land owners might find it ric de to exchange lands with the government or possibly bly to rc roc coney oniey in rome some instances the me three classes 1 of land are not balanced at the present time there are roughly 10 acres ot of mountain or summer range acres ol 01 spring loll fall range and acres of winter ran renge tie spring fall range Is the stam tam of 0 the hour glass through which nil all stock operations must pass a from summer to winter or vice ersa this stem mut mu mii t t be enlarged to balance it should be increased to at t least acres this la Is entirely feasible since use of some winter inter range and some spring foil fall range for summer range can be worked out the lines r lueen the classes of range are not clearly defined A realization of a R need for balancing the areas mill point a way may to this solution in considering the administration for the these thee e combined ranges it is 1 ci 1 dent that upon the national forests cat i there are many uses other than grazing the intensity of administration admin str atlon now no an effect Is probably justified As ue a moc moe on to the foothill and desert barges there ore are feer ewer conflicting use uses ai at d the administration need not be nearly fo so intensive such administration should pro ide for the great et ett 1 elasticity in the location of use bv the mizing that t hat the presence or absent of stock mr atter ter or feed may make it necessary necess arv shift long distances for grazing the me ranges other than the national forest are in such condition that a good many S v be ne necessary ceary for adjustments and plans to be corked out during this adjustment period whether hether it be the flie or ten ears a stockman could not be expected to pay any fee for the use of the range since there would be no results justl justi eyink such charpe charge after adjust ments are A I 1 ked out the fee should be very ery low lom comparable to the cost of administrate adminis trat on it should be kept in mind that if ath er fees are paid or additional taxes or leas charges to the state there Is but one source from which they can come and that Is from the stockmen occupying these ranges the ne main object should be the building or the sustaining of a permanent stock industry instead of such action as might indicate the great greatest pst immediate benefits to be de dirtied der tied ried of ultimate welfare elfare A i stem of regulation should tr ir elude 1 the working out of th the pr present e chaotic c condition in 1 the 1 of range and installing a that til III eliminate wasteful traveling and tendering an dering about of and arid herds 2 obtain proper correlation between the three claa classes ses of range 3 though elasticity to meet changeable feed and water conditions 4 protection of local settlers ret end and communities without ilmonen lm onen lence to legitimate migratory interests 5 the of bater ater and other range 6 Adminis administration designed to protect and mid perpetuate the range resource on a 1 long time basis to the end that mill permanently maintain a table md and profitable livestock industry finally I 1 should liko to can to your attention the fact that the national bonfe conference re n cp on land lam d held in chicago last november member gme careful consideration to this problem and passed ol 01 mot unanimously as ra the first ot seventeen rm recommendations the tile following recommendation no I 1 ad of public domain Dorr iain it Is 1 d that in order to obtain coronation imd and ton of the tie grazing razing ng barges of clr tt F public d domain P m ain thee the e lands to be organ organized ired into public ranges to be administered by a federal agency in fi a mann r sim lar to and in co ih th th the national Nit lonal P such c ranges sho c d I 1 in lands 1 al l adran tor for 1 aa Is or fr f r other purl purposes meg ahen the se ne of such ihna au fr f r Is not ancor ith tic the ol 01 A al CO 0 ad J dional men n aloyed recently 01 adel fir c cre 4 on ihs dl di won progress Pro dresa beira made 4 on new of ardro 0 wen belt allye olty kshwy at t boath oure |