Show Range School at Green Lakes Attracts Leaders You can t eat your cake and shave have It applies to the rangeland as well as other things y says Marvin Mis r vin Smith who represented the county AAA committee at the th state of Utah AAA range school held at Green Lakes i Mr Smith said that conservation grazing will wUl be st strew sti u more mure tear anything else In to the 1943 range pro program pro program gram This Thia does not mean any radical reduction of livestock numbers or any great changes for tor ranchers who have been taking care of their range but it will mean Just a lit little little littie tle greater effort to protect the troll goti feed teed and water holding qualities qualities lUes on this range he explained Continued on Page five I Range School at ati i Green Lakes Attracts State Leaders Continued from page one Attending the conference t I Green Oreen Lakes were representatives of or the AAA Forest Service and end the Soil Eon Conservation l I Weaver B Weaver a Colorado rancher who now administers the National AAA Af range program wa was wan at the range school He told range examiners and representatives at the school scho I that ranchers should be warned a- a aI against against i a I the of the last ti I world war Higher prices stimulate increases In numbers and increases in numbers beat down the range he be le said An example of ot how fewer num nun number ber her and better management will em w actually Increase profits was cited d From 1926 to 1933 the Victor Victoria la Land and Cattle Company of the ie Border district of ot New Mexico kept kei at an average of ot 18 breeding cows s The average calf calt trop prop was 47 per percent percent p ir cent The total toW calf production was is 2158 pounds with an average ot of t pounds per calf From 1933 to 1937 only cows I were kept The calf crop increased to o 66 68 per cent 1852 1952 pounds pound with an average per calf of 3 11 I pounds pounds Then Ten from 1937 1931 to 1941 the til l herd was wu further cut to 61 COWl cow w t f But Jut t the calf crop ClOP increased to 44 iU pounds and the total to 2 2606 06 pounds actually pounds actually an en Increase over o othe the we weight ht when cows cowa nerd kept The purpose of the school at atOr at Or Green Lakes was waa to train tran examiners n- n ers era in methods and anti values a In ni mca range e W With an au understanding of ot how to measure the amount of ot teen feea fee un on the range examiners will wW be In a better position position po tion to help ranchers In tn properly stocking their r ranches S Mr Smi Smith said Mr r Weaver other wen well U- U known range specialists who At- At Attended t- t tended the school Included a George rge Bradley AAA AM In charge of range utilization Dr Robert S I Cambell of or Washington D C 0 In charge of ot range research for tor or the Forest Service John Jonea Jones of ol Fort P rt Colin Colorado Colorado state I range assistant of ot the AAA L Lea es Crompton Wyoming state AM AAA A committeeman Ira Clarl dark Clark of Ogden research 8 specialist of thee Forest Service Orvllle Orville L l Lee chairman of ot the Utah state AAA committee and alJoseph Joseph Skeen and Vern HopkInS members of this committee Rich Rich- Richard Ricard ard C Harris Utah state range as- as assistant Joe Wilkin was WM the representative representative from Duchesne county and Mr Smith represented the AAA committee Varna types of range were studied stud stud- studied led grass grass and sage protected and browse A a study of these various types and id measurements of heavy and light tit feeding reeding were the strongest ary n I ments menta grazing in Mr favor Smith of or said saidi i conservation i |