Show t Ii Ii if I 4 Head a t of Si i d n I District Ni 4 o f i l oJ I it u f From the founding of or establish establish- ment of Wr our federal government In tn 1789 down to 1934 no general law lawor or w re ever ever- passed b by Con Con- 11 grew great to regulate grating on on pub pub- public lic land i t u U f n The Th p passage e Taylor r A Act ct t In June 1934 marked the f first step tej of tle the federal the federal e government to reg regulate e elate grazing on public b lands The Division of orating became a anew new de department within th the tr U. SIDE a De Department ot Interior The r ten tea western elates coming und under Taylor act e have the following following fol tol- fol- fol lowing number of acre acres public of-public of public domain California Ida Idaho ho Colorado i Montana Nevada 51 1 New New Mexico Oregon Utah and Wyoming After Alter notice was waa published In tn each of the state coming under the act hearings were held in pit ot rt dJ order Jer to explain the act to all con con- Orating Grazing r I district we Was the I outgrowth of tb these meeting Stock Stockmen Stockmen men raen of the various states elected a tate state committee x to to assist assist- 1 the to Division of in tn blocking off ft the respective states Into what It u termed termed grazing j districts districts' ct u t r These Theae st state ate e committees located 48 a desired r grating gracing districts district com cont comprising placing U acres acrea of land The tint first cut was waa made to to include but districts 34 34 It districts these theBe being select selected ed on basis of 01 those most mos in tn need n CoDar Congress amended the a act tto to In Include etude clude- clude the acres acre of ot of land and there now now- exist 49 district throughout the ten states tates C coming ming under the Taylor Act i In 1113 1935 the ten western states I represented licensed livestock on oni i the public domain u II a follows follow I 1 a cattle cattle- 1 sheep hoses hoses' total a of r held head cf of f nv st Ck Think what a a problem this thIB must m be to stabilize such ucha avast a vast industry In 1935 Utah ranked ranted 3rd In the I number of or licensed cattle 3rd Inthe in inthe inthe the number of cattle lat 1st in tn the number of sheep and aDd lith In tn the number of goats tB Utah having 8 5 grazing districts her boundaries tops top the I list for the to num numbs number of grazing districts cUB dis within the to state Utah gracing gras grac big ing district No S 'S 8 a at present has baa licensed within the district cattle 1120 horses mm sheep total of head bead of bl livestock and acre acres acres' of ot public domain do do- domain main within Utah grazing district No 8 a. a ceo CCO enrollees within the DO camp play no small part in tn the theU U U. 8 So Division of Orating set up IU Their water development their fence and tran trail work their rodent land and predatory animal control work wort land and their distinction of poisonous athe weeds weeda can hardly be realized bythe by bythe the layman They play a great part the td In tn the vast Job Hof of or ou stabilizing ithe he stock ck industry of our western It states |