Show for better ranges in its investigations for the im pio of grazing landt is athin the national forests earned carried on during the past 3 car the forest service has found that the ranges on sonic some of the forests cannot bo be fully full utilized by stock because o of a lack of proper water ater supply plans haie haio been made for bettering these conditions as rapidly as possible pos Aible work to improve the water cupply on the national forest ranges will nill be started this year car on the leadville national forest in colorado Colo and the Tuma cicon national forest in arizona and before the coming of another grazing acason a number of ranges will lie be empron improved ed cry mater rilly on the leadville forest the fo forest rest officers will clean out and protect anelie different springs and pipe the water into troughs the work arl the Tuma cicon forest in anzona arizona nill be somewhat more extensive although it will be confined to the improvement of the supply of only half as miny springs as on the colorado forest this method of cleaning out and protecting springs and other watering places ii will ill result in much benefit to stockmen stoc kmen grazing on the strips of ranges within the forests improvement work along the same general lines will also alo al o be begun on other national forests |