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Show RANGE TOO DRY, STOCK RUIN FEED Livestock operators on the the winter allotments of the Fillmore District are encountering encoun-tering difficulties at this time due to the extensive period of drought conditions. Lowell J. Udy, district manager of the Fillmore office of the Bureau of Land Management, reported that most of the stock water reservoirs are now dry, and the forage is being "shelled" and trampled by the livestock due to the brittle condition resulting re-sulting from the dry conditions. condi-tions. This condition appears particularly in Juab and Millard Mil-lard counties, however, the condition con-dition is also present on allotments al-lotments in Beaver County but the problem is not affecting as many operators. This condition is causing much of the livestock forage to be wasted, and forcing the livestock live-stock men to haul water from other sources to water their sheep. The dry conditions which prevailed during the summer have been the biggest contributor contrib-utor to this current condition, and cannot be corrected until rain or snow falls within the area. Mr. Udy stated that the greatest problem to be overcome over-come by this codition on the national land reserve is that of forage supplies becoming depleted de-pleted before the end of the grazing season. The stockmen are also very concerned about this problem because of the increased in-creased operating costs and supplemental feeds which could become necessary because of this condition. These problems will increase as the drouth conditions continue, con-tinue, but could be relieved by the occurrence of normal moisture mois-ture conditions, Mr. Udy said. |