Show EXPERIMENT STATION P BEGINS OBSERVATIONS A Government Will Conduct Research Work on Manti ManU Range z V f tF r Washington D. D C. C Sept 7 Secre 7 Secre Secretary tary Wilson of the United States Dej Dea De- De 1 j a of Agriculture has decided t f 1 to establish an experiment station on the Manti ManU National Forest near Ephrain Ephraim Eph- Eph rain raim Utah for the study of grazing and water protection problems In InV V fact tact bids for the construction of the thet t r necessary buildings have been received J ed and it is expected to have the station sta sta- station tion in fn working order before winter Already the gathering of observations i on on the relations of erosion and run off I II I to the forest cover have hav begun A v The Manti N National Forest was jj chosen as the site for this experiment a station because it offers exceptionally lly good opportunities for investigating problems of practical value in connection k- k tion with re regulated grazing Ephraim Wand Vand rand other towns in its it neighborhood have shave suffered severely from floods following following fol fol- lowing ow ng vl violent lent rainstorms i in the moun mountains ins and it ha has alea already been blen g N proved conclusively S V ly that that the over- over s grazed condition of areas areas on which i the natural vegetative cover has been seriously usty altered is responsible u ible for tor the formation of torrents and the rapid discharge of laden debris-laden i In a recent destructive storm the thew w V i j w water ter ran clear from a a apart part of the j watershed which was within the v. v National Forest and in in good condition condit condi- condi P t 1 tion as a a resu result t of we well regulated graz az- az Ingi ing ingi while from other areas areas' it swept down sand and boulders One of the J i objects objects' of the stu study y will wil be to learn learn I how the maximum of gra grazing ing use of V National Forest land can b be obtained obtained without injury to forest reproduction t and n flow ow t Th The National For Forests provi provide a r range during a a apart part or all of the year for tor a ar r considerable part of the stock r jed edin in the western States Approximately Approximately Approximately one and one-half one million head bead of cattle and horses hordes and seven and andone one one one- half million head of or sheep and goats oats occupy the Forest lands each S V year These figures do not include nearly neady three hundred thousand calves calvest t tand and over four million lambs and kids for which permits are not not required The experts of the Department believe be be- lieve Olve that when the ranges which were were denuded by many years of improper improper improper im im- proper use are restored to a normal condition of productivity it will be S possible to provide feed for a much y larger number of stock without injury f to forest growths or water-sheds water and both the and the cont con consumer con con- t sumer sumer of meat products will thus be beV be V benefited Consequently every effort is being ing made to determine practicable ica ble means of regenerating depleted r ranges n es All of the studies which are about to be initiated have this po point nt in view 4 |