Show U S GRAZIN fi PO ICY bakes TAKES SHAPE AFTER WASH conference washington ic I c 1 I A policy for of riming rights on the public loin na as pr provided vid d for under tle tile taylor grazing law has boon been drawn ill 1111 secretary of the interior harold rj ickes nil art today a series of conferences conference with forrington it II carpenter director of grazing and tho the grazing committee an outstanding lit in tit alio 0 taylor grazing law which is fa a con measure fo foy restoring find it assuring ssu ring proper nio of the ranges mefa nil na hey now exist or is they bittay ile bo dovo loped dee declares lares that hint grazing privileges lio be riven given 11 its ca nay may bo be fa permit the proper uso use of lands water or water righta owned oc cupl or leased ly by thern them tile the intention of congress to stabilize tile the lh stock industry la Is thus thua inextricably liw to the land and its ita proper propof uso use lit in connection with the ll 11 livestock hil siness to discharge properly tills duty r requires M aires a task of land classification in order that grazing privileges may ile bo allotted for their proper line to livestock producers produce rw to tile tho extent that tho ir are depenti dependent ent upon public domain grazing tho land olied occupied or leased by stockmen stoc kmen blust bo be classified to its a in ili livo live stock acock wilch will be judged by character of the crops yield etc J all permits maist ic he of f such llin citation as inny ile be to eon con serve tile natural forage resources they will to lo 10 subject to mich chang is AN may nt at tiny ahne bo be trat ively lo 10 0 o protect tho public interest mr carpenter in glum ning up alio grazing situation lit in tho bo west pre glinted figures which emphasized the vast coverage which the taylor grazing law will maki anak lit in its ita nellt antion lie ile pointed out that ono one third of the urea area of tile united states lias has no considerable manu fiet tiring development and raises no amount of hogs hoga corn cotton wheat or any farm crop this ono third of tile country or approximately million aero acro area includes tile tho states of utah nevada and arizona nua and great parta of california colorado now new mexico wyoming Blon montana tana idaho and oregon the rural population in tills area includes ranch units of tile COO million acres in tills this tract it 11 half still be belongs to tho the federal government the average rainfall Is loss less that than 16 inches annually tit alio 0 land under which Is only 3 per cent of the area la 19 located in tile tho valleys or depends on oil irrigation eforo tiro are the grat grab arid pastures which support 40 per cent of 0 till nil tile thy shoop find 15 per jr cont of the cuttle cattle and horses lioi kofl of tile entire nation of tile inlall on acres of fedar nily ally owned land half are anro situated in ill tile liali ind ani wooded ridges and arct skinnier sinn suin nier grazing kromida Kro midd tile other otylior half million acres ile ho lit in tho low cloa erta foothills footh llla abil tire natural winter spring and full fall pastures with water reserves 50 60 per cent cant below normal front from three years yeara of I 1 arouth toils year the ling has dropped to an all average of from 4 to 7 indies inches whole states ast adjusted to saml arll arld conditions hil eliav 10 be conio arid and others nornia normally llY arid have lc bacomo voino deml desert tile tho lin improved lands or 3 por per cent of the area of tills ro gion lino havo lind had to stand nearly BO 50 por per cent of lill all tho taxes to support schools t county oti lity and sinto governments those rauch properties were wt hollit tho USO use of 0 the adjoining public ranges the past ten years have seen scon those ranges range grazed by livestock whose owners had no land and escaped taxation they monopolized tho the public range without regulation millions of acres of privately owned land de priced of tho the benefits of adjoining public domain pasturage became tax delinquent added to these alila financial caal difficult ties was last oum mors drouth with revil feed condition condi tiOng alio the most critical in a decade on oil juno june 28 of this year congress passed tile taylor grazing net for or tile tho first almo undertaking on a vast settle scale to regulate use liso 0 of f tho the 1 grazing lands to hasten tah rement tile director of grazing lina has abandoned its ills plans to set up illda individual vidual districts and la Is now proceeding with organization work by states As soon as afi that la Is completed and proper land classification can bo be made it will bo be subdivided into small grazing al areas aleas anan local administration suited to the particular region will bo be established salt lake fako tribune |