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Show Elsewhere in this puper is a news item from the forest service at Eph-raim Eph-raim that stockmen wo:; Id do well to notice. A further reduction in the number of sheep and cattle to be allowed al-lowed grazing privilege on the Manti reserve is ordered effective for the comiug season. It is alsoiecided to allow no grazing before August 20 on a certain strip in proximity to the main divide. The aim of this order is to protect the agricultural interests wnich seem so much dependent upon the proper protection of the watersheds. water-sheds. Overgrazing in the pas':, it is contended, has resulted in serious injury in-jury to this resource and the department depart-ment of agriculture proposes to check further depletion. It may possibly work a hardship upon stockmen, but . i ffeuaanoot development of the country coun-try is paidmouut to individual interests. |