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Show MANTI NATIONAL . FOREST NOTES. On December 14, Jacob Keller loaded one car of baby-beef at Eph-raim. Eph-raim. It is reported he received 6c per lb. f. o. b. Ephraim. The Manti allowance letter for 1924 has been received. It authorizes the grazing of 21,600 head of cattle and 129,900 sheep on the Manti Forest For-est for the season of 1924. This is an increase in the permitted number of sheep of approximately 1,000 head This change in numbers should provide pro-vide for the different numbers of stock to be grazed where exchanges from one class to the other is contemplated. con-templated. The Supervisor's office has had definite instructions to apply ap-ply whatever reductions are necessary neces-sary where ranges are too closely grazed before the awarding of the ten year grazing permits which are expected to become operative in 1925 The Forest rangers of the Manti Forest estimate that there are 2,235 deer, 385 elk, and 40 bears on the Manti Forest. Deer are reported increasing in-creasing on all districts except District Dis-trict No. 7. Elk are now found on six of the seven districts of the Forest. For-est. Game birds, blue and ruffed grouse are reported as increasing slightly while sage hens are reported stationery. 211,000 fish fry and fin- " "gerlings were placed in streams within with-in the Manti Forest during the past . season. Most of the plantings were made by deputy game wardens assisted as-sisted by the local fish and game associations. Our reports show that exactly 100 bucks were killed on the Manti Forest during the hunting season. There is a possibility that there may have been more deer killej than have been reported to the rangers. rang-ers. Deputy Supervisor Van Boskirk left Ephraim, December 21, for Sheri dan, Wyo., where he expects to spend the holidays visiting with his sister The exemption limits below which no reductions will be applied except for range protection purposes has been approved by the District Forester. Forest-er. The limit for cattle and horses on the Sanpete side of the Forest is 35 head. On the Emery side of the Forest it is 50 head. The exemption exemp-tion limit for sheep on the entire Forest is 1250 head. John T. Oldroyd, state land commissioner, com-missioner, was here for a brief visit yesterday. He was enroute south on official business. |