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Show Manti Forest News For tho first time in many years, we have received applications for nontise of range sufficient to carry 811 permitted sheep. The permittees permit-tees in this case have outside range which can be used this season. Accordingly, Ac-cordingly, they have decided to allow al-low their Forest allotments to rest one year. According to livestock inspectors, the Orangeville cattlemen have the best equipped stock-yards of any association as-sociation in the State. In addition to such conveniences as branding shutes, 'weighing scales, separting pens, etc., they have this season installed in-stalled a first-class dip vat. The permittees of Orangeville and Castle Dale are not required to dip their cattle other than the stock sold for outside shipment; however, they are taking no chances and are dipping everything. . From 75 to 100 cattle per hour can be put through the vat. The warm May rains the first part of the week have certainly taken off a lot of snow. However, since the gra,zing season opened on several districts on May 1, it is time feed started to grow at least over all the low range, which was impossible while the ground was covered with snow. Ranger Williams reports counting a small number of cattle on to the Forest on May 2. Ranger Howard reports no cattle entering before May 4. Ranger Anderson counted a few cattle in Rock Canyon on May 3. Ranger Cox reports 71 cattle counted on the Twelve Mile range and 175 head in Manti Canyon the first day of May. Quite a number of the Lake Shore cattle entered Lake Fork on the opening date also. Ranger Cox reports that on April 28 a crew of fifty public-spirited men and boys from Manti spent the day cleaning out loose rocks and repairing re-pairing the big Dugway and other places on the Manti Canyon road. Later on they expect to spend one more day getting the completed section sec-tion of this road in shape for auto travel. On April 2 5 Ranger Cox and the Supervisor drove in a car up as far as Birch Creek in Twelve Mile Canyon. Can-yon. The forage was just beginning to grow on south exposures and was practically ten days later than it was in the spring of 1919. . The signs for the different ranger districts have all been sent out, and a start has been made by Ranger Thursby and Deputy Supervisor Van Boskirk in erecting signs along the Ephralm-Orangeville road. 172 paid letters of transmittal reached the Supervisor's office on May 7. This, it is thought, is the largest number ever received in one day for this Forest. |
