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Show Forest Range Feed fn Poor Condition Range conditions on certain parts " of the Manti forest, according to advices ad-vices from the main forest office at Ephraim, are not holding out as in previous years and today the grass and other feed is drying fast. The-I The-I forage on many allotments has been grazed very close, and while stock is in fair condit'on, there is bound to be suffering and a loss in weight if allowed al-lowed to remain on the forest much longer. Sunday, Supervisor Humphrey and Ranger Jorgensen, together with representatives rep-resentatives of the Ferron Cattlemen's Cattle-men's association and the 'Maiti Forest For-est Woolgrowers association, made a trip over parts of the Ferron watershed, water-shed, and it was found that this particular par-ticular section was in exceptionally bad shape for this time of the year. ! Notwithstanding the fact that this particular range has had unusual precipitation during the season, ' grasshoppers and crickets have ravaged rav-aged the forage, and as a result it has not held up so well. Lambing ranges, in Lower Joe's valley, the reports state, were found j to have been havily grazed. Ranges 'on Middle Mountain and sheep ranges rang-es father north wore found to be in j a satisfactory condition. Weather conditions are favorable for late graz"ing. Late grazing, it is declared by experiments, ex-periments, is hard on forage jjlants, and allotments that are grazed to the end of the season each year are beginning be-ginning to show the effects of this heavy, use. Stockmen and forest officers of-ficers are riding the ranges at this time to determine as to what plans would be the best for the various allotments al-lotments for the coming season. |