| Show 6 GRAZING FEES ON KAIBAB FOREST to stockmen Stoc kmen in III line wit th tl the statement of tile secretary of sericulture agriculture eri culture 0 a study lg Is being made of grazing fees it Is desired to a Il method ethOd of figuring grazing fees thill lint t will lie be fair and which cull can io bo accepted by nil all parties concerned it lias has been suggested that grazing acs be related more directly to tile ho market value of livestock to io do abis a figure must be established 0 d as as a base willell which will he be tile he villo value ot of livestock grazing over it period of yours years A base which offers promise ot of practical application c 1 L 1011 Is tile the rental value of private a to grazing lands landa unless a 0 more acceptable base la Is presented it I 1 Is a proposed to itse the private ian land d data co collected I 1 lecter for or range ap all a few years ago and also later dan daa on Pil valle laud land rentals the pin pill Is to compile the rental data over a long petion ot of time for purposes prices of 0 livestock at different in marked arkes will bo be compiled tor for a corresponding period of 0 tine the fluctuations 11 rell cental tal data wll wil be compared witt in market Pl prices Ices t chur ht fri an the me present vind bind the normal relationship de torn toi mined lined ond mid eliat used in establishing the base grazing fee then thein each year the grazing graving teeg fees would bo be determined in accordance with market price with tile the index market price tia calculations calculi cal cula loia might work out ts as follows it might be ba determined that t the h a average monthly rena rent fill of private range per head was 18 cents but because beca usei of t certain restrictions on oil the national forest lie ahe basic grazing fee would be IG 10 cents the graz ing tee tea Is fixed in accordance with tile lie current market price it would be figured something like tills hla 4 0 16 X X 12 cents therefore 12 cents would be ba tho monthly charge for grazing tee fee this abound bo be stood as representing only A a tentative approach to the problem and the method finally used may vary in III details or essentials from the plan outlined it Is desirable that tile the views of interested stockmen stoc kmen be obtained and everyone is invited to offer on this plan or to advance any other plan that lie ho may have the proposal to correlate grazing fees directly with market prices implies that cheu market prices go up tile the tees would go town down it differs from ilia present method pra provides a reasonable stable foe fee over fa a period of years very truly yours WALTER 0 MANN forest supervisor |
