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Show I GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT ' EXAMINERS FOR FOREST m i jp Washington, Feb. 8. A now govorn B ' mcnt position Ih .llwclrmcd by tho an- K .rouncomont by tho V. 8. Civil Service H iCommlBBion 01 nn cxnnjlnntlon which 1 ( -will bo bold February 23 ntul 24 to BH Mini three grazing examiners for tlio PB ' Potest Service. Tho positions will pay BH , u saloiry of $1,200 u )enr nt entrance. H j 'i ui announcement speclflco that BH i -the niiplirnlils must bo men, tit least PB 1 , t.-.utily years old, and possessed of ut Bt ' . ;jc-nst one" season's cxpurlcnco in hand- PB I ' lltij; range stock, togelhei with at BBf ' least one year of technical training In BBS .-irrlflcd botunlcil hliidfcs. Bf ' The establishment of this position H h in lliiu with tho objects wlilcir the H Department of Agrlcultmo haH always PB , ;jinil In vlotv In I(b mnnngemont of PB grazing on the National Forests. It BB i. not merely socking to prevent cat B (10 anil sneep iruin iiuniK uuiiiaiju " BBf' fmest giowth nnd wntershed condl- BB( tlons, as the grazo on tho harblago BBf nthlch Is yearly iirodncod In tho open By Jorests, paths, and high mountain BBt meadows within tho National Forests. M i:nni'.o-fcd Htock are a matter of docld- BBJ, h1 Impoitnnce to the American poo- BBX', pie In these days or rising prices for BBJ food products and diminishing sup- BBJLj plies, In proportion to population, of Hrj lhostock, and tlioreforo Secretary ! Vllcon intends that ovory aero of jCatintUil Finest rango shall bo made to ptoduco as much forago as It Is BBJ capable of doing, consistently with tho BBJ cnrrylng out of tho other purposes BB - for which the National Forests mo BBf maintained. B 1-...... l.nn ,1... l.-....n(lf O......I..I. .11. .If H I'.VUl OIIIIU IIIU I'UllDl "Ul ' iw v. BBa over tho management of tho National BB Forests, It has been studlng tho BBb nuigo problem along with Its regul.v BB tlon ot grazing. In tho beginning It PB t wis confronted with tho fact that n BBki very largo part of tho rnngo had been BBW badly abused and depleted through IBB the competition of rival owners' bo' loro any restrictions had boon put BBh upon them, and by owjrcrowdlng and PBPji bad methods of handling" Block.' IU BBV, supporting power had In cousoQuonco ' becu groatly reduced, and was stead- BBv lly declining. To .enable, overgrazed h areas to recuperate, nnd to prevent BBpjt tho extension of overgrazed conditions BBl to new areas, tho amount of stock to PBpj'' bu allowed on tho Forests was .ivory - BBpj'i where carefully prescribed. Too re- Pj, milts ware then observed, and U it BBV appeared that there was still ovcr-uso BBw of tho range, tho numbers permitted BBl''.. , . wore cut davn still further. On the BBl ' other baud, where recuporatlou tins BBBi taken place tho allowance of stock BBb 'lnfa been correspondingly Increased . BV!, The proposal to appoint specialists BBf who aro both thoroughly trained bo- BBb; tanlsts and men of practical oxperl- BBV! enco In rango matters Indicates rcc- BBf ognltlou of tho fact that to attain HBBJ the highest point of rango productive BBV Jt tho best scientific knowlodgc must - lo applied to the study of tho .prob- BBB; lcnm of forago production and utlll.a- BBJ! t'on. As stock graze on tho range, PpB the effect on different kluds ot B vegetation differs both with Its prvla- PBK tablllty or unpalatablllty and with Its capacity to produce seed, Its time nt BBBj ' seeding, Its resistance to Uamplltig, BBBj Us manner of growth, and many oth- BJ PBB What Is aimed at now Is nothing PBH less than to find out all the things PBB on which depend tho production ot PBB tho largest amount ot beof, mutton, BBBJ ool, and hides on a given area. This PBB involves learning how both to restrict BBB nnd to tlmo tho grazing so as not to BBB interfere with the reproduction ot tho BBB most valuable elements In tho forago BBB crop, uow to prevent unnecessary loss BBB to feed through trampling and in BBB other ways, bow to exterminate pola- i onous plants from tho range, how to BBB I prevent tho loss ot forago which re- BBB ' suits from the multiplication ot prnl- BBB I Tie dogs nnd gophers, whether It Is BBB ( practicable to introduce now forage BBB plants by direct seeding, and many BBBj other matters. It 1h to look Into such BBBJ matters that tho grazing exaraluors BBBj are to bo appointed. BBB Besides seeking to bring about the BBJ recuperation ot depleted ranges, tho BBBJ reduction ot waste, and tho develop- BBBJ ment ot all rango to what may bo BBBJ M termed an artificial state of produc- BBBJ tlvcncss through control of reproduc- BBBJ ' tlon, accompanied, It is hoped, by tlio BBBJ introduction ot now forago plants, tho BBBJ studies planned will aim also at In- BBBj creasing tho area of rango available. BBBJ Tbero is much natural grazing land lu BBBJ tho National Forests Which can not BBBj bo put to use, cither because tlia couu- ii - try is too rough for stock to bo drlv- I en In, becauso shipping facilities aio I lacking, or becauso of a lack ot wator. Vv Tho construction ot properly locatod BBB , roads and drlvoways and tlio dovolop- BBB '( , v ment ot water through tho building ot BBBj i, , reservoirs or tho driving ot artoslan BBBL j V' wells aro a part ot tho general nchomo BBBj H ' ot permanent Improvements pl&nnod BjBB t for tho National Forests. To furnish BBBR tho basis for comprchenslvo develop- P -ibBk ment ot the grazing rosourco tlio IBSbIbA BjBhBjBjBa ABjBjBjBjBjBjBB BYflYflYflBBYEBYflYABYflYflYflnBk r YIHrBBWflVBVJHfal"' - BBBBBBBBJBBBBBBBgBCTBBg'. . . ' BvBvBHBV tEMKfM range will be studied in detail, classl fled according t6 tho typo of vegota-tlon vegota-tlon Mund ,and mapped by "fortlos." Tlio rtbservatlons mado will lncludo iiotOHf6r each forty acres upon tho surface,, soil, character nnd donslty of ogotntlv)ii, ovldenco or overgrazing or uiidor-iiHO, prcsonco of poisonous plants, 'damago by raugo-destroylng nnlnials, wator facllltlos, and accessibility. accessi-bility. tWItli such data in hand it will be iiosslblo Jo bring nbout much more Intelligent and Intenslvo use of tho National Forost range. |