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Show NEW GRAZING REGULATIONS Forest Service Gives Out New Rules Washington, March 20.-Tho Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture haa approved n revised form of the grazing regulations regula-tions which govern uso of t'he National Na-tional Forest ranges. In the opinion of the department .officers, tho most Important departures from the old regulations are found, first, In the fact that provision is made for recognition recog-nition of a permanent National advisory ad-visory board representing tho sheep and cnttlo Interests, which will confer con-fer annually with tho secretary "of ..grlculturo conccrnlg grazing matters nnd secondly, In tho laying down ot a rule that on forests where tho quality qual-ity of range and advantages for raising rais-ing cnttle and sheep are equal, the year long rate for sheep after the season of 1911 will bo thirty per cent of the year long rate for cattle. The new regulations havo been made the subject of extended nnd most careful consideration nnd aro promulgated promul-gated nt the present time as tho result re-sult of a general revision made of all tho regulations governing tho uso ot the national forests .Uoforo deciding on the grazing regulations, Secretary Wilson Invited .representatives of tho two great National organizations of stockmen, the National Wool Growers' Grow-ers' Association and the American National Na-tional Live Stock Association, to present pre-sent their views to him on grazing matters, and to make any suggestions which they might wish to offer concerning con-cerning the proposed regulations. Tho proposed regulations, as they had been drafter by tho Forest service, ser-vice, were submitted to delegates of the two associations who came to Washington In response to Secretary Wilson's invitation. This action' on tho part of Secretary Wilson Is. declared de-clared to bo In accordance with tho established (policy otJi'e, Forest Sol-, vice In seeking cooperation with organized or-ganized bodies of stockmen who mnke use of tho National Forest range. Sec-ictnry Sec-ictnry Wilson recognized that tho one and ono-hnlf million cattle and seven nnd one-half million sheep which nro annually grazed on the Forests bear an Important .relation to tho price of beef and mutton In this country, and that tho public need of Increased food supplies no Icbh than the Best Interests of tho stock Industry Indus-try cnll for careful methods of regulation regu-lation to promote the full uso of the grnzlng resource. In his vlow, cooperation coop-eration with the lidvlsorj; boards of local livestock associations has contributed contri-buted materially to the adjustment of range problems In a way satisfactory both to the livestock men nnd to his department. Regulated grazing on tho national forests Beeka not only to mako nvall-ablo, nvall-ablo, to tho fullest degree consistent with proper protection of tho rango itself and of forest growth and Btrnm flow conditions, tho annual forago crop, but also to nllot tho grazing privllego equitably. By giving tho stockmen themselves n-chance to be heard with regard to tho rules established, estab-lished, and by securing tholr help In ifl tho adjustment of disputes between claimants for uso of the range, tho department officials consider that tho task ot administering -tho rango satisfactorily has been nfade much easier. While no radical changes in tho regulations have been made, Secretary Wilson has carefully considered nil modifications proposed with a view to improving tho system of grnzlng administration. As a result of his conferences with the representatives of the stockmen's associations, n niim-ber niim-ber of changes were mado in the do-tails do-tails concerning the conditions under which owners mny surrbnder, transfer, trans-fer, or rcnow application for grazing privileges. Both the department and the stockmen aro anxious to prevent speculation In grazing privileges, and suggestions for minor modifications of tho rules, offered by the stockmen stock-men to this end, were readily accepted. accept-ed. It is the expressed belief ot Secretary Sec-retary Wilson that the new regulations regula-tions mark a step forward In the administration ad-ministration of the National Forests by the government, with the hearty co-operation of the stockmen, under effective methods whtch have in view both tho largest possible measure of service to the public from tho forests'" and the fullest promotion of the'wel-fare the'wel-fare of the stock industry Itself, con-slstent con-slstent with this service. |