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Show FORESTS TO CARRY ' ''AM MORE LIVESTOCK H To meet tho war needK r Che ' ' country sheep and cattle will be grast- IsSYsal cd on tho National Forests this year fBfsi In Increased numbers. Forester- '1 Graves states that half n sufltAs. ,l more sheep and nearly a quarter rail '! lion more cattle will be given per- YAYbI mlts this year than last. This wUSl' 'iaHBB bring tbo total number of stock gran-. BTaTfl ed under permit to about nine mllllssn '' BBYBYI sheep, 2,360,000 cattle, and 51.0 .H An Increase was made last yernr- 'saSYfl when It was first recognized that Usav .'1 country's need for beer, mottaau ''J wool and hides called for the fUUesC 'agaYfl use poiRlblo of tho Natlonor Forestr ''yJ ranges. With the country at war,. YJ the Secretary of Agriculture felt that: '1 It wns advisable to take.some ebjtaea: ( Yfl on overgrazing tn the larger Infensst: ' lBBlJ of immediate production. , The re- iiBBYfl suits of adnfittlng a greater number f of stock lastVear were closely watch- - ed, and the Increased nuinfrenr eha .'BYhYJ year are mudc possible niaihiy b..' ' rinding bow nddltlosal stock can bar ' grazed without Injury to the ranges ifl through Intensive methods of nw. ' 1EtH Among these methods are roatf-. laYfl Justments In the alloimonta of range. ' M closer utilization of tho forage, and H the opening up of country heretofore 'H'H not used ror the grazing of. stock: . yI New areas have been made ncceKsffckhi ! through the construction of trails and ' 'lsl driveways nnd the develepment. 0 'IbYbI watering facilities. Tho largest increases have beecr BBi made in the Colorado and Wyoming? IbVbb Forests; 4ut increases on tie alraadr IIbBbI fully stocked forests of Utah. Nevada! ' ' - r v!M and southern Idaho have been made. J ' V?H yherovtr the forest officials have, ",H thought that the ranges m bo able- flH fo carry the Increased number of vH stock: MBb1 |