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Show I GrazingCapacity And 1 Range Improvements Ono of tho alms of the forest so- Ico Is to offer tho maximum uao of nil of tho resources of tho forest to porsonB entitled to enjoy the prlvll- P eges. -j The forngp rcsourco of tho "j national forests Is no exception to T' Jt' this policy; giazlng Is restricted only vJK'0 tho' extent of properly protecting t' -'V' ,lle annunl forage yield consistent j- wltblts continued production and i tho fullest possible development and r " use of other resources. One of tho first essential measures In building; up a depleted ran go Is to accurately estimate the. grazing capacity. ca-pacity. By grazing capacity Is meant the number of stock a range mlt Trill support for tho period of graz- , ,lng allowed without Injury to the f . " i ;ingo, yot with the fullest poBslblo " utilization of tho forage crop., Sys: ', teniatlzed observations designed to . ptocure data leading to the Improvement Improve-ment In management and to Inci eased eas-ed profits from utilizing the forage , ciop Is known as "Grazing Rcconnnls- r: ' - sauce. ,' Ono of tho chief objects of graz-r, graz-r, ing leconnalssauce Is to tccord tho .rf' forage resources. The Btudy show's . amongr other things what tho resoui-& resoui-& . cos are, whoro they are, what their, , tiuo value ls,anfl how thoy inay best ' .' bo utilized nnd-lmproved, Tho ex- act'locatlon of overgrazed or lightly giazed parts of a run go Is shown and methods of Improving or utilizing utiliz-ing them can Usually be proposed. The-completed grazing reconnaissance reconnais-sance alius to show (1) the numbor 'of stock tho range will safely curry; "iftL (2) adaptability of a rang unit to fW.; different classes of stock; (3) pro-per pro-per distribution of Btock; (3) pro-on pro-on which stock should be admitted ron tho rangor and (5) length of tho grazing period. These problems ro-quire ro-quire careful observations ns to tho Y( topographic features, climatic condl- tlons, need for watershed protection, ' character and abundance of forage t stock watering facilities and certain ' other factors. Tho completed recon-;' recon-;' nalssanco shows on maps and by u " descbrlptlve report tho above uin ' i tloncd phases In addition to certain t 'J-' t othorJXactB. .. ' In (ascertaining the number of !" " stock" thorngo will carry" tho ground '. cover, Is first classified Into grmlng i, types, such jis grass land, browse, , otc. For tho purpose of determining ,w Eraz$nS capacity, the various plant i JRypow oxproseed In terms of for- IK nK0 r68"" ' Tne 'ornB acr0 my u0 .xKMoflned as an ncro having a completo V tyrj&. (10-10)- cover of palatable yegeta- T jf'tlaiw In determining tho numbor of I ' forage, acres a range typo embiaces . the total number of iurfaco ucrcs are multiplied by tho actual acreage j j which supports vegetation, then by f 3, (ho donslty of tho cover as a whole, afflr ty& tntly by tho percentage of pnl-Jm' pnl-Jm' Rtabl vegotatlpn. fflK ' Willi the completed may and de- Jjr boIIjHIvo report the full data obtuln- i jJaSv.Vd aSrves as a basis for iw completo ? SlKrazlnBworhtng plnn such as Is f '"psedjiy forest supervlBQrsj'Tliiough I I I I |