Show fencing beneficial to ranges aids stock control since 1935 morgan county ranchers have constructed miles iles ot fences in cooperation with t the he soil service and the morgan soil conservation district except f for 0 r the line from ogden peak to the head of cottonwood creek this Is elou enough gh fence to go around the entire county range fences are very essential to proper proper management ot of range ian lands ds says M mark ark Tl thackeray lacker ay of croydon in that they benefit both the stock and the range since my range was fenced I 1 have been able to hold the stock on the feed which was ready rather than letting them trail up to snow where they would lose weight on the immature feed and damage the soil by trampling the fences on my range land amid commented bommen ted mr air thackeray are well worth the expenditure in preventing trespass and in holding my stock where I 1 want them however it Is advisable to put fences on natural boundaries rather than on section lines because ot of the large amount of repair involved on those portions of the fence lines through thick timber and brush or where snow drifts badly fences located a short distance down the south exposure of a ridge need a minimum of repair and maint maintenance nance because the weight of the snow Is much lighter with fene fencing ing the rancher can utilize forage in each pasture when the grasses and browse are most p palatable ala table and he can shift his livestock to another pasture before the range Is too heavily grazed fences protect stock tanks and streams from trampling by livestock and offer to wildlife by permitting heavy vegetation to grow A fence around a a gully allows grass to grow again thus stabilizing the gully and preventing further erosion |