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Show STATE WILL LEASE BIG GRAZING AREA Land Board to Take Reins In Own Hands and Not Depend on Government. Tho available grazing acreage of the ntato will be Increased to tho extent ffrm ! iii inn m ii i niwi'i nnn mil i nil I in board In permitting stockmen to submit sub-mit sealed proposals for lease on 150,000 acres of state land located In tho forest reserve. This land has be,en under tho supervision of the forestry for-estry service, but the state has taken it back under the control of the land board and It Is to be leased out to stockmen for grazing purposes. Bids for leases on the ground will be received by the local offico of the slute land board during this month and will be opened January 5, 1912. Bids that are satisfactory will be accepted ac-cepted and the successful biddors will be given grazing leases accordingly. Tho state owns about 200,000 acres ui iu.ui5 luiiub iii me luresi, reservus of Utah. There Is some question as to the title to about 50,000 acres and all that land will be withheld from lease. About 30,000 acros of the lajid. Is now under" lease, but the board has decided to lease all of It If thevTack-men thevTack-men desire to use It, and to give everyone a fair chanco to get the use of the land It was decided to call for bids on leases Bids will be received of about 120,000 acres next ye'ar, through the action of the state land ! II IIPII Ulllllll !! II II ! ! !! I I I 1 by W. J. Lynch, secretary of tho landj ! . board. 1 Experiments at leasing under di-' rection of the board last year proved) that the stato gets better results and, more Income by this method, through co-operating with the government. ' ' The value of this additional grazing acreage to the stockmen of the statej Is inestimable At present sheep and' ; cattlemen are hampered for lack ofj jr. pood grazing facilities of sufficient ex-j t tent to meet the demands of the, flocks and herds the year around. A a result many owners of stock are. -, forced to drive their cattle Into ad- ; joining states for winter feed and for ', grazing at other times of the ear. |