Show FEED I EED QUESTION I DIFFICULT 1 I I ID D A Shoemaker grazing assist assist- assistant int i ant at the Ogden district forest ser ser- serIco ice Ico offices left this morning for fora or ora a a three thre weeks trip to Richfield l I where ha h b will Inspect range ran rc condi condl- condi- condi conditions conditions on the Fish Lake na- na naI na national I forest I Mr Ir Shoemaker will confer with the the heads ot of f the th carious arious Ih associations and the stockmen In an endea or to reach reich a definite con con- conclusion conclusion con conclusion concerning the handling fir rt stock In the tho p and late lale autumn There Is a s pressing ques ques- question ques- ques question question I tion before the stockmen at t present Ion on the th matter of feeding their 11 IRe IRe- live livestock o- o stock during the period between I when the alfalfa fields field are com coin comI coin I to grow crow and the date ot of admIssion of ot the flocks on the na- na national na national forest ranges It Is during this period that the stockmen ha hao hae e I been accustomed to drive drie e their sheep and cattle out on the public domain to feed until such time Lime as the forest range Is la opened In Juno June lio ever vear ears of ot overstocking ha hao 0 resulted in the public range being utterly ruined according to ton toR n It II 11 Rutledge district forester and the tho Is for tor the th dis- dis discussion dis discussion of a was s and means of pro pro- pro siding for the he earls earl spring when the livestock must be taken rota the fields before they stamp siamI out the pasturage To admit them themon themon themon on to the forest this at-this at this time would be to destroy all alt us ns the thi sharp feet of the sheep and cattle trample the herbage Into the soft mud The tender grotth cro Of ne new trees would also buffer and andIn andin andIn In a few tew years sears ears erosion would turn tura the hills into desert wastes Hoo er Ho somethIng must he be bedone done at once one to decide the ques- ques ques question question tion of caring for tor the tho be- be before before be fore for It can be turned on the th foret and after aner It must mut mu t be taken off oft the tho I range In October Dy comparing the different opinions of those in- in inI interested In Interested Mr loll Shoemaker said ald ho hoped to arrive arric c at a 11 settlement of I the question this 00 season |