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Show Range Depicted by j tuuicious Grazing I inJiidieuM:- ia.ln h.i prevented j great acoorrftiUshmepts in increaShia j an-l I'lopcrly maintamlnK; lhe forags I crop of about fiOO.QOd.uoO ucres of ):.. !,. innd In woK'.r.i states, accord-! ... 10 .i cJfcului' ls,'"v''' 1,v A- NV- sjniinon, in charge ,,f the Great Basin lpcrlmenl station. ApprpatlmatetJ liy.uyo.ouo apres of I his land Is wlth-lln wlth-lln i In national foi SSjtS. "Man; uch factors, puch as (00 Iheav's stocking, graahg, t tboovrong I class ,,i .-rock, and tinf.w oi u Ide lima -IK cnnilnlouN ore r sponsjhle Tor tin depletion ol the range,." Mr Sam POP s -. "In general, however, range de-1 de-1 1 r ! 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 , n la chargeable to three opn-Iditions: opn-Iditions: Prsmaturs graslhg and the lack of uniform utlllxatlon of tWs 1 forage ohp Ida freadent cropping und .1.1 alpiagi entire disregjard for tne 1 sjuasu Js' and t.illurc to correct It In lis .rl .st.ij;.s.'' 'lhe article conlinueh In part: "If grali - ypes In thi intermounialn region re-gion are conHrtorpd In n hrnud wa' lor, I' t us mo. south exposure, the approximate dales at which the range j iomv be Kn ' d ari ahotit ay follow!.: 6000 i't .unl lower, April 1 ." to May I fj s n no to r.'.ini feel (oak brush or yi llovs pine tvpei through Ma.v ; 7500! tb tfOOO feet, through June. JOOn f 1 and up. from about July 1 throughout I the summer. "In general, the cattle ranges ure ! more Seriously depleted than the -sheep ranges, tor the reason that cuttle cAn- not conveniently he held on thai por- tlpn f ihfj range where the vegetation vegeta-tion i - sufficiently developed for graz-pg graz-pg In order properly lo ronirol eal-Me eal-Me and, at the ame iinv. afford ' reaSonablo protection neees;ir.v . Rld-Llllg Rld-Llllg Is USUall) iinswil:: factory, and the coal ol ,ff,,ii, riding soon amounts f to as much as the cost of a well -con -' struCted drift fence. ' Kp pbtl plots of forage laid out over Id ha rnrigc and harvested vvith visrytng ffeojueucy for three successive 'earn, h ,ve , icerrty emphaslkcd the fallacy of fie, , 1, -lit and loo I'ailv ernnplng "In order to determine the time at which ti. range la ready for grazing. man, fa'lors must he taken Into ae-'onrit ae-'onrit Uee i ise of the varlulion In cle-Ivatlon cle-Ivatlon and in topographic features ihat .r.' eharacU rlatlc of the national for-' for-' l land, Ii in nerr-asary to consider the major types of vegetation Individ-liiallv Individ-liiallv with rrferener to ihr-lr mrinr iiniin- ..nd th time al which the veg-I veg-I el at Ipn hoiili1 he cropped. It Is well. I therefore, to divide the range Info aea-spnal aea-spnal anne, according to the time at . .vhtch the forage Is sufficient ,, veloped to afford a good "bite." |