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Show K1EIPP ATTENDS LOGAN SESSION Ogden Forest Official Tells of Grazing Requirements and Value of Range L F. Knelpp, assistant forester, h-.is returned fiom the Unnzf management convention held at l.ogan during tho past week. This meeting, Mr. Knelpp said, marks the first of a scries of annual meetings, to be held in Colorado. Colo-rado. Idaho, Nevada L'tah and Wyo-iii Wyo-iii i tig Bozeman Montana, va.' selected as the meeting place next yesir. Mr. Knelpp said that the meeting had been called f"i tho purpose ot getting all cattle growers of western states together with ihe view ot bringing bring-ing the cattle business to a greater degree of efficiency. Range management was the keynote key-note of the convention, and various suggestions regarding th proper methods of managing range were discussed. dis-cussed. "One of the greatest obctriclcs thai cattlemen are confronted with toelay. the forester s.ild. Is lack of restriction restric-tion on public lands. I'nder present conditions, no control of any sort Is exercised over public lands and as the result, the value of the lands as rangn Is rapidly deteriorating because be-cause of overgrazing. The grazing of cattle and the supplying sup-plying of grazing lands ou a much larger scale Is absolutely essential If ihe cattle industry of western states Is to thrive, Mr. Knelpp suited. ( ne of the most important topics discussed at the convention was the carrying of range stock during spring months. This practice was deemed essential by cattlemen, and suggestions ! regarding methods of eariiiK for range stock in spring, propei feed for this period, and other matters regarding this cmestion were brought up at the convention. |