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Show Director Sets Up Range I'rogram For Stoelnr.er. Piactices which range men may carry out during the balance of 1936 to aid in the improvement of western ranges and payment which, varies from 7 cents per acre to an upper limit of $2 times the normal grazing capacity of the ranch, have been announced by William Peterson of the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural College extension service, who is in charge of the A. A. A. pr. gram for Utah. Administration of the 1936 range lands will be through the channels of the existing exist-ing state and county administrative administra-tive organizations, Director Peter-' son said. ! The state committee will be en- 1 lareed to include range livestock interest in its membership. . These members will act in an advisory capacitj-, consider appeals and recommendations of the county o-minittces and aid In explaining the functioning purpose of the program. pro-gram. 1 R.ang2 examiners, detailed by B. II. Rutledse, regional forester of 1 Ogden, will make examinations of 'the ranges and determine the nor-'mal nor-'mal carrying capacity of the ranch ! to establish its grazing capacity, i They will also cooperate with the ranch operate:- ta determine the . most :uitable available practice or practices to recommend to the 'county committee, and will make a written repcrt to the county corn-,rnittee. corn-,rnittee. I Rai ge stockmen who wish to take part in the program are asked to secure application blanks from the coynty arent or the committee, fill I cut and return to the county agent or to the committee. Information cn the blanks does not place the operator or ranch man under any "':!ir nf'rn. Director Peterson pointed out. The ranch operator is asked to cooperate with the range examiner exam-iner in making the grazing survey ,cf his ranching unit and supply the 'reccssary i; formation. F:yr.:cnts will be made to cocp- , crat rs fnr the following practices: ; Contouring, water development, impounding im-pounding precipitation, development of- wells, diversion of surface water to prevent soil washing, building larme fences, railing sagebrush, re-seedirsj re-seedirsj the range, building fire guards. "The program is not one of limiting lim-iting the numtar of livestock cn the range, but one designed to bring the rr.nges back to their best rroromic ca ryirg capacity and maintain them for future use," Director Di-rector Petersen explained. |