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Show MEAT PRODUCTION ON NATIONAL FORESTS FOR-ESTS INCREASES , :'ee;etaiy of .Agriculture Allots Ranue for Nearly Two Million "utile and Nine Million Sheep. Receipts from grazing permits on 'the iviuoiKil 1-orests for the season of 11(15 will contribute to the pub-. pub-. ieeuues approximately $1,200,-iimi, $1,200,-iimi, or about $200,000 more than last year, according to an estimate made from the allowances just authorized auth-orized by the Secret.-! rv of Agricul tine. The Forests this year will fumis-h forage, for 1.HS3.775 cattle pud horr.es, S. 747, 023 sheep and r.nnts, and C4,i'40 swine, the figures iud eating a material increase of meat production on the government-re'" government-re'" ' ted n ct. I The increase of 92,656 cattle and hoi&es over the allowances tor l!i4 is accompanied by a decrease of 12'"' -1 SSI sheep and goats, showing that in ' many purls of the West sheep are nc wkv to cattle. It is thought that Hie recent high price of beef be-, been encouraging many fanners and former sheepmen to go into the cattle business, though it will be the first time in the last five year3 that ".- e'n :nee of shppp has not increased in-creased over that of the previous season. sea-son. There are localities, however where the demand for sheep range is far in excess of the supply. The grazing charges are slightly h'c.her this year. In the West the b.T.-p been fixed at 48 to 90 cents per head per year for cattle and horses, and 12 to IS cents for iiheep and goals; in the East the late; art. from S 5 cents to $1.50 for cnttle, $1.10 to $2.00 for horses and " to 40 cents for sIipd and goats. Ps pay from 20 to 4 3 cents in the West and 50 to 90 cents in the East. The prnzitif: -allowances indicate tn,, rek'tne importance of the stock l'."-inoss in the various par's of the West in wrpch the National Forests are situated. The Forests in Dis-2. Dis-2. vb'rli e:"b"ieps Colorado. Wyom'rr- South Dakota. Nebraska, Tim T"tiics. northern Michigan, j nnd northern Minnesota, are allowed !he lari.et number of cattle. 522.550 1'Tid and nevt to the largest number , of sheen. l,f!!7.f.no head; District 4 j comnr-'sine Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming, eastern and cen- , -.-i ... ..i.tti. .ma uoi inern vrizona, ',o ron.,nri i qrr-e'St number of rattle 'tl.l.-n atiri ti,e i:lrCpCt numher of -y'lee 3 335, 860; District 1. comprising compris-ing Montana, no-th " estern Washing-l""i. Washing-l""i. o-'t"rn Idt'hn. n or' h wes t n '"n-'h r-jkota, apd southwestern -o.-ih p-K-n-a, ma. sin head of cat-t'' cat-t'' and 1. 3114. 500 head of sheep-Plst-u-t 3. comprising Arizona and -v 'v.-;,.,, j,s c,nn eaitiH, fln, 9115 . Sim) sheen; District 5. embracing California Cal-ifornia and southwes'ern Nevada. '),) on, f,ilS 1150 sheep; '' " "' t 6. comprising Washington. Or, gnu. an, 1 Alaska. 1 59.250 cattle l.:Si ?0 sheep; District 7 'hi.-h includes Arkansas. Florid-i "khbo-ua. and tbo s'ates in Npm i"---!-.P, r,,) ,),, Southern Appalachian Appala-chian rtgion. where forest reserva- "urcb.-iied bv the rovcrntnent, 40,135 cattle, and 14-S5n 14-S5n sheep. o |