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Show MANTI NATIONAL 1-T)REST NEWS Ri.ntrrr Niclson Ti'ansfa'iTCd Ranger Merrill Nielson has accepted accept-ed a transfer from the Mant: lo thf Uinta Forest. His new headquarters will be Ilebeir Ci.y. He expects tc assume his duties on the Uinta immediately. im-mediately. Facts Concern ill; Grazing 011 the I.Manti Forest For the season of 1925 the Sec .retary of Agriculture has authorized tile g;-uiC-5 of 20.S0O head of catllf and horse; and 131.000 sheep. Ten year permits v. 1.1 become ef fective on a majority of the districts Grazing experiments on the Fores last season showed the yield of for age to ainiroxiimate not more than 6' or 70 per cent of Ihe'fora.ge yield fo 1923. The opening date for cattle razinr has been delayed 15 days on Districts 1, 2, 6, ond 7. The protective limit for cattle re mains at 20 head, the maximum a' 250. The protective limit for sheet's shee-t's 200 head while the maximum i 2500 head. An exemption limit o 1000 head for the entire Forest fo sheep has been established. An ex e nptiou limit for cattle of 40 head 01 the west side of the Forest and 7! head on the east side of the Fores has a". so been, established. Hereafteir reductions for distribu tion will not be made below exenm tion limits. The Supervisor .i authorized to allow exchanges fron cattle to sheep on those rariige unit where conditions warrant such action The Supervisor's ofhee has been in ?! '.-lK'ted to make adjustments as fas as possible which will reduce tin number of old sheep in every herd ta a maximum of not to exceed 15 Oi head of aid stock. The Emery County Cattle & Hors. permittees have expressed their will ingne",s to cooperat" with the Fores Service in im-provini.; their range hot) by planting seed and by irrigation 0 1 ian.se where this is feasible. An ef fort will be made during the comin-season comin-season to (jet this work started. Ri:ow Monsuiemo'i's on District 0 On March 2 and 3, Ranger Ollerto measured the snow at the Mantmot Tianger Station in Gooseberry. He re ports finding an average depth c snow O'f 54 incherj with a water cor tent ot 19.2 inches. The depth o-snow o-snow is practically the same as foun ot the Experiment Station. The wate ronton at the Experiment Statior measured onily 14.3, however. I would seem that the water content a lie two irlaees should be approxi ma'eiy the same, and the diflerenc :;hown is perhaps due to the method used in measuring the water. A :he Experiment Station the snow i wr 1 tic.fl In a long, galvanized, iroi tube with scales specially prepared t ibew wateti content in incites, whib i,l the Mammoth Station it was nec essarp for Ranger Ollerton to use th :m:)l tube found in the rain .gage for collecting the snow after which i is 111 el". tod and remcasured in the sanv tube. |
