Show XUA land consolidation alred land board committee completes tours of grazing districts don S moffit grazier district no 5 recently returned from a tour of the district on which he accompanied compa nied a committee from the state land board the committee was making a study of the proposal to block or consolidate school lands under the plan now in effe effect c t and according to federal law sections 2 16 32 and 36 of each tow ship in the grazing areas belongs to the state the revenue received as rental for these grazing lands I 1 is used by the state for operation of state schools such as the school for the blind by an exchange of land which would block all of the acreage allotted the land board into one tract rather than four tracts in a township for instance the state land board has been of the opinion revenue from leases could be increased opposition has been given this plan on the grounds the cattleman needing and able to finance only the lease of a small acreage would be cut out by wealthier stockmen stoc kmen able to place high bids the feasibility of the state turning such consolidated administration as a means of administration as a means of avoiding this condition has been considered si the plan has been under study in its various phases for two or three years and efforts are being made to work out the problem to the advantage of all interests concerned surveys throughout the state have now been completed by the land board |