Show Ranchers meet in cost-return workshop Proper grazing of range forage by livestock gives greater net returns than improper This was the conclusion reached by ranchers who met in a cost-return workshop at Vernal last conducted by the Soil Conservation SEVEN CATTLEMEN and sixteen from the Uintah Basin analyzed typical cattle and sheep operations They compared net returns from over-used range versus properly used and found that the operator who misuses his range ends up in the while the good manager enjoys a reasonable The cattle group used a representing a ranch which had more cattle than the forage adequately support over a period of several Under this type of the range forage would continue to and each year there would be less feed per animal A unit used to represent the same ranch with a good balance between the forage grown and the livestock A 65 PERCENT calf crop was realized under poor management of the and the calves averaged at weaning time With good range an 80 percent calf crop was and the calves averaged at weaning The first operator sold his calves and culls for while the second operator sold his for When figuring the many expenses each operator encountered while producing the beef the one who allowed overgrazing lost while the one who practiced good range management realized a profit of The compared a unit with a head The who allowed over-grazing with the sold worth of cull ewes and The operator with head sold worth of products After deducting the expenses of each the rancher running the sheep lost The one running head with adequate feed and his range netted Cor his BOTH THE cattlemen and concluded that proper grazing is the only sound method of The workshop discussion was led by Vernon Baker of the Also in attendance were Blaine Assistant State Waldo Washington-Field Range John Metcalf and Lamar Manson from the Utah State and range and soil conservationists from throughout Local arrangements for the meetings were made by Lorin Unit Conservationist at and Don Range Conservationist at Floyd and W. C. attended the cost-return workshop rom Duchesne If you have ever wondered why audiences are so easily pleased or the answer lies in a few who lead the herd by their and |