Range management on the national forests . ng. Figures 1 and 2 show sketches of salt logs and salt troughs whichhave given good service. 36 BULLETIN 790, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. Distribution of salt.—Salting places should ordinarily be locatedso as to draw the cattle away from watering places and other areaswhere they naturally congregate and overgraze the range. Wherenew dirt storage tanks have been built it may be advisable to departfrom the general rule and salt at the tanks temporarily, so that thestock will tramp the bottom of the tank and thereby help to makeit hold water. The m
Range management on the national forests . ng. Figures 1 and 2 show sketches of salt logs and salt troughs whichhave given good service. 36 BULLETIN 790, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. Distribution of salt.—Salting places should ordinarily be locatedso as to draw the cattle away from watering places and other areaswhere they naturally congregate and overgraze the range. Wherenew dirt storage tanks have been built it may be advisable to departfrom the general rule and salt at the tanks temporarily, so that thestock will tramp the bottom of the tank and thereby help to makeit hold water. The main object should be to secure uniform utiliza-tion of range between salt and water over the entire range distance of salt from water will depend upon water distributionand topography. No set rule can be laid down. The problem mustbe worked out on the individual range unit so as to secure the mostuniform grazing possible and limit as far as practicable congrega-tion of stock and overgrazing around water holes, salt grounds, and. SALT LOG/nverf s/ope trr co/d c//mares topresent /ce from dursrmg /ogCapac/fy of /6/0O - 2S* runn/nqjf. ,Capac/ty of : SALT BOXCapac/fy -/so #fo /?S\ £/// of ma/er/a /! /pc. Zx/2 -/ZOWo. 2 C/ear/^ZOd common na//sd comer straps as per- c/e/oM\32 screws 2Zona FIG. 1. natural passes. Ordinarily, salting places should not be more than1 mile apart, and occasionally salting places well chosen at distancesless than 1 mile apart will result in the use of range which otherwisewould not be grazed until the more accessible parts are overgrazed. The amount of salt for any salting place should be based uponthe grazing capacity of the range to be used from the salting , for example, such a range is expected to support 50 cattle forone month early in the season, the amount of salt put out should be100 pounds, or for the same range late in the season, 50 amount of salt for each salting place should be worked
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