. American forestry. Forests and forestry. IMPROVEMENT IN RANGE CONDITIONS 117. Deep Canyon Showing Rocky Cliffs. AN important factor in increasing costs of moving camp and of field EXAMINATION BY THE GRAZING EXAMINERS. 000 head, with a possible further in- crease of several thousand head. There has been some difhciilty in getting the herders to adopt this new- system for the reason that it means harder work, but experience has shown that after the sheep get used to the open system of herding they are no harder to handle than under the close herding system. All good herders take a pride in hav
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. IMPROVEMENT IN RANGE CONDITIONS 117. Deep Canyon Showing Rocky Cliffs. AN important factor in increasing costs of moving camp and of field EXAMINATION BY THE GRAZING EXAMINERS. 000 head, with a possible further in- crease of several thousand head. There has been some difhciilty in getting the herders to adopt this new- system for the reason that it means harder work, but experience has shown that after the sheep get used to the open system of herding they are no harder to handle than under the close herding system. All good herders take a pride in having their sheep look weU and there is often the keenest kind of competition among them in getting their herd on to the best bedding ground. As such herders come to realize that it means better sheep they voluntarily adopt the open herding system out of pride in seciiring the best possible resiilts. OTHER INVESTIGATIONS. The Forest Service is carrying on many other studies and experiments with a view to helping the stockmen secure a better utilization of the forage resources of the National Forests and to raise more and better stock. In 1911 [American Forestry is indebted to the Forest Club Annual of the University of Nebraska for the cuts illustrating this article.] a systematic range reconnaissance was begun to learn the exact proportion of the Forest land which was suitable for grazing and to find out the character of the different ranges; the kinds of grasses and plants growing in each locality; the kind of stock to which they were best adapted; and in fact, to get all of the information which would be of value in promoting the ftdlest possible use of the lands. Over 5,000,000 acres have already been covered by this siirvey. Aside from the actual acreage covered this work has accomplished something even greater by starting systematic, intelligent study and classi- fication of the ranges on practically all of the grazing Forests. The result will be more eqmtable distribution
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