. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 36 BULLETIN 790, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. Distribution of salt.—Salting places should ordinarily be located so as to draw the cattle away from watering places and other areas where they naturally congregate and overgraze the range. Wliere new dirt storage tanks have been built it may be advisable to depart from the general rule and salt at the tanks temporarily, so that the stock will tramp the bottom of the tank and thereby help to make it hold water. The main object should be to secure uniform utiliza- tion o
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 36 BULLETIN 790, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. Distribution of salt.—Salting places should ordinarily be located so as to draw the cattle away from watering places and other areas where they naturally congregate and overgraze the range. Wliere new dirt storage tanks have been built it may be advisable to depart from the general rule and salt at the tanks temporarily, so that the stock will tramp the bottom of the tank and thereby help to make it hold water. The main object should be to secure uniform utiliza- tion of range between salt and water over the entire range unit. The distance of salt from water will depend upon water distribution and topography. No set rule can be laid down. The problem must be worked out on the individual range unit so as to secure the most uniform grazing possible and limit as far as practicable congrega- tion of stock and overgrazing around water holes, salt grounds, and. SALT LOG //7ver/ s/ope /n co/a c//mates /<? prevent/ce trom dursryng /of Capac/fy of /6"/og - ZS'^perrunn/nt^ir. Capac/ty of ?:o"/o(j-^''^itj S/JLT BOA Capac/yy -/SO "/o /ys" \ Bj// of ma^er/a / \/pc. 2"x/2'-/2'0"//o 2C/ear 6 corner straps aS per C/efoJf ^32 A/o- 6 -scr&y/s 2~/on^ Fig. 1. natural passes. Ordinarily, salting places should not be more than 1 mile apart, and occasionally salting places well chosen at distances less than 1 mile apart will result in the use of range which otherwise would not be grazed until the more accessible parts are overgrazed. The amount of salt for any salting place should be based upon the grazing capacity of the range to be used from the salting place. If, for example, such a range is expected to support 50 cattle for one month early in the season, the amount of salt put out should be 100 pounds, or for the same range late in the season, 50 pounds. The amount of salt for each salting place should be worked
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