. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. TRAMPLINa BY SHEEP. <1 tiie fodder plants themselves, is very serious indeed. The sheep men of the West are commonly accused of setting- many forest fires to improve the grazing, and they are also vigorously defended from this charge. But the fact remains that large areas where sheep now graze would be covered with forests except for the action of more or less recent Fig. 66.—Cattle in the Bighorn Forest Reserve, Wyoming. TRAMPLING. Trampling is the second way in which grazing ani- mals injure the forest. Cattle and horses do compar
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. TRAMPLINa BY SHEEP. <1 tiie fodder plants themselves, is very serious indeed. The sheep men of the West are commonly accused of setting- many forest fires to improve the grazing, and they are also vigorously defended from this charge. But the fact remains that large areas where sheep now graze would be covered with forests except for the action of more or less recent Fig. 66.—Cattle in the Bighorn Forest Reserve, Wyoming. TRAMPLING. Trampling is the second way in which grazing ani- mals injure the forest. Cattle and horses do compara- tively little harm, although their hoofs compact the soil and often tear loose the slender rootlets of small trees. Sheep, on the contrary, are exceedingly harmful, espe- cially on steep slopes and where the soil is loose. In such places their small, sharp hoofs cut and powder the soil, break and overthrow the young trees, and often destroy i^romising young forests altogether. (See Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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