. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. &J&"^r<-ru Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics H. C. TAYLOR, Chief. Washington, C. C. February 23, 1922 THE RELATION OF LAND TENURE TO THE USE OF THE ARID GRAZING LANDS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES By E. 0. Wooton, Assistant Agricultural Economist. (Section of Land Economics, L. C. Gray, Economist in Charge.) CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 The region 3 Some factors controlling stock raising on arid grazing lands 9 The natural conditions 9 The resultant forage crop 13 The lan
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. &J&"^r<-ru Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics H. C. TAYLOR, Chief. Washington, C. C. February 23, 1922 THE RELATION OF LAND TENURE TO THE USE OF THE ARID GRAZING LANDS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES By E. 0. Wooton, Assistant Agricultural Economist. (Section of Land Economics, L. C. Gray, Economist in Charge.) CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 The region 3 Some factors controlling stock raising on arid grazing lands 9 The natural conditions 9 The resultant forage crop 13 The land tenure 15 Some consequences of the open-range method of stock raising 28 Page, Some benefits arising fromfencing the range and controlling the methods of use 36 The necessary legislation 42 Basic assumptions 42 Requirements that must be met 44 Methods proposed 45 Conclusion 62 Appendices 63 Bibliography 68 A large part of the land of the western half of continental United States, probably from one-half to two-thirds of the total area, can not be used for the growing of field crops, mainly because the rainfall which it receives is insufficient for the growth of any known cultivated plants. The precipitation, however, is enough for the production of a growth of native vegetation which furnishes excellent, though sparse, forage for grazing animals. Practically all of this land is now in use as grazing land, and has been so used for the last 25 to 50 years. Because no other profitable use for the land has yet been found, the grazing industry has become one of the leading, if not the leading, industry in many of the Western States. It is probable that in the case of more than 95 per cent of the public land yet unreserved and unappropriated the failure to 1 This bulletin has been prepared under the immediate direction of Dr. L. C. Gray, Economist in Charge of Land Economics, Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics. In the preparation of this bulletin the writer
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