The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-13
ANSWERS FROM UTAH.

ANSWERS FROM UTAH
These questions were sent principally
to the states Of Wyoming, Montana and
Colorado, but some answers have been
received from Utah and other states in
this region.
H. J. Wagstan of Wasatch, reports
TO the department: eve need all kinds
ent stock carrying capacity Of the
ranges of this vicinity is 80 cattle and
100 sheep TO the square mile. It has
been reduced one half" The remedy
suggested by Mr.. Wagstaff is to COM
pei the owners OF horses either to Kill
their surplus horses or to keep them
off the ranges. He does not know
what grasses would prove best, for -all
our ranges are arid and most seeds
need water. in order to start.
Joseph r. Murdoch OF Wasatch, says:
eve are in need of forage that will
grow without much water and also
something capa bic Of growing late il.
the fail, and that will stand frosty
weather" He adds that stock carrying
capacity has been greatly reduced and
that this is due to oyerstocking with
sheep. As a remedy he suggests keen
ing the sheep off the ranges and seed
ing with some such hardy grass as he
has indicated.
S. P. Mitchell Of Culbtrtson. says his
only experience is with enclosed pas
ture. There is plenty of grass in his
section for summer range, but the
winter range has been greatly dimin-
ished. He gives up any remedy and
says, 4 can offer no solution
CONDITIONS IN NEVADA.
E. Woodruff Of Elko, says: we cut
wild grass ON the moist land and cult
yate alfalfa for winter use. 1 do not
believe our grazing lands can be i'm
! proved except by rest and by the re-
duction of stock. The stock-carryinS
capacity of the ranges has been greatly
reduced" He does not think tame
| grasses can be successfully introduced
on the ranges.
AN IDAHO SOLUTION.
L. F. Henderson of Moscow, Ida, re-
CARDS the forage problem as simple
one. Almost all the available agricul-
| tural land in his section is in wheat. 1t
! is raised either for grain or for hay.
| Timothy and oats are cultivated in pas
! lures and on fields too moist for wheat.
Glover is scarcely raised at ALL al
though scarlet clover DOES very we'll.
He says the stock carrying capacity of
| the ranges is all gone through the
raising Of wheat.
WYOMING REPORTS.
The reports from Wyoming are nu-
nerous and more valuable. This is the
state in which the best results are eN-
pected from the q Investigation, and
whatever experiments are undertaken
thereafter by the department. The
representative of The Herald was per-
| mitted access to the Wyoming CORE
! spondence by Professor Scribner and
presents the following extracts from
/ letters received:
! Ex-senator Joseph NJ Carey of Chey"
enne says the greatest forage require
ment is plant that will mature dur
! ing the short seasons and viii afford
/ good grazing all the year round; the
/ seed of which VIII terminate and grow
! from simply being raked or disked in
on the native sod. The native grasses
are SO nutritious, says Senator Carey,
| that it would be unWise to destroy
plement them they would be more val
| liable. He says as soon as stock is re-
moved the ranges grow up. Sheep are
! destroyers of native grasses. AS TO
recuperative processes, Mr.. Carey says
| laconically. "rest."
GIVE THE RANGE A REST.
| ". E. Lawrence of the Iron Mount
ain Ranch company thinks that IS head
!
ent stock carrying capacity of the
ranges. 1t has been reduced by over
stocking and by small owners fencing
| up their lands. Incorporation he regards
las impossible by artificial means The
| only cure is to let the range rest and
/ nature viii do the reseeding. The
ranchmen could easily save the ranges
! themselves. Give the states control
of the ranges" says Mr.. Lawrence. SO
! that they can be bought or leased and
overstocking will cease. Means will be
! found by the Iessees to restore thou
sands of acres now rendered useless by
! bands of roaming sheep"
f. ". Remington Of Remington says
the sheep are killing out all the grasses
| and the ranges must have rest. Pau
! Compton of Buffalo thinks the remedy
! is to lease the ranges to farmers wbr
viii fence them.
Fred G. G. Hesse OF Buffalo agrees
! that if the lands are leased to individ-
uals. overstocking VIII cease. Kirl
| Dyer of Little Medicine announces the
| discovery that free wool did the whole
| business. George Ferris Of RawNns
says the ranges are just rs. good now
as they were when the old stage line
! ran across the continent. Barney Ear.
nest of Ferris says: Lease and fence
! the lands in limited lots. Then en-
! ploy water storage and Irrigation, J
/ 4. 5Moore of Buffalo thinks range
/ horses are the greatest nuisances- Ed
| ward Thomas of Sheridan recommends
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