, 1900-11-14
SHEEP IN FOREST RESERVES.

aria states tlat should NOW nt DISCUSS.
ed in a calm. di"spasstouar~ manner
and settled without the aid of parri-
san politics. One of the most import
ant of these questions is the grazing
o. live stock within the forest re-
sol
1t is urged by the opponents OF the
sleep men that the grazing Of sheep
within forest reserves will cause
Strings to dry up and actually dimin
isl to a great degree the flow Of our
mountain streams. On the other hand
shccpmcn assert that the grazing Of
sleep within forest reserves is a benc-
fit to the land and Il protection against
forest fires.
Hon. Robert Taylor of Natrona cOun-
ty has perhaps had as much practi-
cal experience in this matter as any
man living and therefore his t"stimo
ny is of the greatest value. In Il let
tel to the Sheep breeders Bulletin.
Mr.. Taylor presents facts hard to re.
flute. Following is the article from the
paper in question.
The opposition of the miners to the
Sheep mel was recently voice" IN Il
i"adlhS artlcle III Il mining journal,
which was as follows.
Efforts are being made by repre-
sentatives of the sheep interests to Sc
cure from the unite" states collh'lS-
sion the Flght 10 Craze on certain u
the government forest reserves anu
particularly upon those new ones con
'empiated III Arizona ana New M"Aico'
inc mining interests Sho"l" SoI'lS
oppose thlS' Large areas oI the re-
serves as they already exist. ana the
MAJOR part Oh those opo L" ne Se'
apart are miheral IahdS' wei kh""l.
u ne such' OF quite certain 10 ne prov
e' so Ill a very snort tiih". lt" miner
Willingly acquiesceS III TINS Wllh4''"-
al '''"A s"'e ''i " n"' az ''"'l' III
o'"e' " preserve '"' ''''"'' anu
ue ""lei' IT ""' '' Nv "'"1'' W
'"t'ie sheeP' VIM II very rev ''"''
idnu me enter rN''S N's''' rep
'ese'''"'i'e "n'S' 'o"''i'"'"'S "''
"'iels sho"'" o' INSTRUCTED" W "'P'N'
inc chorus ol '"e S"tocN'le" Ill 'n'S I'll
i'''ion' 81" v IL "'i'' '""'
'here Is d wen uelhe" Jop Il '"' '"o'''
II 10 iecosnlNe" nat 'He s'e"' "''''''l!
Vi "eS'elh io'''' MES ~ ''"'''" ~
sheep hheh' anu '"eE WI" MOI al" can
nv We maui " p'o'eVt '"e '''"''
'heS ihHaue WIN 'nell nel"S'
NOV inc opposi'''" u 'he m''''S "
TIE sneep i'e" 10 no' JUSTINE" ~! '"e
"''uai w III ~ .'S'' 10 ''s"'S SCI
lol'n III ii 'o'''"l"7 ''"7"''''"'''''
h'hn MI n'oei' '"S'oi' vi N'"o'''
N''i"sA'' VIZ ii IA" " 'o"S ADULT
'"'e III 'neep S'"H'"7' ""' " |" d"
P'''''oh W NM" "heieo' III 'P'"NH'
T'''o' '"ep'e'u' ""''e''"'
Inc hrst thlhs that strikes me on
reaulhs the artlcIe pupliSheu III tue
mining journal referred TO- Is the coiu-
pioodeu' uos-lh'the-maheer pollcy al
~'oca'eu LOT the mining interests lheE
cannot use 'he grass on 'he govern
ileht iorest reserves themselves nut
"oulu rather see II go 10 waste year
after vear 'hah nave any other inter
es's MANI sonie use vi IT.
Inc secoilu Is 'he coupling o' cattle
anu sheep III the ihul''liehI' AN not
'ohNeISant WIN 'he SITUATION Ill All
~o"" ""' we" "eNl'o' ou' Ill "!o
'''hs heleto'o'e an the elo'tS Vi 'he
e@'i"'ioh'S's nave "eeh "'rc'Ieu
against ne grazing Vi SheeP Oh inc re-
'i'''' h'ioeS AN '"''ie ~ "Si"s op'
J'''eu 10 'e'""ps '"'S 'o"P''ls Is ac-
''l'"i' - any i"'e' lHe "H'i"uS Vi the
ai''eie 10 p'o'o"lce" against SHeep'
II 'u''''ne"' Is nat ta'''e OF S"eep
"" " very i'" years VIII utterly ue-
H''os tne '"'e Vi every rama theS en-
'''' no" 'h'S """iu ADVERSELY aHec'
Tue "''neIS '"''reStS' Il true Is not
S"'"n' III 'a''' 'ne general uPp
.'' Is 'n"' what Tue miner are "Itei
mes ''oS'is underground ana Whe'nef