The Delta independent., 1915-12-31

District No. 1000 Cattle and
horses.
District No. s-s56s Cattle and
horses.
District No. 4-513s cattle and
horses.
District No. $500 cattle and
horses.
District No. 7-SO45 cattle and
horses.
We recommend that the protective
and maximum limits remain unchang-
ed with the exception of ION and Off
ranges. We think the supervisor has
very clear and fair idea on this sub
ject, claiming that on this class of
range the limits should vary in proper
tion to the amount of forest range.
Our advisory board reviewed the
range conditions with Supervisor
Langworthy and recommended the al
lotments for 1916:
District No. 2-67OO cattle and
horses.
District No. $500 cattle and
horses.
District No. 4-215O cattle and
horses.
District No. $500 cattle and
horses.
District No. 7-1sOO cattle and
horses.
AS you may observe this provides
some raises and some cuts in allot-
ments which in our advisements with
Supervisor Langworthy. we jointly
thought ought to be made. We are
pleased to state that Mr.. Langworthy
has recommended the same to the dis
| trict forester.
We also call your attention to begin
ners rights.
We think the conditions effecting
this phase of grazing rights in some
of the districts in the Uncompahgre
forest reserve are very exceptional
1 Vast areas of irrigated land. capable of
producing large amounts of stock
| feed, lie adjacent to these districts
These lands are owned and farmed by
Glass "A" beginners. We think it alb
solutely in line with public interest
and government policy to extend to
these farmers preference rigths as be
ginners over any other users now us
ing these ranges under a Glass "B" or
Glass &C" permit. We would also ex-
tend this preference right to "Class
''B" users over Glass &C" users. We
think the ranges should be open to ap-
plications of Glass "A" new owners
until fully stocked by Class "a" and
"B" preferences. We we're more than
glad to support the Uncompahgre Cat
tie and Horse Growers association in
this contention and we are pleased to
report that Supervisor Langworthv
has recommended that this policy be
pursued, especially in Districts No.
4 and of his reserves.
The year proved to be very dry
one. Notwithstanding this the cattle
on most of the Uncompahgre Forest
ranges went to market in fine condi
tion and brought unusually good
prices. We are pleased to note that
some of our members, who Craze in
the Tabeguache range, District No.
3, gained the distinction of topping
the Denver market with receipts at
over 10000.
We regret to report that in some
portions of our ranges there were
some losses by poison and predatory
wild animals.
We report no especial derelection on
the part of the grazers in the reserves
in supplying good bulls on the ranges
for 1915. In fact, we desire to com
mend our growers for their efforts in
securing the very best bulls that can
be found to place with their herds
on the ranges. We would state, also.
that most of the users OF the Uncom-
pahgre reserve ranges we're usually
very diligent in keeping their ranges
well salted. We recommended that
those who were neglectful in handling
their stock properly and sailing their
range properly be notified to do so
when their letters of transmittal were
sent. We also recommended that
some of the users in District No. 7 be
required to adhere more closely to
| tne IcBuIdtionS III TtBdIu W lHslT
grazing rights and privileges-this at
the hazard of their permits.
There we're some improvements on
the reserve in the way of drift fences,
corrals and gathering pastures. The
fence recommended by our last years
board running from Black Point to
Escalante in District No. was built