Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-12
GRAZING PROBLEM
IS MAJOR ONE FOR
FOREST SERVICE.
Need Of Joint Range Manage
ment by StOCkmen and Ser
vice Emphasized by Speaker
at Supervisors Conference,

one OF the big problems considered
Tuesday at the meeting OF forest su.
pervisors OF New Mexico and Arizona
was the grazing OF livestock on 1.-THE
national for, S. The discuss ON was
led by Assistant District Forrestel
John Kerr, who Indicated that a large
increase in the number Of stock gr22ed
o nthesouthWeNteIn forests had oc-
Cured in the last few years Among
the big problems Cnnfrontine -sraZing
management said the speaker are
the Improvement of the range through
the construction OF drift fences and
the development Of water, the fat
utilization of the forage, the climina-
ton of wild hurros and hCrSes, the
prevention of range monopoly by a
wider distribution of grazing pliVi-
legCs, the determination of the situa-
bility of different classes of range for
various kinds of livestock.
The speaker emphasized the need OF
a cooperative system of range man
agement To lie developed jointly by
livestock associations and the forest
service. He asserted that twenty
three associations of the kind already
have been given official recognition
and urged that more he formed.
Regulation of of grazing on thel
public domain, said Mr.. Kerr, Wilt
have vital Influence on grazing on
the forests and Investigations now are
under way in this district by g aZingl
specialists for the purpose of working
out logical scheme of man cement
for the public domain. 1t was
brought ont that grazing management,
working plans are being developed forl
the various forests, for the purpose of
securing a fun Utilization of forage al
fair distribution of grazing ppriVileges, |
and the protection of young timber as
Well as the forage against damage f,
from overgrazing.
The work of the biological survey
in exterminating predatory animals
and rodents was reviewed by $. r. Pill
per, of the survey. who told o further
plans developed recently in confer
ence with the forester at Washington.
No line of work ever projected by the
department of agriculture, said Mr..
Piper, has received so much popular
appreciation as the work of destroy
ng obnoxious animals, but il is a work
specialists.
In New Mexico. with a fund Of $685.
300 available, the survey had twenty
our foremeu in rodent determination
md forty predatory animal hunters in
he field last year. A considerable i'm
.roasc in specialists of both types is
,eeded, asserted Mr.. Piper, which will
'equire the expenditure of about
4 . Il,
led for five years would bring these
lnimals under control.
In 1918, it was stated the eXpen-
litures for rodent control were about
1873, 900 IN this state, and contributed
" the federal government, the state,
md CO-operatorS. one hundred and
orty-one thousand acres of infested
country was covered a considerable
portion of which was farm land in
rCpn,
The average cost of eXtermnition
vas - cents per acre. in the speak
RS opinion, approximately "a per cent
# the work in the future will be done
~ the cooperation of farmers and
tockmen.
In predatory animal work, the state
md federal government spent $24,-
100 for determination in the year!
91S. Eighteen hundred and thirty
light predatory animals were killed I'M
his state in that period. A conserva-i
i've estimate of the saving represent
d by tho destruction of these animals
5 sos, 500.
AT recent conference between the
crest service and the biological sur ,
cry. it was agreed that the field force ,
f the forest service will assist the {
biological survey IN the poisoning of /
'rairie dogs. d. {