The Coconino sun., 1923-06-08


6. The instructions concerning
non-use include all the material mat
ter of the present manual, but are
considerably shortened.
7. Disregard of winter feeding
clause in the present manual is liber-
allied.
s. A new paragraph is added on
the pooling of interests, and another
on the division of interests, referring
to the formation and dissolution of
partnerships and corporations up to
The maximum limit.
8. 1t is intended to further hber-
alize Class A requirements by allow
ing Glass A classification to partner
ships and corporations where each
member or shareholder individually
meets the Glass A requirements and
the total number of stock owned by
the members or shareholders is not
above the exemption limit, or, in the
absence of an exemption limit, the
protective limit.
10. A paragraph is added provid-
ing for charging against an applicant
who is the head Of family, Of all
the stock owned by himself and the
dependent members of the family in
determining his classification.
II. The two paragraphs Cooper
ative associations" and "Use of the
Common Mark and Brand" have been
left out of the manual.
IL. Everything concerning reduc-
tions of established preferences is un-
der one heading.
Tb1 c1i1iyrr 10 7,oath hnd Of ro..
ductions has been eliminated.
Dependency
This item has been more clearly de-
fined and the dependency of ranch
property emphasized. Zones of de-
pendency may be established by the
district forester.
A new paragraph has been written
providing that either the husband or
wife may be considered as a new ap-
plicant, depending on which one owns
the livestock.
The new instructions state speclfl-
cally that no reduction greater than
ten per cent in the case of the own
ers Of commensurate ranch property,
or 20 per cent in the absence of such
property, will be made for distribution
purposes.
In the absence of permittee, it is
proposed by the new regulations to
accept dependent land purchased from
an established permittee as sufficient
to justify the filing and acceptance
of a waiver and the renewal Of per
nit to the purchaser.
The proposel regulations make de-
pendent land necessary. The old reg
ulations did not place stress on de-
pendency in the case of purchase.
The proposed draft provides for
sale and purchase within immediate
family with no restrictions on account
of the transfer, and defines Gimme
diate family" as father, mother and
children. The same provision is made
in reference to heirs of permitted
stock on land.
Transfer Reductions
Ten and 20 per cent reductions are
retained in the manual revision, with
a few exceptions. It was the unani-
nous opinion among those present at
the Ogden meeting that transfer
reduction should be made rather than
a sliding scale reduction. The forester
appears to have endeavored to carry
out this thought. The proposed draft
removes all limits on the frequency OF
renewals to purchasers. This is quite
a change from the old manual in that
| transfers made more than once in the
year would operate in the loss Of the
permit The instructions relative to
the renewal of preferences IN cases OF
purchase at forced sale have been
considerably shortened and the essen
i tials have been retained.
Grazing fees will be determined by
! appraisal based upon the commercial
7 value of grazing land owned by pri-
1 yate persons, corporations, states, m
! dian reservations and other govern
ment land used for grazing purposes
/ Due allowance will be made for cases
4 showing abnormal competition, OF
those cases involving considerations
/ other than use of the forage resources
/ Values covering a period of years ane
over a sufficiently large area will be
used so that fair range values will be
i represented.
The new regulations have no refer
ence, in determining fees, to the char
acteristic features that may be CON
fined to a grazing allotment. Sucf
phases as accessibility, kind of for
age, water development, improve
ments. placed on the range by the per.
/ rnittee to effect greater utilization
ETC., etc., were discussed in this con
nection at the Ogden grazing meet
ing, and doubtless these will be taker
\ up at the Denver meeting on june
\ 25th, and later incorporated into writ
h ing in the instructions.
A new paragraph is added provid
ing for the readjustment of the graz
ing fees at intervals of not less thar
five years. The new instructions pro
vide for the payment of the grazing
fees in two equal payments, one OF
or before the beginning of the grazigt
season and the other at date to bt
specified by the district forester, bu
not later than December 1.
Range Management
These are lengthy instructions un
der regulation G-12 and give to fores
officers the essentials on range man
agement. Following, Regulation GIL
contains instructions principally t.
stockmen as to what may be required
in the methods of handling stock, salt
ing, herding, etc.
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