38 Circular 211, Dept. of Agriculture 
GRAZING INVESTIGATIONS 
Grazing - investigations have to do with improving 
the forage crop and securing its fullest and best use. 
Studies are made of artificial and natural reseeding 
of the range; of the feed value of the various forage 
plants, and where they grow; of the best methods of 
handling stock on the range; of water development 
for stock and the relation between the frequency of 
watering places and the welfare of the range and the 
stock; of the eradication of poisonous plants; and 
of the effect of grazing on forest reproduction, on 
erosion, and on stream flow. 
These investigations are both experimental and 
general. Experimental work is carried on mainly at 
the Great Basin Forest Experiment Station on the 
Manti National Forest in Utah, the Jornada Range 
Reserve in New Mexico, and the Santa Rita Range 
Reserve in southern Arizona. The general studies 
concern the actual management of the range, and are 
made where particular problems come up in connec- 
tion with grazing on the national forests. 
PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT WOOD- 
LANDS ANYY FOREST PRODUCTS 
The Forest Service does all that it can to put its 
information at the service of the public and get what 
it has found out into practice. Besides publishing its 
results in helpful, practical form, it furnishes informa- 
tion, advice, and cooperation to the extent of its ability. 
Timberland owners, farmers who have woodlands, 
other small owners, and persons wishing information 
on tree planting for timber production, windbreaks, 
shelter belts, and the like are given such data as the 
Service has available, applicable to their special needs. 
For the benefit of farmers and other small owners. 
information has been gathered, and may be had on 
application, concerning the marketing of timber in 
relatively small quantities. By devoting land of rela- 
tively low agricultural value to timber growing, ap-