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Show more of a potential intensive 1421 reconnaissance of forage plants and ( from froin ) this the forage acres are derived . On the LaSal forest , the range classification states that 5.38 land acres constitute one forage acre , and for the entire forest , five forage acres constitut , summer range for one cow for a five and a half ( mom mont ) ( 'J J ) season . ( R . 5505 . ) Basing his calculations on the data just given , it shows that the Forestry ( Depart Depart- Depart ) ment figures approximately ( twenty-seven twentyseven ) land acres or five forage acres to each animal for a five and a half month summer season . There is no winter range , as it is a high range not adaptable for winter grazing because of the heavy snowfall and early and late frost . He has the annual precipitation taken from the towns of Blanding , Bluff , LaSal , Moab , and Monticello that are approximately to the forest , and it is a ( thirty-year thirtyyear ) average , and shows the following yearly precipitation : Blanding , 18.29 [ inches ] ; Bluff , 6.80 [ inches ; LaSal , 11.30 [ inches ] ; Moab , 9.08 [ inches ] ; Monticello , 18.39 [ inches ] . The reports show the land available for dry farming pertaining to the Elk Mountains and it is estimated ( that -that that ) there are one hundred ( twenty-two twentytwo ) acres of ( second-grade secondgrade ) agricultural land on the entire mountain . ( R . 5507-5508 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 31 , pp . 5508-5513 ) : Mr . Rocky , Soil Expert of the Bureau of Soils , made the land classification and he [ Chandler ] found ( 33307-31-voL 3330731voL ) . 2 4 |