Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

<strong>of</strong> enfrgy in reien; jedrz nas ~ajroved
<strong>of</strong> steep and gozc ,Teais reiaciv? ;o ocher inea;s 3nd <strong>of</strong> ,vooi znd
mohair relative to iynthetici.
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According to I ne U.S. Sheep and Goat
industry Produc~s, Opportani ty and Limi tations , CAST 4eport No. 9L
(May 1982), the potential exi sti for increasi ng the production <strong>of</strong>
sheep and goats in the major range ar?as by at least 50 percen: ay
utilizing the brst ava!Iaale s8chnolcgy iin range livestack zanagement,
by grazing areas not now used for ineep and goais 2nd by combining it-
ai ternaxi ng the grazing <strong>of</strong> sheep and goats wi ch cacti e grazing .
Or. Menzies (finding 165), who chaired cne cammi t~ee t,vhich suihored
the above report, described the 50 percsnt figure as a reasonable
assurnprion. He ristified tha-. the ~rz2t-st 7otonzial far inproving
efficiency was through lrnproving che percmtage <strong>of</strong> kids or lancs
raised from a flock. He ,das <strong>of</strong> the ooinlon thac Increased procuctian
and lower grices Far lamb and wool aould increase cansumprion <strong>of</strong>
these ic2ms.
167. Dr. Menzies nowd that among the lirnitzcions on tne efficiency and
productivity <strong>of</strong> raising sheep and goats were inf.ccious diseases,
parasites, nutritional liseas22, poisonous plants, ava;ldbi?ity <strong>of</strong>
labor, marketing problems, small size <strong>of</strong> the industry and predation.
He asserted that predation 1 owers the efficiency <strong>of</strong> producti on costing
both the producers suffering losses and indirectly che consumer. He
indicated that an <strong>of</strong>ten overlooked effect is the inefficient use <strong>of</strong>
land resources that result when high predation losses prevent the use
<strong>of</strong> land resources by sheep and goats.