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In article <philDC0zp5.Ctw@netcom.com>, Phil Ronzone <phil@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <3ug28i$h2q@rational.rational.com> donb@rational.com (Don Baccus) writes:
>    >Phil Ronzone (phil@netcom.com) wrote:
>    >
>    >>So let me get this straight -- the farmer PAYS the Federal
>    >>Government to use the land, and THAT's welfare?
>    >>
>    >Ah, Phil, you're such a sweetie pie.
>    >
>    >They pay far less in grazing fees than are spent by the
>    >agencies managing those lands. Monies spent on these lands
>    >include projects to replace native plants of the sage-steppe
>    >with crested wheatgrass.
>    >
>    >The last such planting I studied (the numbers are available
>    >for those who seek them) cost the taxpayer roughly $250,000.
>    >This was to benefit a single rancher who runs about 3,000
>    >head, paying about $16,000 a year in grazing fees. This
>    >doesn't even cover the cost of funds.
>    >
>    >Of course, these plantings aren't self-sustaining and need to
>    >be repeated at intervals if productivity (for cattle) is to
>    >be maintained.
>
>Don, I believe you are a liar. While it is entirely possible that
>some Federal idiot shelled out money to plant expensive grasses for
>other cattle to eat, it is, IF TRUE, likely a rare experience.
>
>Urban folklore.
>

  Urban folklore my %$!@*!!

Perhaps you should drive through Nevada, like I did the summer before
last.  In a number of locations I saw signs (put up by the BLM) proudly
describing the grass-planting projects funded by the US govt. 
All for the benefit of Nevada cattle, of course... 


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