Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-13
PUBLIC FUND FROM FORESTS
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States and Territories to Get
SAT-, 063.79.
Receipts from Business for Inst Fiscal
Year--Nloncy W.Ii Bc Used for pub
lie schools and ROads--Arkansas
Gets S313 while Montana
Receives $4,000.

Figures Just made public by the forest
service at Washington show that under
the new law requiring % per cent. of the
gross proceeds Of national forest business
to be raid over to the States and Terri
tories In which the forests are located,
tc be used for public schools and roads,
the last fiscal will yield these states
SAC. O63. 30
The amounts which go to each vary
from S3l36S for Arkansas to over s75, coo
for Montana. The small amount for Ar
Kansas liz because the two national for
ests in that state were created so recent
~ that they have not yet got fairly under
way. Oklahoma with one small national
forest. receives 1854: Kansas $644, and the
next smallest after these Is Nebraska,
with 1880. Since the forests in these last
two states were set aside from land
naturally destitute of trees, that tho gov
ornment might try forest planting on
them. It will probably surprise most poo
pie that they should yield any revenue at
all
National forest business Is chiefly of
| three kinds, grazing. timber sales and
special uses, the latter comprising the
use of the lesser resources of the forests
and the permits involving the develop
mcnt OF water power. II Is interesting
TO note the States in which the largest
volume of each Of these three kinds Of
| business is done and study the causes
which make their revenues correspond
ingly larger
Montana, California and Colorado lead
In timber sales. In the case of Montana
and California this fact is mainly due TO
| : In .IlN Of bo I,,l,a tn, h.
national forests. The fact that the tim
Der can be readily reached and quickly
transported to market has created n
heavy demand which is reflected in the
volume of business. Colorado is almost
| absolutely dependent upon the national
forest timber for its mining operations.
| Each of these States will receive over
$50, 900 from the proceeds OF the forests.
Idaho, Utah and oregon head the list
of the states in grazing business. Tho
causes in this case are several. In the
first place these States are supplied with
more abundant forage, largely on ac-
count Of more plentiful precipitation. In
some cases the ranges will support a
sheep to the acre, whereas the ranges
| elsewhere will often support no moro
than one sheep to from four to six acres
| Again. the grazing methods are, as :,
rule. more intensive In these States, n
higher class Of herders is employed, and
a better grade of stock Is kept Man
agement. moreover. Is more intensive
Sheep are handled In small bands am
the borders in running them are able t.
keep them in scattered order so :hat theS
do not do as much damage to the RANGE
as does the large band which can be con
trolled only when closely herded. 1daho's
share of the receipts is over s5G,0)0
partly because OF the large amount o
water power developed and partly be
cause of the larger population adJacen
to the forests and drawing upon their re
sources. The State will receive as II!
share of the national forest proceeds
about $1,000
Plans for the forest service field head
quarters which are soon to be established
in the West. are being rapidly worked on
in detail. Each headquarters will be mod
eed after the Washington office In a,
there will be six district headquarters
one located at each Of the present inspcc
tion district Observation-Disclosures, Sal
Francisco, Albuquerque, Salt Lake, Den
Yer and Missoula. Montana, or SOM
other points equally we'll or better 10
Gated for the purpose.
At the head of each Office there will b
n district forester and an assistant dis
trict forester Under these will be ex