The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-12
SUPERVISORS ARE
DOING BIG WORK
Papers Many Phases of Forest Service Admnsra
ton and Offer Guidance in Making the Best Use of
the Public Resources

lcrs assistant cnleI OF SllVlculture IN
Ogden. said.
ITO locate our resources to mea-
sure their extent and to give TO each
unit Its proper practical and sllvicul
tLral importance Is the task before
us. 1t cannot be done all at once
but must come year by year. section
by section AS soon as we shall have
that data for any forest. OF any part
thereof which is In itself Independent.
We shall be ready to begin some sort
of systematic forest management
Reconnaissance, so-called. is the first
Systematic step toward that desirable
and responsible end.
"The average supervisor has had
To handle a tremendous volume OF
work, the greater proportion OF which
has not been timber work He has had
TO devote most OF his time TO things
most urgent To dispose of them sue
ccsefully meant the making of the ser
vice II has been case OF swamping
out the brush in order 10 get down
to real logging Much of this work
has been disposed of for all time.
great deal more soon Will be We
have by virtue Of hard work along a
multitude Of various llnee. emerge to
point where the different lines of
work which are to be permanent IN
the administration of our forests be-
gin TO stand out boldly To give to
each its proper Importance and 10
maintain that Importance from year
TO year under changing conditions. re-
quires no little ability. demands con-
stant study and involves perpetual re-
sponslbility
i think we must all agree that tho
clement which stands out and pre-
dominates above all others Is our gem
eral timber work. In the long run
our success Is bound to be measured
by our ability to preserve the timber
by use. II We shall fail In that, we
shall fall in the main cause for which
We exist. BY reconnaissance we hope
not only TO work toward a Systematic
scheme of management for our timber
but To reconcile the different lines OF
work. The sooner We shall be able
to do this, the more eftectual will
be our service. No one will contend
that We can continue managing our
forests Tor ten OF fifteen years with
our present limited knowledge of
conditions and our rather severe in
dlvlduality OF work. On every forest
| believe there should gradually be A
httlng in OF all work according TO It's
importance. For instance. there Is a
point at which grazing is compatible
with silyiculture there is a point
at which the cutting or growing of
timber on certain watershed is com
patble with the protection OF that
watershed n
ever interests meet II we are selling
this year more timber from the for
est than le consistent with the per
petuity of the forests timber. supply
or II grazing on an important water.
shed Is slowly decreasing the value
OF that watershed as such. we may be
excused on the grounds that VIC lack
not only the information TO regulate
these things but the time and means
with which 10 obtain such informa.
ton Ten years hence, however. this
excuse Will be as ridiculous as the
banker of today saying he does not
know the resources OF his own bank.
or where his money brings him the
best interest"
Mills Should Make a Profit.
Guy B. Mains, supervisor of the
Payette Forest. in his paper on the
negotiating of large timber sales, the
prices for government timber. he
stated:
In my opinion it is perfectly right
and just that we place a stumpage
price that will allow the mill man
such profit as may be necessary to
make II an object to him to continue
In the business, for small mills deal
With local trades almost exclusively
IN the market whore the product is
used by new settlers for the building
OF homes. the civilizing Of the Wild
erness and waste places the making
OF wealth and taxable property for
the state and nation and they should
not be hampercd by high prices for
lumber, which are generally the out
growth of high stumpaee, for II the
manufactures is compelled to paw
high stumpage he will take IL out of
the consumer II he is situated SO he
can demand It, and more of them are
fer more than one or two mills can
seldom be fouud in the mountain
valleys adjacent to the forests"
The following program was carried
out In the convention today:
The Relation OF the Forest Officer
to Practical Logging Operations"-D
F. Seerey, Lumberman
What Marking Rules Mean to
Field ocers"-J. F. Bruins, Acting Su-
pervisor. Pocatello.
Negotiating Large Timber Sales
C B. Mains, Supervisor, Payette.
The Practical Application of Re
connaissonce"-O. NJ. Butler. Assist
ant Chief of Silviculture
THE Relation of Grazing to For
ostry"-A. W. Jensen, Supervisor.
Mant
The Value Of EXperlments"-E. r.
Hodson. Chief. Section OF SilvIcs.
"Reforestation" u NJ. Fetherolf,
Chief. Section of Planting
Free Use Discussion"-L. L.
White, Chief of Silviculture,