Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
BIG TIMBER OUTPUT
Policy of the Forest Service Is
Summarized.
a. Large Number of National FoESsss
Already Mere Than Pay Operating
Exnenses-Its Aims Are Told
in Report Of Forester,

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600 hoard feet of timber, with Value
of S4,500,000 on the stump, was soia
by the forest service III 1913, accord
ing to the annual report OF henry o.
Graves. forester. This is an increase
of 1877 per cent over the sales or the
preceding year. The timber sold was
largely for future cutting under con
tracts that will run COR NUMBER Oh
years. The actual cus was a little less
than 50O,O0O,00O board feet, an IN
crease of Is per cent over 1917. sun
larger sales are in prospect
The timber sale policy OF the forest
service is summarized as aiming nrst
of all to prevent losses by ire, ana
secondly to utilize the ripe TIMBER
which can be marketed. Other aims
are To cut so as to insure restock
ing and forest permanence; TO get
the full market value for the timber
sold: to prevent speculative acqulsl-
ton and private monopoly OF publlc
timber and to maintain competitive
conditions in the lumber industry SO
far as possible; TO provide nrst IoT
the needs of local communities ana
industries; to open lands of agricul-
tural value to settlement without al
lowing them to be tied up by timber
SPECTATORS, and finally to secure as
soon as possible the cost of proouc
ton and administration to the gov
eminent and a revenue to the natlonal
forest states, to which go % per cent
of all receipts.
A large number of national forests
already more than pay operating ex-
penses. The revenue from the Alas
kan forests now exceeds the cost or
administration. The same is true gen.
orally in the southwest.
The forage resources of the national
forests are pointed out as contributing
to the maintenance of over twenty
million head of livestock, which sup
ply in part at least the demands LOT
meat, hides, or wool Of every state In
the union. The receipts from graz
ing during 1913 though second TO
those from timber were more than
million dollars, and showed an IN
crease over the previous year IN spite
of the fact that the season was less
favorable and the area reduced Over
4 per cent more stock was grazed as
the result of increased forage produc-
ton and improvements in handing
stock, especially sheep.
The system of range management
employed by the forest service Is held
to offer hope of relief to the average
citizen concerned over the dwindllng
supply of meat products and their
alarming rise in cost. The national
forests furnish abundant forage sup
plies, opportunity for the adoption or
the best methods, freedom from live
stock diseases, and protection in the
enjoyment of all rights and privileges.
Cattle from the Hayden national for
est in Colorado took the grand cham
pionship prize at the national live
stock show in Denver, and in many
cases the lambs from the forests
topped the market. Losses from pre-
datory animals are growing less as
the wolves, bears, and other animals
are killed off by forest officers.
In connection with the grazing work
the forests serve to protect game, and
the Wichita forest, with its buffalo
herd, is one Of the show places of
Oklahoma. During the year the
service co-operated with the biological
survey in placing over two hundred
elk on various national forests. A
large number of streams were stocked
with trout fry.
One of the largest tasks of the serv-
ice during the past year has been the
classification of lands within the ma
tional forests in respect to their high
est future use. This work was under
taken during 1918 on a more compre-
cause there was specific appropria-
ton for the purpose. Large areas are
being classified where the amount of
land chiefly valuable for agriculture
warrants it's being taken out of the
forests, and it also takes care of areas
on which detailed classification will
disclose small areas suitable for agri-
cultural development within the for
ests. The work is being carried on
with the assistance Of the bureau of
soils and the bureau of plant indus
try. One result of this work was the
elimination of $40, 1000 acres from the
Nebraska national forest, $4,000 acres
from the Rainier, in Washington, and
413,770 acres from the Deschutes and
Paulina in Oregon. About 100000
acres in small isolated tracts were
listed for settlement during the year.
The areas now being examined for
classification have a total area of
about three million acres.
The forests are being made increas-
ingly accessible. More than $50 miles
of road, nearly 800 miles of fire line,
nearly 1000 miles of telephone lines,
and $500 miles of trails were built.
The present value of all public i'm
provements on the forests is sone-
what over $4,000, 900, two-thirds of this
amount having been put into lines of
communication and protection
Receipts from all sources for the
year we're slightly under s2,500,000.
showing an increase of II per cent
avor 1919 while eynenditIros for ad-