The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-17
FOREsTERs BUSY IN
LAST FISCAL YEAR
in MANY Ways
Business Done Amounts 10
More Than 81, 400, 900; Much
Timber Awaiting Purchase
and Cutting.


washington. %. G.. Feb. is.--seli.
ing some billion and a hair board
feet Of timber y supervising the
cutting on several thousand dimesent
areas. overseeing the grazing Of mora
than i.50o.9o0 sheep. and building
more than Geo miles OF road. ?. o
mites of trail. 5000 miles ~ tele-
phone line, M 700 miles Of nre line
are some Of the things which the
government forest service did last
year. as disoiosd IN the report by the
chief forester for 1914. These actlv.
tiles were all on the national forests.
which at present total about ISL,
600. 0OO acres.
There ls need. says the forester. To
Increase the cut cf tim5er from the
natlonH forests wherever a fair price
can be obtained for the
because a great deal Of Il il mature
and ought to DE taken out 10 mike
room Tor young growth. Unfavor-
"ole conditions In the lumber trade
Vaused new sales % national forest
TIMBER To fall an somewhat DURING
the past year. though the operations
on outstanding sales contracts
brought the total cut above that o.
.he preVious year hy 1870, 0Oo. 600
board feet. There was. however. a
Dig Increase In small timber salea.
lhese numbering sass In 1914 againss
s,ls2 the previous year. Desirable
blocks OF national forest timber have
been appraised and put on thc mar
ket. and Il IL expected that these will
IND purchasers when conditions la
The lumber industry Improve. All
told, the government cceived 81
3of,053.66 from the sale 81 timber
on the forests in 1914, The receipts
rom all sources totaled s2.f95, iI0gi.
Amer eight years Of experience
st0cSmen are well satisfied, says the
chief forester. with the way the graz
ing OF livestock on the forests IL reg
ulafed. and have even urged upon
congress the application al the same
method OF control To the unrcseryed
public range. Almost $4,000 per
mittees Craze stock on the national
forests. and these paid To the gov.
eminent In the fiscal year igii fees
amounting tu over a million doilara.
The present tendency To raise fewer
sheep ard goats and more cattle aud
horses is shown IN the fact that the
number 81 cattle and horse permit
tees on the western forests Increased
last ear by 1919. while the number
., sheep aud goat parmittcea fell on
by a total OF 2gs. The western stock
business. The forester points out. ~
becoming attached to the SOIL. aud
the itiuerant sheep grower and the
~spcculator In cattle are giving place
To- the permanent resident and owner
~ improved M property. The
latter IN always given preference In
the use Of national forest range.
Some t40O, 600 was spent by the
forest service during the year FOR
permanent improvements ON the ma
tional forests To make them aocessi-
Die and TO insure their protection
from IRE. These Improvements in
clude 270 miles Of new road. 2.t53
miles OF trail. 3,O63 miles OF tcle-
phone line. 7I5 miiea Of nre line. ana
i0G lookout structures. besides
bridges. c%orrals. fences, and cabins.
la addition. GAG miles Of road were
built for the public by the use of 10
per cent of the national forest re-
ceipts. as authorized ny congress.
Under another law. % per cent or
the national forest receipts for the
year. amounting 20 $3.50. $500. were
paid over to the various states in
which the forests lie for the benefit
OF county schools and roads
Since 1909. when systematic clas-
~slfcation Of nationai forest lands was
begun, more than O,000.0 600 acres
have been eliminated. Scattered in
terror tracts which Il Is not practical
to eliminate are opened to settlement
through listing, which allows them tn
DE taken an under he forest home
stead law. Anyone may apply Ca have
land within a forest examined TO de-
termine whether Il IL best suited for
agriculture. and n found M Il Is
opened 10 settlement under this law.
During the year ESQ tracts, tutaliag
2s2.fss acres. applied for by indi-
viduals were opened for entry. by
elimination and listing the percent
nse Of unpatented agricultural land
within the national forests. never
large, has been reudced To a very
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