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ten or twelve per cent. Of course, there is danger in admitting too much 

 light and thus encouraging undergrowth which would hinder reproduction 

 when the seed felling is made. More sample plots will be established (and 

 it is hoped larger ones) since training in exi)erimental work is part of 

 the curriculum of the school. One would expect at least a preliminary work- 

 ing plan, but the drawing up of such a plan has been delayed for entirely 

 practical reasons and it is doubtful if the management has suffered. Perhaps 

 some of the openings have been too large, but it must be remembered that a 

 large opening possesses a distinct value from an experimental standpoint 

 which more than offsets the small loss through lack of pine reproduction 

 which may result. Whether it would be better to adopt an eighty or hundred 

 year rotation for the pine can only be determined when more complete yield- 

 tables are available. 



The popularity of the pheasant, as a game bird and as a valuabU assistant 

 to the farmer in keeping down insect pests, is manifested in the state-wide de- 

 mand for eggs and birds which the New York Conservation Department 

 is sending out from the state game farm. Despite the fact that the department 

 will more than double the number of pheasants and eggs distributed last 

 year, the supply for the present season will not be sufficient to meet the 

 demands. 



According to the reports received at the Ogden district office of the 

 Forest Service from various supervisors of the National Forests there will 

 be a shortage of water for irrigation purposes in Utah, Nevada and southern 

 Idaho this summer as a result of a light snowfall in the mountains. In a 

 number of localities, according to the report, the fall of snow has been less 

 than half the normal, as indicated by years past. 



By the recent affiliation of the Big Blackfoot Milling Company with the 

 Northern Montana Forestry Association, more than 100,000 acres of timber 

 land owned by the Big Blackfoot within the cooperative territory of the 

 Association has been added, and the Flathead National Forest is preparing to 

 join the Association in the near future. 



More than 600,000 feet of timber was cut on the Deer Lodge forest reserve 

 last month, which is much more than the normal production for this time of 

 the year. Most of the timber is from the French gulch district and the indi- 

 cations are that the output of timber in this district for the coming year will 

 be the largest since the inauguration of the conservation project in the several 

 count' es that are included in the Deer Lodge reserve. 



