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purchase of forested lands on the watersheds of navigable streams, 

 and cooperation with States in forest protection, which are covered 

 elsewhere in this report. 



Expenditure of Forest Service appropriations. 



Proteftion and administration of the national forests $5. 127, 382 



Fiehting fires which roiild not be suppressed bv the regular protective 

 force 1 ..." 250, 000 



Classification, survey, and segrefration of agricultural land, and accom- 

 plishment of authorized land exchanees 75, 000 



Planting 8,900 acres of nonproducing land, maintenance of nurseries, 



and experiments in tree planting; 120, 640 



Permanent improvements, such as buildings, bridges, trails, telephone 

 lines, drift fences, and water improvements - 400, 000 



Estimating the amount and fixing the minimum value of timber for sale. 62, 500 



Examination of intensively used ranges with a view to increasing their 

 producti\'ity by more scientific management of stock and forage 37, 500 



I n \ estigations : 



(a) Forest jiroducts, including the forest products laboratory 



at Madison, Wis ." ". $325. 000 



(b) Silvicultural 85, 000 



(c) Range and forage plant 35, 000 



445,000 



Recording, digesting, and disseminating the results of scientific technical 

 work ; 31, 280 



Total 6, 549, 302 



The total expenditures set forth above exceeded those of the pre- 

 ceding fiscal year by S328,480, or 5.3 per cent. Increased expendi- 

 tures were made as shown below: 



For the protection and administration of the national forests, chiefly the 



employment of additional forest guards during the fire season $183, 740 



For estimates of timber and examinations of intensively used ranges.... 20,000 

 For investigations, particularly enlarged research in forest products and 

 additional forest experiment stations 136, 740 



Total 340, 480 



Expenditures for the classification of agricultural lands and con- 

 summation of land exchanges were reduced by $12,000. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST PROPERTIES. 



At the close of the fiscal year the net area of national forest land 

 was 156,837,282, acres, and the gross area (which includes interior 

 holdings notin Govermnent ownership) was 181,799,997 acres. The 

 net area increased during the year 171,237 acres; the gross area 

 decreased 20,462 acres. 



Specific acts of Congress added to the forests 55,753 acres and a 

 presidential proclamation 16,719 acres. In Michigan 11,499 acres 

 passed from State to Federal ownership and were added to the Michi- 

 gan National Forest by exchange. This was partly offset by a 

 counter transfer to the same State of 8,320 acres, which was eliminated 

 from the forest, and exchange agreements with other States resulted 

 in transfers of title and eliminations totaling 43,675. Eliminations 

 for town-site purposes (chiefly in Alaska) totaled 5,141 acres, and for 



' An additional emergency appropriation of S341,000 was required for this purpose. 

 ' Of this sum. nearly half is required for the maintenance of existing improvements used in the pro 

 tection and administration of the national forests. 



