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resent an actual increase in revenue-producing business over • 1922 

 of more than $1,000,000 and over the previous record year of more 

 than $540,000. 



Tlie total was nevertheless below what would have been obtained 

 under normal conditions in the livestock industiy. As the grazing 

 business reattains its normal footing, the receipts from this source 

 will be somewhat greater, and there is a certainty of steadily grow- 

 ing receipts from timber sales. As is shown by a comparison of the 

 1923 receipts with the following statement of expenditures for the 

 same jeai\ the forests are now bringiijg into the Treasury consid- 

 erably more than their operation is costing if special expenditures 

 for fire suppression, for improvement construction, and for otlier 

 activities looking to the betterment of the properties or undertaken 

 in anticipation of future business are excluded. 



Approximate expenditure of Forest Service appropriation, 1923. 



Protection and administration of tlie national forests $5, 133, 382 



Fighting fire wliich could not be suppressed by the regular protective 



force ' 250, 000 



Classification, survey, and segregation of agricultural land, and ac- 

 complishment of authorized land exchanges 60, 000 



For the construction of sanitary facilities and for fire-preventive 



measures of public camp grounds 10, 000 



Planting of 7,500 acres on nonproducing land, maintenance of nurs- 

 eries, and experiment in tree planting 125, 640 



Permanent improvements, such as buildings, bridges, trails, tele- 

 phone lines, drift fences, and water improvements^ 425,000 



Estimating the amount and fixing the minimum value of timber for 



sale 62,500 



fixamination of intensively used ranges with a view to increasing 

 their productivity by more scientific management of stock and 



forage 37,500 



Investigations : 



Forest products, including the Forest Products Labo- 

 ratory at Madison, Wis $340,000 



Silvicultural 85, 000 



Range and forage plants 35, 000 



460, 000 



Recording, digesting, and disseminating the results of scientific 



and technical work 31,280 



Total _ 6, 595, 302 



The total given above exceeded that of the previous fiscal year 

 by $46,000, or 0.7 per cent. By individual items the changes from 

 last year were as follows: 



For the protection and administration of the national forests $6, OOC 



I'or the construction of sanitary facilities and for fire-preventive meas- 

 ures on public camp grounds 10, 000 



Planting of nonproducing lands, maintenance of nurseries, and experi- 

 ment in tree planting 5, OOC 



Permanent improvements 25, 000 



Investigations in forest products 15, 000 



61, 000 

 Less decrease for classification, survey, and segregation of agricultural 



land 15, 000 



Net increase 46, 000 



* An additional emergency appropriation of $375,000 was required for the purpose. 

 " Of this sum, nearly half is required for the maintenance of existing improvements used 

 in the protection and administration of the national forests. 



