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who asked for same: Calls made, 12; telephone advice, 14; 

 advice to callers at Nursery, 17; advice by letter, 7. 



Very respectfully yours, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



POINTS ABOUT BANANAS. 



They are wholesome. 



They are nutritious. 



They are cheap. 



They are easily digested. 



They are always in season. 



They are always available. 



They are available everywhere. 



They are all meat. 



They are easy to handle. 



They are convenient for the dinner pail. 



They are good food when cooked. 



They are good food when not cooked. 



They are the rich man's luxury. 



They are the poor man's food. 



They are put up and sealed by nature in a germ-proof package. 



They are produced without drawing on the Nation's resources. 



For the purpose of maintaining adequate supplies of fire fight- 

 ing tools where most needed in the national forests of California, 

 the forest service recently placed orders for a supply of portable 

 knockdown tool boxes or kiosks. These boxes, made of heavy 

 galvanized iron, are practically indestructible. Each box is 6 feet 

 long and 2 feet square and will hold 2 dozen or more tools — 

 such as shovels, axes, hoes, saws, rakes — used in forest fire fight- 

 ing. They will be placed at the crossroads and near towns and 

 other strategic places in the forests where fire fighting equipment 

 may be needed at short notice. Each box is painted a conspi- 

 cuous color and will be made noticeable by appropriate placards 

 and signs. 



