636 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Three men will be sent out this summer by the Office of Grazing to 

 make an inspection of the range and take an inventory of forage re- 

 sources of ten of the western forests of District i. They will collect 

 information on the improvements and development work needed to 

 make possible the development of grazing to the highest extent eco- 

 nomic conditions will allow. The effect of grazing on white pine will 

 be studied with especial care in order that a grazing policy may be 

 established that will fit the conditions. 



Some time ago Supervisor M. H. Wolff, of the Cceur d'Alene Forest, 

 carried out some experiments in girdling hemlock by means of acety- 

 lene blow-torches. The result was not encouraging, either from the 

 standpoint of cost or effectiveness. Unfortunately the trees experi- 

 mented upon were burned last summer in a forest fire, so that the actual 

 effect in killing the trees cannot be determined. 



Supervisor Elers Koch, of the Lolo National Forest, has been de- 

 tailed to the Branch of Research of the Washington office, with head- 

 quarters in Washington. It is expected that the detail will be for the 

 period of the war. Supervisor White, of the Bitterroot National For- 

 est, will take over the supervision of the Lolo in addition to his duties 

 on the Bitterroot. 



W. B. Willey, formerly supervisor of the Clearwater National For- 

 est, has been transferred to the Jefferson National Forest, vice Scott 

 Leavitt. resigned. R. A. Hamilton, formerly deputy supervisor of the 

 Deerlodge, has taken Mr. Willey's place as supervisor of the Clear- 

 water. 



Stephen St. J. Malven has resigned as deputy supervisor of the Flat- 

 head National Forest to take up work for the Western Pine Associa- 

 tion, with headquarters at Portland, Oregon. His position has been 

 filled by L. G. Hornby. 



E. C. Rogers has been reinstated in the Forest Service and will con- 

 tinue his work in planting investigations in District i. He resigned 

 last fall to take postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University. 



W. F. Tribe, scaler in the Forest Service. District 3, has resigned to 

 engage in private business in Salt Lake City. 



