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and definite and meet the requirements of the Fiscal Regulations. Whenever the 

 expenditures are of an unusual character, or for any reason an explanation is neces- 

 sary, a signed memorandum should accompany the voucher. 

 Correction Ink for Forest Atlas- 

 Corrections may be made upon Forest Atlas Folio sheets with orange ink, but 

 the ordinary orange ink will not give the best results in photographic work, nor can 

 it be removed with the ink eradicator. It is more satisfactory to use an ink made 

 of 5 parts of Pomeroy's yellow and 1 part of Carter's crimson writing fluid. This 

 will photograph well and may be eradicated if changes become necessary. The 

 Property Clerk will fill requisitions for this mixture, which will be known as "Cor- 

 rection Ink for Forest Atlas." 

 Dating of Maps and Papers- 

 Service Order 26, of February 15, 1909, regarding the dating of maps and papers, 

 applies not only to those prepared in the Forest Service but also to those received by 

 the Service. Care must be taken in all offices, particularly offices of supervisors, that 

 maps and other papers be separately stamped with the date of receipt, in addition to 

 stamping the letters transmitting them. In applications for rights of way for com- 

 mercial power plants and other uses of Forest lands and resources the question of 

 priority often hinges on the time of receipt, and serious embarrassment in establishing 

 priority rights is caused by the lack of this information. 



SILVICULTURE 



Timber Trespass: Proposition to Settle- 

 On the proposition of settlement, Form 653 (revised Dec., 1908), it is deemed advis- 

 able, in order to avoid confusion, for the supervisor, when furnishing the proponent 

 with this form, to fill out the amount of timber cut in trespass and its value in its 

 several conditions, leaving blank on the first page all of the space below the words: 

 "Legal conclusions must be avoided." In this space the proponent should give, in 

 his own language, his own statement of the main facts concerning the trespass. 

 Seed Production Report on Form 977 



The reports on seed crops of forest trees, Form 977, are due at the Office of the 

 District Forester July 20. These reports should be prepared carefully for each For- 

 est and submitted promptly in order that the most convenient arrangements may 

 be made for cheap seed collecting. In many instances last season these reports were 

 not made by technical men assigned to the Forest, but almost entirely by rangers. 

 Supervisors should have all Forest officers, especially technical men, report on such 

 portions of the Forest as they have had occasion to examine. In the space for remarks 

 there should be noted the abundance or scarcity of trees of the species enumerated. 

 District Foresters desiring seed from other districts should inform the District For- 

 ester concerned not later than the date named above. 



GRAZING 



Record of Grazing Permits 



A card record of each approved application for grazing during a period within any 

 one grazing year will be made on Form 621. The card will be filed alphabetically 

 and used as an index to the regular files. When payment of the grazing fee is made, 

 the date of the notification of receipt and the amount paid will be entered on the 



