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Collection of data for volume and growth tables for leading commercial species of 

 trees in the Sierras GERALD KENNEDY and FREDERICK THOMAS, Sonora, Cal. 



Examination of timber trespass and of proposed sale areas in the recent addition 

 to the Lassen National Forest C. H. ENSIGN, Red Bluff, Cal. 



Examination of proposed sale areas on the Trinity National Forest L. MARGOLIN, 

 Weaverville, Cal. 



Planting, G. W. PEAVY; C. A. KUPFER, Assistant. 



PROJECT 



Examination and mapping of lands suitable for planting on the Cleveland Na- 

 tional Forest C. A. KUPFER, San Diego, Cal. 



Silvics, Chief and Assistant Chief of Silviculture. 



PROJECT 



Establishment of sample plots and organization of silvical work S. T. DANA, San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



GRAZING 



JOHN H. HATTON, Chief. 



M. B. ELLIOTT, Assistant Chief. 



PRODUCTS 



C. S. SMITH, in Charge. 



PROJECTS 

 Timber Tests- 

 Testing laboratory in cooperation with the University of California, Berkeley, 

 Cal. H. S. BETTS, in charge; Assistant, G. R. GESSERT: 

 Tests on California eucalypts; 



Tests on redwood in cooperation with the California Redwood Association; 

 Tests on tanbark oak in cooperation with the Northwestern Redwood Company. 

 Wood Preservation 



Operation of an experimental wood-preserving plant in cooperation with the South- 

 ern Pacific Company O. T. SWAN, San Francisco, Cal. 



Experiments to determine the best methods of seasoning Eucalyptus globulus poles 

 and logs, in cooperation with the estate of Adolph Sutro, The Pacific Land Invest- 

 ment Company, the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Association, and the Parkside Realty 

 Company; and Eucalyptus nminalis logs, in cooperation with the University of Cal- 

 ifornia C. STOWELL SMITH, San Francisco, Cal. 



Preservative treatment of willow fence posts, in cooperation with Jesus Maria Ran- 

 cho O. T. SWAN, San Francisco, Cal. 



