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PROJECTS 



Colorado- 

 Fremont Experiment Station, meteorological, planting, and other experiments 

 WILLIAM D. HAYES, in charge, L. C. CHAPMAN, assistant, Manitou. 



Wyoming- 

 Preparation of preliminary report on lodgepole pine cutting system, with volume 

 tables for Cheyenne National Forest A. G. HAMEL, Denver, Colo. 



Cooperation, Bureau of Entomology. 

 PROJECTS 



Location of insect-infested timber and determination of methods of local control 

 W. D. EDMONSTON, detailed from the Forest Service, Burns, Colo. 



GRAZING 



J. W. NELSON, Assistant District Forester. 

 E. N. KAVANAGH, Assistant District Forester. 



PRODUCTS 



II. S. BETTS, Assistant District Forester. 



PROJECTS 



Timber Tests 



Timber-testing laboratory in cooperation with the University of Colorado, Boulder, 

 Colo. N. DEW. BETTS, in charge; assistants, A. D. WOLFF and H. V. BLANK. 



Tests on round timbers of various Rocky Mountain species, including mine timbers, 

 in cooperation with the Northern Coal and Coke Company, Rocky Mountain Fuel 

 Company, and various National Forests. 



Tests on western red cedar, lodgepole pine, and Engelmann spruce telephone poles, 

 in cooperation with the South Platte Power Company, Central Colorado Power 

 Company, and the Colorado Telephone Company. 



Preparation of specimens for exhibits of the Denver Chamber of Commerce. 



Wood Preservation- 

 Construction and experimental operation of a portable wood-preserving plant 

 on the Routt National Forest H. M. MASON, Jr., Denver, Colo. 



Compilation of a final report on the year's work at the Forest Service wood-pre- 

 serving plant at Norrie, Colo. D. L. CARMODY, Denver, Colo. 



Preliminary report on the feasibility of preservative treatment for the mine tim- 

 bers of the Smuggler-Union Mining Company H. M. MASON, Jr., Denver, Colo. 



Study of wood- preservation methods for permanent improvement work on National 

 Forests in District 2 H. S. BETTS and H. M. MASON, Jr., Denver, Colo. 



Wood Utilization- 

 Study of wood-using industries in District 2 H. M. MASON, Jr., and D. L, CAR- 

 MODY, Denver, Colo. 

 Study of the box industry in Colorado N. DEW. BETTS, Boulder, Colo. 



