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prices. Reports on standard prices will be required from supervisors and District 

 Foresters on the same dates that reports on minimum prices have been required in 

 the past. One purpose of the schedule of minimum prices was to prevent an 

 undue lowering of the price of stumpage through competition among supervisors 

 for the same market. The position of the Forester on this point is now so thoroughly 

 understood that it is felt the schedule need no longer be enforced; but care should be 

 taken by supervisors whose forests are tributary to the same market that they do 

 not interfere with one another's sales by selling timber at lower rates accessibil- 

 ity and quality considered than are charged on neighboring forests. 



GRAZING 



Beginners on Forests which are not Fully Occupied 



The instructions on page 21 of The Use Book issued January 1, 1910, restricting 

 the number of stock allowed all beginners in any one year to 3 per cent of the total 

 allowance for the Forest, was not intended to apply to Forests which are not fully 

 occupied and upon which the issuance of permits to beginners would not require a 

 reduction on the permits of prior users. Therefore it has been modified to read as 

 follows: 



When the range within a National Forest is fully occupied and the issuance of per- 

 mits to beginners will necessitate a reduction on the permits of prior users, the total 

 number of stock allowed all beginners in any one year must not exceed 3 per cent of 

 the total allowance for the Forest. 



LANDS 



Act of June 11, 1906: Qualifications of Applicants 



If an application is made for the listing of lands under the act of June 11, 1906, the 

 Forest Service ordinarily will make no inquiry regarding the qualifications of the 

 applicants, or in case of conflict no decision between applicants. All of the facts, 

 however, will be forwarded to the Interior Department for decision on the question 

 of priority if the lands covered by such applications are listed. The ability of the ap- 

 plicant to make a living from the land applied for should not be gone into. That is 

 a question for the applicant to decide and not for the Forest Service to consider. All 

 questions, such as remoteness, strength or health of applicant, or his ability or expe- 

 rience in agricultural pursuits are not matters which concern the character of the land, 

 and therefore have no place in an inquiry regarding it. A careful examination should 

 be made, however, to ascertain whether the land is susceptible of producing culti- 

 vated crops. In deciding this, the soil, tne climate, the altitude, and slope have much 

 to do with the crop-producing character of the land. It is not intended by this notice 

 to authorize the listing of protective forest land or heavily-timbered tracts under this 

 heading, but to exclude the personal qualifications of the applicant from considera- 

 tion by the land examiner or the officer passing upon the application. 

 Act of June 11, 1906: Bona Fide Squatters 



A person who has settled upon and continuously occupied unsurveyed lands within 

 a National Forest before its creation and is at the present time occupying such lands 



