Form 38C 



fee Forest Service will be glad to see a marked copy of any 



fer in which this information may appear. By pasting the 

 iched frank on the wrapper the paper can be mailed without 



FOREST SERVICE. 



MATCTKR. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Official Business. 



Penalty for Private Use, $300. 



IN 



Closed information is given out by the Forest Servi 

 ordance with the provision of law to the following effect : 

 'That no part of this appropriation shall be paid or used for 

 .purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation 

 publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this 

 dl not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimi- 

 ion, including newspaper and magazine writers and publishers, 

 jfty facts or official information of value to the public." 



THE FORESTER, 



Forest Service, 



(Marked Copy) WASHINGTON, D. C. 



fectly Lj&naged aril nost profitable forests In the world, has 

 been handled under a working plan since 1680, The little Al- 

 pine republic still reports progress in forest work, and the 

 American consul writing from St. Gall says! 



"The government of Switzerland has so carefully ref- 

 lated the tinbcr output that it h-AS r.eror beon permitted to ex- 

 ceed the natural growth. The thiolc growth of tiniboi on the ncun- 

 tain sides, purposely allowed to become dense, has perceptibly 

 lessened the clangor and frequency of avalanche a and landslides, 

 which in former tines wore so frightfully destructive*. To con- 

 trol the spring floods in tho r Ivors and streams, rjassive dans, 

 fortified by thiclcly planted trees, have "boa?! erected at e-cpotiocl 

 placse. In the oxtra ordinary attention paid to its tinker lane's, 

 the government has t alien into account also the ^.eeessity for 

 sheltering and pasturing cattle, the maintenance of tiia toil- 

 the roads j and the natural springs, climate, and the control of 



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