FOREST 



The Balkan TiTar has brought about a rise in certain 

 limber prices in Europe because of the big demand for wood for 

 aomnunition boxes. 



Dogwood, the principal source of Fhtittlca. 'for use 

 in cotton mills, ia growing scarcer year by ye-or, and various 

 substitutes are being tried f but with no u ,i"eat success* 



The .off icials of the Yose&i"te 



oorc,t*;"g with the forest officers of the Stanislaus and 

 Sierra nati^isJL frr-r-i^-vs for fire prevention and control in 

 both the part and the forests* 



E::porirnenta with a tree planting machine at tha 

 DteJj /:'.^:l cultural F>".periTusnt Station indicate that it nay be 

 uroci to e,dvanta.&G In reforesting old burned areas on the na- 



tional forests, 



The leading forest schools of the country not only 



have their OV.TL forsL't traots for continuous experiment > . but 

 g^ve tTieir students c.ctual cr-'psrienoo in t};. woods by having 

 them take part in big lumber f.ng operatic^'.., 



