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Twenty- two states, including Hawaii ? now employ 

 Fi f ore at. e 



A 13.5-foot lookout tower on the Sitgreaves national 

 forest, Arizona, just constructed, by forest officers, was 

 built entirely of ic&s and without the use of hoisting machin- 

 ery other than ropes and tackle "blocks. 



For e&t officers on the Payette national forest are 

 v.sfeng a compressed air drill in road work en the forest, 

 There is considerable rock work to do and the drill saves 

 tihie and money in cut tin- grades on mountain roads, 



In an experimental test track nepr Janesvllle, Wis,, 

 e.n inspect ion just nade slrowed that hemlock and tainr^rack ties 

 put in the track without preservative treatment were dec?yed 

 after 5-V years service Those which had been treated were 

 practically as good as when first laid-, 



Light "burning; of underbrush to remove forest litter 

 had been practiced in India, with the idea that it improves 

 conditions for teak growing. K"ov-- after long inveotigations 

 forest officials there say that the fires are harmful ? that 

 full fire protection nru.t be exterd^d everyvThers. an;L that 

 to be reall effective this T'rotection nust be continuous. 



