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The forest service collected 40,000 pounds of tree 

 seed last year for use in reforestation v, r ork. The total area 

 reforested was about 30,000 acres. 



There is promise of a large turpentine industry in 

 the west and southwest, the raw product being supplied by 

 the resinous gum of western yellow pine. 



German pencil Manufacturers are looking to California 

 incense cedar for pencil wood The establishment of a pencil 

 factory in California is not improbable. 



1-Iore than 120 million board feet of timber was given 

 away free "by the government last year to settlers and miners 

 living in or near the national forests. 



There are 16 maples in the United States, most of 

 them being eastern species. The most valuable, not only be- 

 cause of the prod-act of its sap but also of the lumber, is 

 sugar maple. 



It has been demonstrated that over-grazed stock 

 ranges on the national forests can be brought back to use 

 under a system of regulated grazing faster than if they are 

 left unused, 



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