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VOTES 1/17/14 



There are 36,500,000 young trees in the government *" 



i 

 forest nurseries. 



Two tons of cascara bark have t iust been sold from 

 the Siuslav; national forest, Oregon, at one cent a pound,. 



The northernmost national forest is the Chugach in 

 Alaska; the southernmost is the Luquillo in Porto Rico. 



For shingles alone, V50 million feet of timber is 

 cut in that part of the state of Washington which lies west 

 of the Cascades. 



California led last year in tiriber sold from na- 

 tional forests, though Llontana had the largest number of sale 



transactions. 



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The American forestry association has just elected 

 Henry S. Drinker, president of Lehig'/i university, and P c S. 

 Ridsdale, as its president and secretary respectively. 



The biological survey and the forest service 

 been coope^.'vi.j.n.-. ir. c:i< extermination of ground squirrels on 

 nat? OMr."!. ?o.i as bs In California. The p.nnual loss of range feed 

 and grain crops from ground squirrels is enormous. 



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