FORSST NOTES 4/27/14 



In preparation for the coning fire season in Cali- 

 fornia, 110 miles of fire lines have been built on the Sierra 

 national forest. 



The imports of Matches into China greatly exceed in 

 value any other wood product. Most of the matches cone in 

 from Japan* 



Redv/ood sawdust is being used l>y vineyardists in 

 California for packing fresh table grapes. It takes the place 

 of the ground cork used for imported Spanish grapes. 



Hyndman P^ak, Idaho, the highest named peak in the 

 state, is more than 12,000 feet high. Several unnamed peaks 

 near it are of about the sane elevation. All are on the 

 divide between the Sawtooth and the Lemhi national forests. 



A two-year-old plantation of Douglas fir on the 

 Oregon national forest shows 94 per cent of the trees living. 

 Extensive plantings of young trees in Washington and Oregon 

 are costing only $8 an acre, Direct seeding of lodgepole 

 pine has been successful without exception on the Arapaho 

 national forest, Colorado. Several of the areas sown two 

 and three years ago show from 5,000 to 10,000 seedlings per 

 acre* 



