PO?-^ _IJ02;^ 5/23/1- 



Pour buffalo calves have just been bo^n on the 

 \7ichita national forest, bringing the herd up to 51. 



In cooperation with the weather bureau, forest 

 rangers are to measure snow depths in the western mountains 



Students of the Oregon agricultural college are 



wor>ir.g at the forest nur^rry on the Siuslaw forest. The 

 arrangement is said to be mutually satisfactory since the 

 students gain experience in forest nursery practice and their 

 assistance lowers the cost of nursery vvorlr. 



Manufacturers have found that red alder fror, the 

 Pacific coast is a suitable material for clothespins. 

 Alder makes a white, smooth, springy pin. As a result of this 

 fact, a clothespin factory, said to be the first on the Pacific 

 coast, may be established at Portland, Oregon, 



The city of Tacorca, V/ashington, has entered into a 

 cooperative agreement with the forest service for the protec- 

 tion of the source of its water supply, the watershed of the 

 Green river, which lies within the Kainier national forest. 

 The two agencies worhing together rill protect thia Suro^j 

 from the results of forest destruction by fire or by other 

 agencies. 



