UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



FOR r :3T NOTES 11/20/14 



?orl>ach, G-oTjn.'-my, i r, said to have the most profitable 

 town forest known; it yields an annual net gain of $12.14 

 an acre, 



The state school of forestry at Bottineau, North Dakota, 



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announces that it v:ill have one million trees for distribution 

 to the citizens of the state during 1915. 



Apple v:ood, used almost exclusively for saw handles, 

 also furnishes the nciUrial for many so-called brier-wood 

 pipes and particularly for the large wooden type used in 

 printing signs and. posters, 



One of th: r..cc/t expensive woods used regularly in ?.n 

 established industry in the United States is boxwood, the 

 favorite material for v;ood engraving. It has been quoted at 

 four cents a cubic inch, and about $1,300 by the thousand 

 board feet, 



V/hat is supposed to be record speed in getting mon 

 to a forest fire is reported from Oregon, \vhere on one of the 

 national forests, a ranger went tc town, hired ten men, and g^ 

 this force to tho fire t reive miles a vr ay within 48 minutes 

 after he v:as notified by telephone. 



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