UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



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A great deal of the oak used, on the Pacific coast 

 comes from the eastern part of Asia. 



To guard against tree repair fakers, or quack tree 

 surgeons, the Massachusetts for n -iy association will inspect 

 the shade trees belonging to j ts members, free of charge. 



The Sihlwald, or city forest of Zurich, Switzerland, 

 adds to the town's revenues <jp7.20 por acre a year, reducing 

 the amount needed to be raised through taxation by more than 

 $32,000, 



In northern Idaho and "ontana, which had many fires 

 during the past summer, 35 per cpnt of the fires on national 

 forests were caused by railroads, 26 per cent by lightning, 

 and 10 per cent by campers. The remainder were- due to brush 

 burning and other miscellaneous or unknown causes. 



A mountain lion recently killed in the Grand Canyon 

 game preserve, which ad, 'joins the Tusayan national forest, 

 measured ten feet from nose to tail. Mountain lions and 

 other beasts of prey, such as wolves, coyotes, and wild cats, 

 are killed by forest officers and game wardens because they 

 are a menace to stock and to game animals. 



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