FOREST NO^S 12/10/14 



Only ? per cent of last season's 400 fires in national 

 forests of Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming, and Nevada caused 

 losses in excess of 100 . 



Virginia uses more wood for boxes and crates than any 

 other state, followed by New York, Illinois, Mascachusetts, and 

 California, in the order named. 



Those familiar v/ith the eastern mistletoe only have 

 no idea of the great losses due to this parasite in the forests 

 of the west, where it counts next to fire and insects in the 

 amount of damage done. 



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In parts of the west where trees are scarce, sage 

 brush is used for fuel. In Nevada the large main stems are 

 trimmed by Indians at $3.00 a cord and delivered to the user 

 at about $6.50. Sage brush burns rapidly and is rather dirty, 

 but produces good heat. 



A log raft containing one million feet of cedar, said 

 to be the largest ever floated on the Pacific, recently made 

 the trip from British Columbia to Puget Sound. It was 100 feet 

 long and 70 feet wide; it stood 15 feet out of the water and 

 20 feet under. 



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