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bark and wood showing the galleries, should be sent to the 

 Bureau of JSntomology. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., for identification. 



FREE USE OF TIMBER AND STONE. 



The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture authority 

 to allow the free use of timber and stone on National 

 Forests, under such regulations as he may prescribe, by 

 " bona fide settlers, miners, residents, and prospectors 

 for minerals, and for firewood, fencing, building, min- 

 ing, prospecting, and other domestic purposes as may be 

 needed by such persons for such purposes. (Appendix, 

 pp. 216 and 221.) 



REG. 22. ^Free-use permits may be granted to settlers, 

 farmers, pros-nectors,,__or^ similar pprgnng w ho may not 

 reasonably be required TxT purchase, and who have not on 

 their own lands or claims, or on lands controlled by them, 

 a L jujficienJ;^ of material 



suitable for the purposes named in the law. They may 

 also be granted to school and road districts, churches, or 

 cooperative orga^zatjxms of settlers desiring to "construct 

 roadSj ditches, reservoirs, or similar improvements for 

 "mutual or public benefit. Free use of material to be used 

 in any business .will be refused, as, for example, to sawmill 

 proprietors, owners ofjjgge establishments or commsrcial 

 enterprises, companies, and corporations^ No trespasser is 

 entitled to free use. Green saw timber will not be granted 

 to any applicant who does not do his own logging, unless 

 he is physically incapacitated. Exceptions, however, may 

 be made in unusual cases in the judgment of the super- 

 visor. On Forests where a limited supply requires it, the 



