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surrounding them. It is impossible to insist on proper care of 

 camps if the Forest officers themselves do not keep their homes 

 as models of neatness. 



Rangers' headquarters should be located where there is 

 en^mgh~a^TicuTfuralland for a small field and suitable pasture 

 land tor^a fewirea'd or horses ana a co*W^or two, in order to 



decrease~TW~T5?ten excessive expense Tor" vegetables and feed. 

 The amount^of agricultural land necessary to supply a ranger's 

 family with vegetables and to raise hay and gram enough to 

 winter his saddle and other stock will vary, as a genera! rule. 

 from 10 to 40 acres., 



*" Jb^astiires^sSonld be of sufficient size to support the stock 

 necessary for the ranger's use. They wijl_jvary in Sjja^ac- 

 cording to the quality ofJLhe feed, from 40 to 200 acres^ A two 

 or three wire f< ^2 fit 3r> fT nT1 nostalor trees SCLJeet apart will. 

 ~Tn most cases, be sufficient to protect these pastures from range 

 stock. 



FENCES, CORRALS, TANKS, WELLS, AND WINDMILLS. 



Whenever fences, corrals, tanks, wells, windmills, or any 

 other improvements are needed in order to better control the 

 grazing of stock on the Forests, or to open to grazing areas 

 heretofore unused on account of the lack of water, the super- 

 visor should report to the Forester. The report should give 

 the location, state the conditions which render the construction 

 of the work advisable, and give a detailed estimate of the cost. 



MARKING NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARIES. 



For the benefit of the public and for the protection of the 

 Forests, Forest officers will do their utmost to see that all 

 boundaries are established and clearly marked. 



All supervisors will be supplied with boundary poster^ and 

 with stamps and ink for filling the spaces' left on each poster 

 for the name of the Forest and boundary on which the notice 

 is posted. They will see that the Forest limits are kept amply 

 marked, not only at the entrance of trails and roads, but at 

 frequent intervals along the" eh fire boundary where any entrance 

 is probable. "THefe"sB'6uT3"be "at least one notice to each quarter 



