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" Rangers' reports " filed in this drawer comprise only those 

 which cover some special subject and do not relate to a desig- 

 nated case. 



" Technical reports " include marking rules and all reports 

 sent from Washington for the information of the supervisor, as 

 well as reports made by the Forest assistant. 



Outlines for preparation of reports include outlines prepared 

 in the Washington office for reports by supervisor, Forest as- 

 sistant, or rangers : as, technical, silvical, or boundary reports. 



Drawer 4 (top drawer, middle column). The Forester: Tim- 

 ber sales, atlas, planting, silvics and dendrology, products, graz- 

 ing, advertising. 



Timber sales: Timber sales and free use, not filed with desig- 

 nated cases. Letters authorizing supervisors and rangers to 

 make sales of timber up to specified amounts. Brush burning. 



Atlas: Collection of forest and title data. Preparation and 

 correction of forest, title, and base maps, and atlas folios. 



Planting: Forest planting, seed collecting, seed production, 

 planting station, ranger nurseries ; but not expenditure of money 

 for permanent improvements. When there is a planting station 

 on a Forest, a folder marked " Planting station " will be used. 



Silvics and dendrology: Natural reproduction on cut-over 

 areas, diseases of trees, insect pests, and the identification, dis- 

 tribution, and silvical characteristics of trees, shrubs, and herbs. 



Products: Wood utilization and wood preservation. Collec- 

 tion of statistics. 



Grazing: Grazing, not filed in designated cases, including an- 

 nual grazing allotment from the Forester, carbon of annual re- 

 port on grazing to be filed in drawer 3. 



Advertising: Advertising of grazing and timber sale business 

 in specified newspapers. 



Drawer 5. The Forester: Equipment and supplies, accounts, 

 special disbursing agent, authorization (general expenses), au- 

 thorization (improvement), personnel, improvement, adminis- 

 trative sites. 



Equipment and supplies: Articles procurable on requisition 

 to the Forester or to be purchased in the field, when chargeable 



