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Maps of Forest Reserves. 



The enlarging of the topographic sheets covering forest reserves is progressing as 

 fast as the United States Geological Survey can do the work. The enlarged maps 

 are on the scale of 2 inches to the mile and cover one township each. The reserves 

 already finished are the Black Hills, Jemez, San Francisco Mountains, and Santa 

 Catalina. 



Investigations . 



Mr. C. G. Crawford, in charge of the section of wood preservation, has been on a 

 three-months' tour thru the Gulf States and the Pacific coast States, investigating 

 the construction of timber-treating plants and the different methods employed in 

 treating timbers. He has also been inspecting experiments carried on by the Forest 

 Service in wood preservation in California, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. 



PUBLICATION AND EDUCATION. 



Mr. Alfred Gaskill has completed his summer's work in the location of permanent 

 sample plots on reserves and has submitted a report to the Forester. 



Mr. Raphael Zon has returned from his studies of silvicultural conditions on 

 reserves, and will prepare a report for the Forester. 



The following addresses on forest subjects were delivered in October: 



National Association of Vehicle and Implement Manufacturers, Chicago, 111., 

 October 10; Mr. H. B. Holroyd. 



Kentucky State Development Convention, Winchester, Ky., October 12; Mr. H. A. 

 Smith. 



Institute held by Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Labor, and Statistics, 

 Lexington, Ky., October 23; Mr. S. J. Record. 



American Civic Association, Milwaukee, Wis., October 26; Mr. Ernest A. Sterling. 



Johnson County Farmers' Institute, Vienna, 111., October 27; Mr. SamuelJ. Record. 



Since but 1,000 copies can be printed of a publication of more than 100 pages, the 

 present supply of Bulletin 70, "Effect of Moisture on the Strength and Stiffness of 

 Wood," suffices only for timber-testing laboratories and the libraries of technical 

 schools. The substance of the results will later be given general distribution in cir- 

 cular form. Those who wish to study the subject more in detail can obtain a copy 

 of the bulletin at a cost of 15 cents of the Superintendent of Documents, Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 



