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153. Card Notice to Stockmen. 



Penalty postal card for use by forest officers in notifying persons who held 

 grazing permits for 1906 of the date on which applications for permits to 

 graze stock during the coming season must be filed. 



157. Sheets of Photographic Township Plats (140), scale, i inch to a mile, on onion- 



skin paper, 19 by 24 inches. 



This form is printed on the opposite side of the sheet from which the sketch is 

 to be drawn, thus avoiding erasure of the lines in removing the rough 

 draft. It is intended for .use in preparing small scale diagrams to be 

 duplicated by blueprints. Black ink or black lead pencil should be used. 



158. Sample Plots Kecord. 



For use in the Section of Silvics in recording measurements from the sample 

 plots. This file is open to members of the Service who desire information 

 concerning the experiments in thinnings, reproduction, removal of litter 

 upon the growth, development of the stand, etc. 



Form A (long). 



In reprinting Form A the length has been extended to 14 inches, thereby pro- 

 viding 27 lines for entry of items. Those who find the space for itemiza- 

 tion inadequate in the old form may requisition a supply of the larger size 

 at once, utilizing the stock on hand in the statement of accounts with 

 few items. 



FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



The following regulations have been made by the Forester to govern the cut of 

 timber on the Henrys Lake Forest Reserve: 



The cut of timber on the Henrys Lake Forest Reserve for the calendar year 1907 

 will be restricted as follows: 



The total cut will be limited to 6,000,000 feet B. M., divided thus: 



Four million feet of red fir and the lodgepole pine which occurs with it, of which 

 not to exceed 1,500,000 for free use and the rest for sale. 



Two millions of lodgepole pine, for sale or free use at the discretion of the super- 

 visor. 



A sale of 90,000,000 feet of western yellow pine has been approved to the Greenlaw 

 Lumber Company at the rate of $3.50 per thousand feet, under a five-year contract, 

 on the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve. 



In inserting the date in notices of sale, up to which bids will be received,, it is 

 important to see that the period covered by the publication is not less than thirty 

 days. 



Silvics. 



The Section of Silvics has been transferred from the Office of Publication and Edu- 

 cation to the Office of Forest Management, where its services will be especially use- 

 ful in connection with the many problems arising in the technical management of 

 the reserves, particularly with timber sales. 



