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 SERVICE ORDERS. 



SERVICE ORDER 6. 



SEPTEMBER 20, 1907. 



Annual Banger Meetings. 



The instructions in the paragraph headed "Annual Ranger Meetings," under 

 Regulation 1 (The Use Book, p. 26), are amended as follows: 



Ranger meetings should be held, as far as possible, not in towns but on 

 the Forests. Meetings in the larger towns and cities should especially be 

 avoided. 



JAMES B. ADAMS, 



Acting Forester. 



SERVICE ORDER 7. 



SEPTEMBER 20, 1907. 



[Amends Service Order 106.] 

 Name of Forest on Supervisors' Letters to the Forester. 



Hereafter, upon each letter written by a supervisor to the Forester will 

 appear, above the date line, the name of the Forest of which the supervisor is 

 in charge. In case a supervisor has more than one Forest, the name of the 

 Forest to which the subject-matter of the letter pertains should be used. Upon 

 requisition suitable stamps will be furnished to all supervisors who are not 

 already supplied with them. 



JAMES B. ADAMS, 



Acting Forester. 



SERVICE ORDER 8. 



SEPTEMBER 27, 1907. 



[Supplements National Forest Order No. 23, Part IV.] 

 Banger Station Selections in Forests where Sheep are Grazed. 



The attention of supervisors and rangers is called to the necessity of select- 

 ing a sufficient number of ranger stations. It is not essential that all stations 

 be chosen with a view to securing a piece of agricultural land or a nursery 

 site, since many of the stations will be used only during the summer for pasture 

 purposes. In many cases Forest officers have been seriously handicapped by a 

 shortage of pasture toward the end of summer. This condition is most fre- 

 quently met with in Forests where sheep are grazed. As early as July 1 it is 

 often difficult to find suitable camping grounds which have not been made use- 

 less by sheep. When such conditions exist so early in the summer, it is quite 

 evident that later in the season Forest officers will be compelled to buy and 

 pack grain for their saddle stock. Numerous pastures and camping grounds 

 should be selected and the boundaries thoroughly posted, so that the herders 

 will keep their sheep away. When properly distributed, such pasture will 

 afford good grass for rangers' stock all the season. 



Supervisors and rangers are therefore urgently requested to select numer- 

 ous small pastures and camping sites within the sheep range. Many of these 

 pastures need not exceed 40 acres in extent, and may very often be situated 

 within 2 miles of each other. A distance apart of more than 3 or 4 miles is 

 not desirable except when water or other essentials can not be found within 

 that distance. 



When money and time are available, a number of these pastures can be 

 fenced. This will be a great convenience to the ranger force and also to herders 

 and packers, who may very properly be allowed to keep their horses in the 

 Service pastures. 



JAMES B. ADAMS, 



Acting Forester. 

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