MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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Michigan Forestry Association 



HAS FOR ITS OBJECT 



The modification of our laws which will enable the holding and 

 reforesting of forest lands. 



The protection of forest property against fire and trespass. The 

 disposition and management of our state lands. 



Every citizen should be interested in this work and join the Asso- 

 ciation. Membership fee $1.00 per year, including yearly subscription 

 to Michigan Roads and Forests, the official organ of the Association. 



PROF. FILIBERT ROTH, Secretary, 



Ann Arbor, Michigan 



money on behalf of the state to be used for the 

 purpose of advancing forestry interests. 



Another law provided that towns of a valua- 

 tion of $1 .1110,000 or less appropriating money 

 for defense against forest tires will receive in 

 addition from the state an equal amount up to a 

 limit of $2.10. 



TO RESTRICT GRAZING ON WATER- 

 SHEDS. 



The following is of interest not only i" 



-bowing the business-like handling of affairs 



National Forests, but also the feeling of the 



west as regards forest influences on water 



flow: 



In consequence of the conclusive eviden " 



which has been laid before the Secretary 01 



culture of injury to agricultural and Other 



interests through too heavy grazing of certain 



eds in the Manti National Forest, in 



Utah. Secretary Wilson has cut down the 



-lock which will be allowed to 



(hi- forest next year to 10,500 he.vi 



and horses, and I. I.I.OOO head of sheep. 



'I hi- i- a reduction of :;,000 in the number o! 



e and horse-, and 27.000 in the number 



There ha- been great apprehension among 



.arniers and townspeople who live along : ! - - 



-treams fed from these watersheds, lest h streams, by setting aside a strip 



overgrazing should seriously jeopardize their . , . ',-' ; JV : u:-i. 



approximately two 



width from which 



PUBLICATIONS AND NOTES. 



One of the most useful little booklets is 



Til i . < (I U 1J 1 . > A J 1 11<1 L t I V LW u 11111^3 in w ivi in n, \j \_/ 1IC vji tilt iiiv^^u iu>,i u> 



ual experience of 5 he P"M Rep,;," stock " U1 1>e exdllde<1 ?" f " r . im L tei1 "" Just published by the U. S. Dept. Agriculture 



..'vn "ds. In order to take this step it has been 



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L h ?.^, "''.'/" :i" n" '" ,^ r ^'^ V. , . to reduce the total number of ,toc% 



. 



tl forcst- an( , whik , the rc duc- 



fticer- of the Department -how that 

 , ted grazing before the Manti Nation- 

 Forest was created had very serious results, 

 he range was badly overcrowded and abused. j(j era] rMuft is ected to be of so great . 



benefit to the community as a whole that Sec- '" l 



s Farmers' Bulletin Xo. 423, and entitled 

 Forest Nurseries for Schools." The entire 



lion will entail 

 convenience to 



embarassmcnt and in- t rac t is so simply and c'early stated that i 

 number of stock growers. wil , pn;ve o f great help to anyone interested 



Wilson considers no other course is 

 to make the reduction. 



vith the result that the natural covering ot 



lion was largely destroyed, the soil was ... 



i-d. and conditions favorable to rapid ero- ' J , 



re creatc-d. The high slsoves began to GI) ' 

 jully to that when the heavy rainstorms broke TIMBER WASTE AND FUEL FAMINE. 

 ipon the mountains the canyons poured down , , . . . , 



den streams upon the towns and farms. A Shortage ot wood tor ftte is an entirely 



With these floor-streams were carried down lu;w "'"d.tion m Manton. but the residents are 



Circular 94, "Free Publications, Etc., for 

 Use of Teachers." is also a most timely circu- 

 lar and should be sent for by everyone interested 

 in matters of agriculture and forestry. 



In bulletin 83 of the Forest Service, "The 

 Forest Resources of the World," Mr. Lon 



liter which on its retreat left behind it a novelty of the situation will be apparent. _ _ ._ 



thick layer of offensive sediment. Water sup Is . true th '' n l ^ ere is some wood in the country ers anf , all peO ple 



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plies for dome-tic use were contaminated from district, but the roads have been so bad during 



It prove valuable to lumbermen, timberlan-d own- 

 r y ers and all people interested in public economy 



he pi f stock in the watersheds as 



cell as from the soil wash. The towns of tently haul it to town. 



the past month that farmers could not consis- 

 The mills and factories 

 phraim. Mount Pleasant, Huntingtnn Or- wei >' drawn lu "; n until the sl 'l>l>lv became en- 



e, Id-ron. and Salina were severe suf- tlrc '- v exhausted. The heavy tall ot drifting sa f e t(1 >ay t h at in their .. 

 while the city of Manti which is lo- sn " vv does not warrant the hauling at a rea- t ^ t i ma tes are amply accurate for all purposes 

 rectly at the month of the canyon and ?.9 na 9 k P rlce and there are today many fam- -,,,- I)n idi c concern. 

 e base of the hills, -uffered damage. '."! '." tow " who arc becoming anxious about 



and welfare. 



While much is based on unreliable esti- 

 mates, such material applies usually to unim- 

 ]>. rtant or less important districts and it is 



eneral lines these 



The results simply confirm the conclusions 

 of men like W. Femow and others who have 

 warned our people for years and urged a rea- 

 lise of the fore-Is and better forest 



tcluding depreciati. n of property, between , fuel for . present use. as well as through the 



and P:IO:J. estimated at from $75,000 to 1'>"K _wmtcr months. There is n disputltl? 



si:.;;,. oiiii. the tact that fne people have been prodigal 



ing Chief Fore-tcr Graves visited '" woo<1 timber and that much of it has been ,,,-,', tVctiin. Again we see that a really civ- 

 Kpliraiin and was impressed by the serious- destroyed by tires; yet. these facts cannot now \]\ xvf \ a ,;d industrially cleve'oped country re- 

 nditions on the "Manti Forest. 1)e :l 'tered nor the condition remedied, and all quires an enormous amount of timber, that civili- 

 prohibition of grazing in the Manti Can- that l ' an '"-' ''one is to preserve a- far a- pos- /al i, )n am l USL . of timber go together; that in 

 von in l!io:; had apparently contributed to the slh le to do, the small quantity of timber that ,, llr ,.,,,-thern zones about 30% of all land is 

 reduction of damage by floods to the city remalns alu ' to foster the second growth tim- reqll ired to produce the wood of an active 



i Manli. To a-certain whether by a modili- ' lcr people, and that remote supplies and especial- 



ot the grazing now permitted the same _ '. ly the supplies of the tropics do not enter as 



lion might be given to Fphraim and FOREST RESERVE HOMESTEAD. an important factor and are not likely to save 



towns he ordered an investigation, the .A few weeks ago the government gave no- n- the pinch which a shortage of timber will 



i which i- the reduction now made, ticc that 2, .100 acres in forest reserve in C.reen mean. Read bulletin 83. 



t was found that in parts of the Forest sur- 'ood township, Wexford county, was then "The Wood-Using Industries of Maryland" 



' nditions are far from satisfactory, and open for homesteading. SO acres to the entry, is another volume in a series of studies by 



ome areas have reached a point at which Soon but three of these 80's were left, the Forest Service in co-operation with state 



ill become more and more serious F.very acres of the land, which hitherto has authorities to find i ut what is used in the 



the vegetation i- not given a chance to re- l-;cn considered of no value for agricu'ture. state, where and by whom wood is used and 



" rn - I' i-- now evident to Secretary Wilson "ill l>e under cultivation in a few year-. It what becomes, (f it. and where it is procured 



that the National Forest officers, in their de- ' las been found that with proper care these and what price- are paid for it by the manu- 



j-ire not to curtail use of the range by stock- lands can be utilized in the culture of alfalfa, facturer and thus by the state. A perusal of 



any further than was made absolutely growers cutting from two to three tons to tte this bulletin will convince anyone of the great 



iry. have been too liberal in their rec at ' rt '' worth upwards of $14 a ton. 

 immendations as to the amount of grazing 



value of this -ort of work and publication. 



ACCEPT 280 MILES. 



The state highway department has coiu- 



permitted. PINE SEEDS AND OTHERS. 



The experience in Manti Canyon is believe 1 -^ number of people each year ask t'be sec- 



i indicate thai the proper restriction of graz- retary about tree seeds. Just now 1) Hill of pleted its work of road inspection for I'.MO. 



i will dimmish the volume of floor waters. Dundee, III., and also the North Eastern For- About 20 miles .f reads, ready for the official 



the annual property loss, and add to "try Co., New Haven. Connecticut, offer fresh O. k. of one of the highway officials, will not 



L-l prosperty ot the country. It has seed.- of white pine, of oak, etc.. at fair price-, be inspected until spring on account of the 



nsequently been decided to restrict grazing So also does Thus. Median <K: Son-. Cerman- snow. This season the department has ac- 



ipon the area.- surrounding the headwaters of town, Pa. cepted 2so miles of state award road. 



