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tion, and along the line of Ranger 

 Mcleod's scheme on the Sierra. That 

 it woiild "bo well to select the areas, 

 tag the troos, and ikeep a record of 

 tho contents of each* 



1G:50 - Comparison of Cost and Immediate Benefits of In- 

 soct Control Torlc. 



In tho first place insotrb control pays, I can 

 demonstrate it from the results of last year's wor> on 

 c ? assy aa& Bar!iouse on the Slamath. 



There was a lealiago occurring on those areas a- 

 lone that we had never "before realized, -tin area of 39,000 

 acres on 3 uatorshods, the worst infested areas in tho 

 Sorest, to "bo sure* The annual loss rras found to "be amount- 

 ing to 1000 trees on the 39,000 acres. : .7o are losing al- 

 most as much on some other watersheds in proportion to 

 their r.rea* Tho value of these 1800 trees averaging 560 ft. 

 B.M. por tree, or in all 1,000,000 ft* B.M. end $2.00 

 por H ft. 33. M. is EOOC> 



This is over tr/icc as much as the value of the 

 timber destroyed "by fires on tho \rholo Sorest this Yoar* 

 More than 1/3 of the amount destroyed last year and a"bout 

 1/13 as much as was destroyed in our worst year, 1910, and 

 only on 3 watersheds of the forest, 



In 1912 we spent 4 months with a crew of 12 to 13 

 men (over 1/2 of this time using statutory rcogors) cutting- 

 927 trees killed in 1911, at a cost of 3.06 to $3.43 per 



