cultural value was adopted* This was uns at is factory, "both 

 to tlie applicant and the Forest Service, and in 1910 was 

 changed* IPor the past two or three years individual exam- 

 inations "by District Renders has teen the usual practice. 

 How another change in policy has "been made, and all Forest 

 lands will he Examined and classified by field parties con- 

 sisting of everts. 



Land Glass if icat ion. Only within last year gen- 

 oral classification has "been undertaken. about 100,000 

 acres classified to date. This worlr not done in detailed 

 manner provided by latest instructions. Heed for classifi- 

 cation urgent. Impossible to malie comprehensive worlring 

 plan of Forest until classification is complete* Individ- 

 ual examinations not satisfactory. General classification 

 by competent ezrperts will tend to standardize the worlr. , 

 Kew classification policy distinctly progressive and tends 

 toward economy in the long run. Impossible to obtain uni- 

 form results under old policy of individual examinations. 

 Every forest has some special problem along line land clas- 

 sification. Kelley believes 46$ of Eldorado will come 

 within agricultural limits. 47$ of this area nor/ public 

 land, and about 70, $00 acres probably would have to be 

 listed. Remainder would be poorest and roughest land. 



Have other Supervisors given this matter consider- 

 ation. Heed of starting in now to secure precipitation 



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