ca ems to have "been in 



"barlred. So, our worl: to control insoot infestations in the 

 "Test is less than four year's eld and in this District less 

 than throe. It has ho en estimated that in the California 

 forests we have from one to one-half per cent of OUT timber 

 infested and dyinc; -each year. 2his ostimcte io too hih, "but 

 nevertheless the insects are tailing a stoady toll from our 

 3?orosts and in many 'cases hr/ve increased to an alarming ox~ 

 tont; and v;]ien it has so increased , we hc.vo "been obliged to 

 institute regular control projects. ?he first of these was 

 on the Klamath TJational forest in Janiiary, February , March 

 and April of this year, where 927 trees uere cut on two pro- 

 jects, linown as the Barlihouoe and Craggy Projects, and these 

 are the only two proieots on *./hioh \/o have any figures. On 

 one t" e .-.Ithouso, temporary -lahor wac employed, and on the 

 other, the OracS7 almost wholly ranker lahor. ITo^r, the 

 average wa^e for temporary lahor ic about -:jE per day while 

 that of an Assistant Ranr is "rom ..5 to 3.50 per day, or 

 from 50f; to 75 ( ;5 higher. Therefore, it seems advisable to 

 employ temporary laborers as far as poscihlo for the actual 

 labor. Sut, at the same time, we do not want to forget that 

 this worl: is educational as well. Fhe plan of having oach 

 Diffcriot Ranger detailed for two weel^s on the control project 

 seems to he worhinc wall* on the trinity, where control work 



is now .~oinr- on. Of course,- if we were obliged to employ 



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