entirely green men at cutting -this timber, it Y/oiilcl probably 

 "00 cheaper to employ rancors on that particular project. 



Also from these ICLamath figures (which l>y the way 

 were compiled "by Mr .Miller of the Bureau of Dntomolor;y) i"& 

 wo -aid seen that boarding at rc-neh houses was much cheaper 

 than camping. 7/hat appear to be the actual facts about 

 camping verans "boarding? If in your ; ro~'oct 37-011 can r;et 

 board cVuriri the wholo project at Jl00 per cla;r or during a 

 certain poriod at that rate, it seems best and cheapest to 

 board; but, should it be a case of alternate boarding and 

 camping, I an afraid we \7ould a^ain get the rate of $8.47 

 for subsistence on the camping part* It has been TTJ osper- 

 iencc, with construction crews en the Porests that ;,,>1.00 to 

 C>105 per man per day will cover the entire cost, (including 

 coo 1 '.. "ing;) under any ordinary circumstances, provid- 



ing tl,o organisation is under one nan and the crow is prop- 

 erly organized. 



"7e have ho-.' sornothinc yerj definite as to the 

 benefit a. " r e r.zno*.7 that our timber is boinp l:illed by in- 

 sects; that even under our initial control projects 'o has 

 cost us a certain definite sum to control the wor!r of these 

 insects; and that '/e have treated a certain number of board 

 feet which has a definite price. On the Craggy Iro;'ect, the 

 lose for 1911 was #1,217.38 in timber, and it cost 



1,864.44 to treat it, Te feaow that in most cases the in- 



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