success has been had with them, while some anglers swear by 

 the young of some member of the sucker family. 



Minnows must be handled very carefully and unless the wa- 

 ter is changed on them frequently they die quickly. A small 

 piece of ice in the pail with the minnows will help keep them 

 lively, and a pinch or two of salt will be found effective also 

 in this regard. 



When out for the day it is not a bad idea to have two 

 minnow pails, one with the big supply kept over the side of the 

 boat in the lake and the other containing a few minnows for 

 immediate use in the boat. When it is impossible to change 

 water on the minnows often, any method of getting fresh air 

 into the minnows' water will help. In fact, some minnow 

 pails are provided with small air pumps for forcing air into 

 the water, and this addition of fresh oxygen will do wonders 

 in preserving this bait. 



/// preparation for ihe coming fire season in California, 110 

 miles of fire lines have been built on the Sierra national forest. 



X early 4,000 acres were reforested in Montana and northern 

 ilio duriny 1913, at an average cost of $7.50 an acre. 



The best forested area of China is in Manchuria. The prin- 

 il tree varieties are pine, cedar, larch, fir, yew, oak, ash, elm, 

 ilniit, and birch. 



.Mistletoe thrives on the western coast to an extent not ap- 

 roaclicd in the east. In many places this parasitic (jrowth is 

 responsible, directl\ or indirectly, for a considerable loss of tim- 

 ber. 



In northern .Irizona, I'tali, X evada, southern Idaho, and west- 

 ern Wyoming, the fires on national forests set by campers have 

 decreased in four years from nearly a third to approximately one- 

 fifth. Lightning fires have increased from less than one-fourth 

 to nearly one-half. The relatively larger proportion from lit/Jit- 

 niny, however, is due partly to decrease in other causes. 



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