apportioned among the Biz major projects. These amounts afieo 

 the actual cost of each project very appreciably, and as a res 

 project costs of different nurseries cannot "be fairly com- 

 pared un3.esti the cost keeping system is st&nderoiz 



I slioul 3 to have you inform me, whether or not 

 I forest Service nurseries charged to their costs of tree 

 production: 



1. Lan rges. 



11 items under permanent improvements. 



3. Clerical work done "by officer in charge. 



4. or's, or othe :i. ost officers 1 help. 



5. The time the draft anir c3tually spent 



on oject, which at $1.00 per day 

 woul ount to only f 100 .00 



a year, or the cost of keeping the tc 

 when working and in the stable the year 

 round. 



I think it r ole to take these queries up 

 with the Washington Office, in an attempt to standardize 

 the cost keeping om 



Respectfully submitted, 

 igned) D. S. Olson 

 In 



a.- ry 16, 1916. 



