is 8 H. feet B. H. per acre in .200 years ; or an 

 annual increment of 40 feet B. M. per acre. 



With protection from forest fires and 

 after the wholesale destruction of porcupines and 

 other destructive rodents, natural afforestation 

 will undoubtedly take place at a more rapid pace. 

 Natural reproduction ranging from 1 to 5^ seed- 

 lings per section is found in the Connelly Kills 

 and the open sage "brush land in the northern tl or 

 of sections in the Fremont National Forest, and 

 since none of the seedlings or Western Yellow Pine 

 treerj seen on these areas are over 20 years old, 

 a more rapid succession can be expected if come 

 protection is afforded. 



Very little of the af ore-mentioned land 

 is or ever will be suitable for agriculture owing 

 to its rough and rock:/- character. Therefore, forest 

 gcowth - even though sparse and of poor quality - 

 is better than nothing. 



ITOmtAN G. JACOBS01T 



Forest Assistant. 

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