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the name of the Cheyenne (Wyoming) was changed to Medicine Bow and 39,865 

 acres were eliminated. In District 3, the changes in the Chiricahua (Arizona and 

 New Mexico) were: Additions, 30,560 acres; additions by transfer from the Coro- 

 nado, 51,840 acres, and eliminations, 57,297 acres; in the Coconino (Arizona) addi- 

 tions, 28,775 acres, and eliminations, 283,344 acres. The Tusayan (Arizona), a new 

 Forest, consists of 1,830,487 acres, of which 1,756,131 acres were formerly a part of 

 the Co'conino and 74,356 acres reserved by this proclamation. The changes in the 

 Coronado were: Additions, 15,120 acres, and eliminations, 383,809 acres. The changes 

 in the Manzano (New Mexico) were: Additions, 268,770 acres; transfer to the Zuni, 

 215,601 acres, and eliminations, 84,158 acres. The changes in the Zuni were: Addi- 

 tions, 126,001 acres, and eliminations, 5,219 acres. In District 4, 60,070 acres were 

 eliminated from the Targhee (Idaho and Wyoming). A new Forest, the Palisade, 

 was created by taking 583,650 acres from the former Targhee (Idaho and Wyoming). 

 15,122 acres were eliminated from the Nebo (Utah), and 54,240 acres transferred to 

 the Wasatch. The Wasatch received an addition of 8,713 acres, and 1,440 acres were 

 eliminated. In District 5, a new Forest called the Kern was created from 

 1,938,528 acres formerly a part of the Sequoia, together with 12,663 acres of newly 

 reserved land. The Sequoia received an addition of 9,389 acres, and 175,730 acres 

 by transfer from the Sierra, and lost 65,490 acres by elimination. In District 6, 

 an addition of approximately 239,360 acres to the Chelan was made by transfer 

 from the Wenatchee. 



REQUISITIONS FOR FORM 979. The supply of Form 979, Conventional Township 

 Sketching Sheet, which hitherto had been furnished by the Property Clerk to District 

 Headquarters only and distributed from there as needed on the National Forests, 

 will hereafter be issued directly from the Supply Depot at Ogden to the supervisors' 

 headquarters. Chiefs of Maintenance should, therefore, requisition only the number 

 of copies needed at the district offices, and supervisors should requisition directly 

 on the Supply Depot the number of copies necessary for their work. 



SILVICULTURE 



CORRECT PREPARATION OF PAPERS. If the present plan of having supervisors pre- 

 pare important papers in reference to timber sales, sawmills, etc., is to be successful, 

 Forest officers must be careful to see that the blank space on the forms used are filled 

 out properly and that the paper is in every respect correctly drafted before it is sub- 

 mitted for execution. Mistakes in respect to material language and terms can not be 

 corrected after the execution of the papers, without destroying the validity of the 

 contract or bond, as the case may be. 



DUPLICATES OF LETTERS ON INSECT INFESTATION. Letters dealing with diseases or 

 insect infestation should be forwarded to the Forester in duplicate, in order that the 

 copies may be transmitted either to the office of Forest Pathology or to the office of 

 Insect Investigations, without additional copying in the Washington office. Much 

 unnecessary typewriting will be avoided if this is done in all cases. 



RECONNAISSANCE FORMS. The present reconnaissance Forms 321, 322, and 323, 

 have been revised as follows: Form 321 (book) has been discontinued and is super- 

 seded in part by Forms 321a ("Forty Estimate Sheet"); and 322, revised ("Recon- 



