UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 125 INSTRUCTIONS. 



Timber Settlement.-Next to the last P *rp\ 

 w,th margmal heading When referred to district forester," i 

 hereby amended to read as follows- 



HENRY S. GRAVES, 

 4i292 12 Forester. 



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guided by their spirit, especially as muicai^v* ^ J 

 expression " Those who may not reasonably be required to purchase, " 

 and by the distinction between public or personal and commercial use. 

 A member of a corporation is not necessarily debarred from free use of 

 fuel for his own home, although his ability~to secure it from another 

 source will be considered, especially if the Forest supply is limited 

 and in demand by more needy applicants. Residents of towns and 

 villages engaged in business or earning a livelihood are reasonably 

 expected to purchase building material for town dwellings and other 

 home structures, and, except in small villages, for fuel. Settlers, 

 particularly under the Forest homestead act, who have not yet 

 unproved their homes, may receive a liberal allowance for their own 

 use. There is no more reason for giving a hotel keeper or merchant 

 timber solely to build or warm his hotel or store than giving him a 

 stock of goods, yet it need not be refused the proprietor of a small 

 establishment when it will be used chiefly by himself and his family. 

 Prospectors may be assisted to develop their properties, but owners 

 of producing mines and those who are able to employ several or many 

 men on wages will be required to pay. Well-to-do stockmen and 

 owners of large ranches may reasonably be required to purchase. 



