CURRENT XlfOSXAflOV 



In ono of our exchanges it is stated tpiit e. &0, 

 000,000 ft. timber salo has boon approved en tlu- 1". 

 POrest. Supervisor Kolloy states that he hafl a prospective 

 sale this soason on the Dldcvado with tho Caldo.vo TJOX & 

 Lunbor Company. Vfe are also informed that nepotic. VOCES are 

 under ray for a oalo of several hundred, nl'ilion feat on tho 

 Stenislaus to tho Standard Lumber C-. 



An experiment is being conducted In the Blue 

 Mo^nt&ii.fc of Washington by tho Forest Service for tlia purpooo 

 of definitely dotormining the influonoo of forest growth in 

 conserving tho water supply. 



Tho original stand of timber on a watershed upon 

 whoso run-off farmers and hortioulturisto in the valley &re 

 dependent, will bo roplr.ood by planting. It is claimed that 

 since tho primitive stand wac removed, springs have dried 

 up and the flow of wator steadily decreased. Thousands of 

 trees will now bo planted on tho denuded slopes at the 

 solicitation of tho people living in that vicinity in an 

 effort to restore the wator supply to its former state. 



A now boolr sntitlod "Jrincipioa of Handling Woodlands " 

 by Henry S. Graves has just boon rocoived at tho officoc It 

 explains in a very thorough and scientific manner J .-l:e various 

 silvicultur^l systoris. T'.-vo method of application, the ad- 

 vantages and disadvantages, tnd the conditions undor vrhich each 

 system can be applied ere fully discussed, airi typical western 

 stands in which it can bo applied aro given. Pnc last two 

 chapters arc dovotod to a discussion of tho protection of the 

 Forest from the destructive r-goncios euch as fire, insoctc and 

 funguous dicecsos. Tlie took is a noro oomplote -ind advanced 

 treatment of tho subject than the Primer of Forestry and will 

 be road rtth intorocs, especially ly those who have studied 

 the Rangers' Correspondence Course. 



