Paper Company has recently applied for the timber on a tract 

 adjoining the present cutting area. The amount to be cut 

 is estimated to be 3850 cords. !ir. Jallaher's article in 

 this issue on the manufacture of paper at the ?loriston mills 

 is most interesting and instructive. 



The largest timber deal in the history of the Forest 

 ia not? ponding with the Verdi -Lumber Co. The areas applied for 

 comprise 5,400 acres and lie in Lemon Canyon and on the divide 

 betreen Sierra and Sardine Valleys. The timber comprises the 

 last big block of yellow pine in the Forest on the eastern 

 slope of the Sierras. It is estimated thut about 80,000,OOC 

 board foot of tirber will be accessible to the logging opera- 

 tion, about two thirds of the eraount being yellow pine. The 

 prospects of making this sale are very fevor&ble at present* 

 The company dosireo 10 years in v;hich to out the timber. This 

 rill <?ive ample time in which to remove it In connection with 

 its orn holdingo in that vicinity with r.hloh it la intermingle*. 

 To reach this timber it will be necessary for the company to 

 extend its railroad for 16 miles. 



Timber trespass oases against the Antelope Lurabor 

 Company amounting to 0702.50 am 1 , the Yuba Development Cora;ieny 

 to the amount of '< 769.08 have been settled since our last 

 issue. 



More seed hcs been collected on this Forest this 

 year then in all the years it has been in existence ohlefly 

 because the matter TTBS given attention at the right time. 

 The circular letter from the district office helped greatly 

 by jiving a lot of definite matter about the results ob- 

 tained by various methods in different parts of tho district. 

 The statement that the rangers seed crop reports for the year 

 rere generally unsatisfeotory owing to insufficient observa- 

 tion and lack of care in preparation, however, brought out a 

 defense from one of our district rangers. *.Ve are glad to 

 give his side of the question since it was written in good 

 faith and for information as to hon seed reports could "be in- 

 proved upon. 



"\7e have three reasons ^hy ^e oannot give an ac- 

 curate estimate of the amount of seed re can collect under 

 our present system that re have to take into consideration 

 when making these reports, which are as f oilers : 



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