TI1IG: It was a total frlluro In ny district. 



It \7as sown at a higher elevation than !r. .Whit turn's area 

 end it is possible that the heavy frost raised it out of the 

 ground and billed it in that wny. 



Forage PI tints 



HATTOH: Tho idoc. of collecting ran^o specimens 

 ic to got tho forego value oC the plnnts identified, as well 

 as tho identifications. I hope the rancors rill vork up an 

 interest in tho collection of forage plants. I tried this 



. -or to see uhr.t I oould do. \7e travolod around in a cart 

 on the Ilodoc end v;lthout any loss of time or detriment to 

 render ror"; collooted in duiliw.to 170 different forego plrnts, 

 A lot of thio vorl: can bo done ^hile v;e are doing othor rcrJ: 

 if vro Just aa':o u:> our Bind to do It. 



The question of I-'orest Officers boing c/ppointed 

 Pish and Ourao Deputies was thorou ;hly disoucsod pro nnd con 

 by iloddin, Scott, Babbitt, Jones and others and resolution 

 v;nc put up to tho resolution oowriittoe and afterward voted on. 

 Tho cMscucoion is omitted. 



Accounts 

 MR. THOT1PSOU guve a brief tall: as follows: 



Uncle Sara guards hie money rathor carefully. There 

 are certain things that always have to bo borne in mind by 

 the Piscal A^ont. Those are tho regulations of the Treasury, 

 the letters of authorization and the fiscal regulations. In 

 other words, for ovory expenditure there mist bo authority and 

 instructions joid it io nocooeary to show on the account all 

 this inTornation. \7hen prejarin^ en Ojcponoe account there 

 are r for; thin~o to bear in mind have *'ou the jjro.ter 

 authority to incur bho expense; hcvo you tho proper in- 

 structions and ie -fliero money a^-orojrirtod to meet it. Those 

 arc the oMn- thrt tho disbnrsin-; biTicor r.iuct conoidor when 

 tho recount is presented. The ^'isonl ?.o -uletions cover tho 

 points very reli. The irct ructions on the br.c': of vouchers 

 are cloo useful in otatir.^ the account. Another point is 

 the r.rith'Tiotical phase of tho net tor. You v;ould be surprised 

 to ceo tho nuraoor of ti^os ve *et recounts statin -7 six ni^3;ts 

 loc -in^ r-t 75 conto anouritc to V 1.LO. All theoo pointc 

 0'ioulo'bo co::cic"ored by tho rrn.p-or. The" aro ho cr.uoe of 

 colr.y ir. uno of en account in a majority of fio CJ.COB, 



when it is nococsary to return the account for correction or 

 additional ini'orux-tion. 



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