

2. Powder la not always obtained in remote 

 places and It ia not easily transported 

 in bull:. 



The equipment needed, besides the 

 pawc'er, cars, and fuse, is a good sized 2- 

 inoh auger and a light arc. Some knowledge 

 ia needed to know how much powder to use 

 and where to place the cherge. 



It *as found best to assign the pot- 

 der work entirely to cne man with a helper* 

 As soon as a tree is failed the two men oan 

 work at the peeling and burning until this is 

 started. While the helper is completing 

 this the powior aao oan locate, bore and 

 shoot another tree. 



The auger hole is bored in the tree 

 at a point about 20 inohee from the ground 

 and on a alight downward slope. The charge 

 is placed a little pet the center of the tree" 



Mr. Miller's conclusions are that a cross-out 

 is more acvarta^eous than powder where two or more 

 men are working together : thc-t two teen can fell a tree 

 with axe and saw as quiclrly and as cheaply as with pow- 

 der. The uee of powder is found to be adrentegeous 

 where one man must wor! alone. 



Each Ranger has been furnished with tiro 

 pamphlets pertaining to this subject - Bureau of Plant 

 Industry Bulletin Ho. 239 "Cost anc Kethvds of Clear- 

 ing Land in Veetern Mieeh.irigton", (pe.$es 13-20), and 

 Farmerb Catalogue of the Du Pont Company, furnished 

 by Junkana, Hanna & Ryan. 



MISCELLAHEGUS CIIPPIHGS. 



7ASHIH3TOH, D. C. , June 4.- The Indian appropriation 

 bill ee reported by the Senate Committee contains two 

 new items of interest to the lumber trade. One is for 

 an appropriation of < 100, 000 for the prevention and con- 

 trol of forest fires on Indian reservations. The other 

 appropriates $20,000 to be immediately available, Tor 

 the purchase of c sawmill and logging equipment end the 

 emrloyment -of persons to log end manufacture burned timber 

 on the Plathead Indian Reservation in Montana, arc to pro- 

 tect the remaining timber from fire tna trespass. The ap- 

 propriation is to be reimbursed to the Government from the 

 sale oi lands and timber in the reservation . This amount 

 ->f this appropriation vies estimated by Secretary Fisher at 

 the beginning of the session. The committee says: 



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