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used for agriculture. They will vary in size, according to the 

 4.' Quality of the feed, from 40 to 200 acres. A two or three wire 



fence strung on posts or trees 30 feet apart will, in most cases, be 

 sufficient to protect these pastures from range stock. 



Other infprovement work necessary for the proper administra- 

 tion of the reserve, such as corrals, drift fences, counting wings, or 

 tool houses will be authorized when their need is shown in a re- 

 ft port to the Forester. 



The supervisor will from time to time inform the Forester of 

 results. Before any expense beyond the labor of the reserve force 

 is incurred, except to meet an emergency, previous authority 

 must be secured from the Forester. 



MARKING RESERVE BOUNDARIES. 



For the benefit of the public and of the reserves forest officers 

 will do their utmost to see that all boundaries are established and 

 clearly marked. 



All forest supervisors will be supplied with boundary, posters, 

 and with stamps and ink for filling the spaces left on each poster for 

 the name of the reserve and boundary on which the notice is posted. 

 They will see that the reserve limits are kept amply marked, not 

 only at the entrance of trails and roads, but at frequent intervals 

 along the entire boundary where any entrance is probable. There 

 .should be at least one notice to each quarter mile where grazing 

 or timber trespass is likely to occur, and the entire line, where it 

 runs through timber, should be plainly marked with fore-and-aft 

 blazes, each blaze stamped in the center with the United States 

 marking hatchet. 



Every notice posted must bear the name of the reserve and the 

 proper boundary. If it is desirable to indicate the latter other- 

 wise than by " North," "South," "East," or West," combinations 

 of initials such as "XW." or " SE." may be made. 



Where the forest officers can not locate the boundaries of their 

 reserve with sufficient accuracy, or the lines of interior claims or 

 holdings of any kind, the Forester should be informed in order 

 that surveys may be made either by the United States Geological 

 Survey or by experts in the employ of the Forest Service. 



