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cuUni-e except -'.\ days' work In- one of the resident surveyors at au ex- 

 jjeuse, for labor, of I-IO.UO. This work covered S,l)6() acres. 



."). Fi\e days' work of the entire party in making detail caliper raeas- 

 nrements, or vakiation snrveys and examinations into the J'ate of growth 

 of the different species. Tliis was also work of the student assistants. 



Leaving ont the expenses for equipment, which was not used np in the 

 svirvey, the total cost of this survey to the Commission is |400.l)0 or 

 4.4 cenls per acre, or |28.1(» per section, a considerable amount of which 

 is due to team hire in hauling and moving to these far out of the way 

 places, and in maintaining a cook camp for so small a party. 



Of other work done during the year should be mentioned the work of 

 regulating the use of the lands for grazing and the cutting of marsh 

 grass. In keeping with the rules adopted by the Commission practically 

 all grazing within the Keserves as well as all cutting of marsh hay is done 

 under permit and this local overgrazing and the irregularities and 

 squabbles of interested parties, usually resulting in, mischief to the lands, 

 have been avoided. 



The present oi-(/<iiii,^atloii on the Eeserve and the means at the disposal 

 of the Commission are as follows: 



The personnel of the Reserves : 



Warden, the undersigned. 



Forester, Mr. Werley Bradfield. 



Rangers: ^V. S. Emory and Walter M. Hatch, the former in District 

 No. 2, the latter in District No. 1 ; both residents of the neighborhood. 

 The Rangers wear a badge, with the Avording, "Forest Reserve Ranger" 

 encircling a large letter "i\I." 



Headquarters have been established on the newly acquired lands next 

 to the forest nursery. The buildings are inadeijuate, consisting of a 

 one-room log hovel and a sjnall barn with a mere semblance of a roof 

 and too small to store, even in bailed form, more than one month's supply 

 of hay for the team. In this connection it should be stated that no head- 

 quarters or quarters of any kind exist in District No. 2, where the Ranger' 

 is obliged to house himself in other x)eople's buildings, not suitably 

 located. 



The outfit or equipment acquired so far consists of: A team of horses, 

 a heavy and a light wagon, one ordinary plow, one spring tooth harrow, 

 a "bush and bog" plow (disc plow), a full set of planting and gardening 

 tools for a good size crew, four tents, three stoves and one large range, 

 a fairly complete cook ontfit, straw ticks and blankets to supply a crew 

 of about twenty men. Also a good surveying outfit consisting of two 

 Gurley- compasses, chain and pins. Every effort to do without suitable 

 equipment has proved a failure, and the few cases where makeshift 

 methods were employed resulted in actual loss. 



Accouiit!^. The expenses of the Reserves during this first year as far 

 as accounted through the ^Varden's office, were as folloAvs: 



Total amount expended : 



1. As per bills submitted by the Warden ,|3,378 ta 



2. Salaries of Warden, Forester and Rangers 1,397 21 



Total 14,775 83 



