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cut over, and cutting is carried on on such a scale as to assure a 

 perpetual yield. 



This sale is under the constant supervision of a forest service 

 lumberman and three timber-sale rangers. The trees to be felled are 

 selected and marked, the cutting is directed, utilization and brush 

 disposal are supervised, and the final products are " scaled " and 

 charged against the deposits made by the company, all by these 

 forest officers. This work is not merely lumbering; it is also for- 

 estry, as the resource is perpetuated through the husbanding of the 

 crop. The timber is sold on the stump and is handled by labor pro- 

 vided by the purchaser. 



An interesting detail in this connection is the commissary of the 

 camp at Du Noir. It is necessary to freight in all supplies, except 

 hay and grain, more than a hundred miles, chiefly from Lander and 

 Riverton. The average annual hauling program includes about 1 ton 

 of food for each of the 200 or more men. The totals for some of the 



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Fig. 7. — Breaking a log jam on Sheridan Creek, Washakie National Forest 



staples are as follows : Hay, 450 tons ; oats, 225 tons ; potatoes, 75 

 tons ; flour, 50 tons ; sugar, 25 tons ; milk, 15 tons ; canned fruits and 

 vegetables, 30 tons. 



Most of these provisions are purchased locally and are supplied 

 by near-by communities. Their purchase is a powerful factor in 

 stimulating business in the surrounding region. The industry which 

 is made possible here and elsewhere by the utilization of resources 

 in the national forests contributes consistently to community pros- 

 perity. 



FOKEST TYPES 



Nearly 60 per cent of the timber in the national forests of Wyo- 

 ming is lodgepole pine. In this forest type the individual tree is 

 strikingly subordinated to the group or community; the character- 

 istics of the type are those of the stand, not those of the tree. In 

 fact, this pine rarely grows singly or in a stand composed chiefly 

 of other species where it might have a chance to assert individual 



