WHAT THE NATION IS DOING. 



Timber sales. 



Fiscal year. 



Amount of 

 timber sold. 



Amoimt of 

 timber cut. 



Receipts from 

 timber sales. 



1904 



Board feet. 

 112, 773, 710 

 113, 661, 508 

 328, 230, 326 



1,044,855,000 

 386, 384, 000 



Board f set. 

 58, 425, 000 

 68, 475, 000 

 138, 665, 000 

 194,872,000 

 392,792.000 



S58, 436. 19 

 73,270.15 

 245, 213. 49 

 686, 813. 12 

 773, 182. 33 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908. 





Grazing business. 



Year. 



Number of 



cattle and 



horses. 



Number of 



sheep and 



goats. 



Receipts. 



1904 



610, 091 



692, 124 



1,015,148 



1,200,158 



1,380,145 



1,806,722 

 1,709,987 

 5, 763; 100 

 6,657,083 

 7,085,311 





1905 





1906 



§514,692.87 

 863,920.32 

 962,829.40 



1907 



1908 





A remarkable growth in business took place in the fiscal year 1908. 

 While in that year money available increased only 20 per cent and 

 the area of forest administered increased only 11 per cent, the busi- 

 ness done increased in the following percentages : 



Per cent. 



Timber sales 236 



Timber cut 102 



Number of free-use permits 76 



Number of special-use permits 67 



Sales and fees received 20 



Number of grazing permits 11 



Total number of sales and permits 46 



During that year timber to the amount of 386,384,000 board feet 

 was sold in 5,062 separate sales. Of these sales 4,584 were made for 

 timber valued at $100 or less. 



The uses to which the resources of the Forests are put are classified 

 as follows: (1) Timber sales, (2) free use of timber, (3) grazing, and 

 (4) special uses, the most important of which is the development of 

 water. 



TIMBER SALES. 



All timber within the National Forests which can be cut safely, 

 and for which there is actual need, is for sale. Green timber may 

 be sold except where its removal would make a second crop doubtful, 

 reduce the timber supply below the point of safety, or injure the 

 streams. The limited supply on some Forests prevents sales except 

 for local use. All dead timber is for sale. 



Timber cut from National Forests may be handled and shipped 

 like any other timber, except that it will not be sold for shipment 



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