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Distillation A study of the volatile oils from the needles of 

 Experiments. various American conifers has been started by 

 the Forest Service. A still has been installed at 

 North Bloomfield, California, on the Tahoe National Forest, for 

 the purpose of extracting the oils from the leaves of various 

 western conifers. These oils will be studied to determine their 

 value for various commercial purposes. 



State Leads in Water- California leads all other districts in 

 Power Development. the amount of water power developed 

 under permit from the Government. 

 Of the aggregate 1,383,066 horse-power, which is comprised in 

 165 plants, 62 plants, developing 1,026,438 horse-power, are located 

 in California. 



Foresters Will Begin The Government will soon begin tak- 

 CouNTiNG State's Trees, ing stock of its timber resources, and 

 about 500,000 acres in California will 

 be mapped and estimated this season under the direction of the 

 Forest Service. 



The work will be continued each season until 27,000,000 acres 

 of national forests have been cruised. This summer's work will 

 be confined to the Klamath, Lassen, Plumas, Tahoe and Sierra 

 forests. 



Students of Stanford, the University of Cahfornia and Eastern 

 colleges will be employed under the supervision of local forest 

 officers. The data, when compiled, will show the aggregate assets 

 of the Government's timber resources. 



