Show TIMBER CULTURE BY government experiment stations established to test timber and forage plants will also receive attention the covern government ment is 19 conducting e ex pen ments along the line of timber culter il or the national foretek experiment peri ment citations are being establish ed at various points will be made of trees introduced from other regions with the view of finding the species adapted to panting pl inting in this thib region which are to tn the native trees one important problem v aich w ill occupy much attention at the experiment station for a number of years is the determination of the rite of growth of immature trees left on an area after logging in scientific forestry as practiced tired in many european countr e lv ivary ry brict of timber is so handled ris as to yield 1 i perpetual of material lii tested dt at intE intervals rals in order to establish uch such a astern of management it I 1 is necess irn to kaw for eich e ich irea area logged how soon it is practicable to sturn for a second cut ana the field which can le be expected at that time and in order to do this it i neches ara to determine how fist f treet trees of different ages grow after the native natie timber liis his been removed these thebe data will be secured by periodic pei measurements measure menti of all trees on topical areas on different forests during the present season experiments to determine the influence of thinning upon the rate of growth and the quality of timber produced by the remaining trees will be initiated attention is also bearg given to the improvement nf cf the range an attempt will be made to introduce valuable forage plants on portions of the range on which the native vegetation is sparse or of an inferior quality cital rital showings ho wings of kentucky bluegrass timoth timotha timot hv rel re top and brome L rome grass grasi h hive tv e already been made and other forage plants will be tested from time to time A callec tion is being made of ill herba shrubs arid and trees found on the rational national forest together with notes on oil their forage or producing nellie alue |