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Show FOREST SERVICE AND LAND OFFICE POLICY WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. A plan mutually mu-tually arranged by the Interior and agricultural agri-cultural departments, which has been submitted to tho president for approval, outlines tho general policy to be followed fol-lowed by the forest sen-ice and the general gen-eral land office in determining lands to be classed within tho national forests Timbered lands, those valuable as a protective forest in regard to irrigation or the water supply of communities, and small bodies of lands scattered' through the forests, which It' is impracticable to eliminate, are the principal areas to he confined within the forest rosorvos. The policy evolved nt a Joint conference confer-ence of officials of the two departments has been taken under advisement bv th president. It alms to create harmonious action between tho offices concerned In the ndnInlol ration of the public domain. As outlined In a' Joint hitter to the president presi-dent by Secretaries Wilson and Dalllnger the plan contemplates the following lands to be contained within the national forests: for-ests: Those containing brush or underbrush which protects stream flow or checks erosion on tho watershed of any stream important to irrigation or to the water supply of any community, and open Innds on which trees may be grown, unless their 'permanent value under cultivation Is greater than their valuo as a protective forest. Lands containing timbor or undergrowth, under-growth, cut-ovor lands and areas densely stocked with young trees, which are moro valuable for the production of trees thun agricultural crops. Areas containing no timber or undergrowth, un-dergrowth, which are located above the timber lino within the forests; small bodies of lands scattered through the forests, making elimination impracticable, imprac-ticable, and limited areas which arc necessarily nec-essarily Included in the reserves for a proper administrative boundary. |