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Show SUPERVISOR' M C. G. SMITH , ; HAS RETURNED 1 Forest Supervisor C, G Smith has ''Kifl returned to Logan, nnd resumed I ififl chnrgo of tho combined Cncho l'oca- ulH tello forest. For a year nnd a halt !lfl ho had direct chnrgo of tho agrlcul- ( gdH tural land classification work of tho M forest servlco district comprising j lH Utah, southern Idaho, western Idaho, ! J fH Nevada, and northern. Arizona. Dur- i ( tH ing this timo nn pxtonslvo cxnmtnn- ' JH tlon nnd classification of lnnds was ' JH mado on twenty seven, of the thirty- ! h'll two forests, nnd a sqcond and moro I 'ITH lntonslvo oxnmlnntion mado on threo. j !H Tho first or oxtcnalyoelasslflcatlon 1 ) wns for tho purpose of 'determining 1! Kissl tho location and extent of lands in I fH each forest, which by' 'reason of top- 1 iH ography or cllmatlo conditions woro OjH unsutted to any agricultural use, or 1 jH that contained stands of timber ot KiH sufficient talua to rcqulro tholr ro- I I'H tcntlon for tho purposes stated In $ jr'H tho law under which tho national for- ji 1'iH ests woro created, viz, tho porpctu- j ntlon of thu timber supply for tho j MH ubo and benefit of cUlzetia of tho ji !bH United States. This examination, j jjl by n process ot elimination, detcrmln- k yH od tho location of lands, within tho U !H forests having somo ngrfcultural pos- k rLsV slhllltlcs. Thoso lands which Indl- lH cnto possible greater agricultural j. fH valtiu will bo given a ,. second and l moro Intenslvo oxamlnallon with n. ill view to determining tholr actual ag- j lH rlcultural vnluo or the ) proportion , H thereof that must bo rotalncd on nc- jj H count of Its bettor vnluo for othor lll purposes. illifl |
