| Show forest news items SliMp Sheep men generally gen rally hine haie ed lambs to weigh elgh a little 11 or this year than usual oever weights of tho the average lambs so far would seem to indicate that they are fully up to tha the n weights have averaged from 66 to 70 pounds tor for tho the may 20 lambs to data date no weights of cattle have come to our attention it la Is reported that a number ot of calves have haio died from bl blak i k leg in tho tile meadows ansal wyt in t of ephraim Eph ralin the bureau ot of animal industry has discontinued I 1 stockmen with the government vaccine so that will mill be necessary for them to purchase tah material elsewhere october 2 to 9 was tire fire prevention week neek according to the national fire underwriters during the ear 1921 lives and property to the alue ot of were destroyed by fire when we consider whit a seer drain on oil the public puree tiro fire cause each year Is it any wonder that steps to clean up pre preshes prem tuNes hes remove rubbish correct hazards and cultivate ss should be insisted upon at the present time timber to the value of millions of dollars la Is going up in smoke every day in canada while in parts ot of tho the united states the sit oft wilfort Is not nuch better even here in this immediate locality the danger from tire fire on our local forest Is such as to require the utmost vili gance ou the part ot local forest officers ft 0 ne o hops to escape loss from that source state stafe schools and roads are to share in national forest receipts governors of 28 states have just been notified that 25 2 nt of the 3 received from timber salea sales grazing permits and other sources of national forest revenue for the past fiscal year will bo be distributed by the forest service U S department of agriculture according to district forester II 11 II 11 rutledge of 0 ogden these theao moneys are returned to states in which national forests are located for expenditure upon schools and roads an additional 10 ot of the total receipts is 1 transferred to the pores service for the construction of roads and trails within the tile forest and this sum for the present year amounts to the total which aggregate over will ha be pro prorate I 1 ainone ho IS 28 states in n proportion to the allis icel jils from front th national imposts within their borders since the establishing of tho the national forea ho he buus returned to these states hac hai c steadly In cased and toda mount to almost will h his feln directly contributed to the development of the states by the national forests ithan their hord bord sra ers i |
