Show rya 1 RAINFALL fAR fARa n e f l a ha BELOW A VERA VERA-Sf Y i I fOR FO 11 YEARS Letter Front Austria Received BA e r Forest Office has received Hl a H aletter l letter tt r from Irom B Eduard Mayer at Wien Vien lr tl er Neustadt t Austria Austria casing att atten atten- n- n d tiou to the fact tact that the they have haye ParOl partridges par par- wco grouse wood pheasants 0 Ol t l Q atil cocks and hea t f ll la a s. s I t 1 ld LOllS Ions ous as well as hares We tilTe Y e nave ave a ye I plenty of or the latt latter r in this ph Pho Id I'd but there ma may be people who a at at s interested in the game birds listell r I l lit If so we will be glad to give the j I si r Mayers Mayer's address o l r 1 revs s c 1 1 rom District Five t Forest Officer Young reports that o d Nt S fishing fIshIng in Huntington Canyon Canon is I nd pt good There were cars in i be canyon on September 5 5 I I i Lambs from the John H. H Seely lt lI 10 J fand and Sons herd grazed In Seely Seeb I I Canyon Canon wree removed from the forIr for- for r I 9 fest est on August 25 at which time Y w they averaged 90 Ibs per head ads These lambs were early April lambs then ther and i and if they averaged 5 Ibs weight ploy lI at at birth the daily increase in weight t aa would amount to better than a ane ne nep half hal a pound which is not so bad for a dry year r Mr Young reports that the trails 15 fon on the north range will be completed On ed about September 20 t 1 Fires pL The foreigners grazing sheep to ha the east of the Forest Boundary near Clear Creek a and d Scofield have S oi kept the Forest Officers busy chas I G Ing ling smoke only to find that tho the d r fires tires are generally outside t the he For For- iii e est t. t Sunday evening a telephone call was sent to the Regional Of Or fI flee e at Ogden notifying them that a afire afire ai i fire was burning about thirteen 8 miles southwest of Soldier Summit If After Atter calling the fire guard at Scofield Scot tl t field and finding that the fire was b within or very close to the tie Forest due dut Boundary the Supervisor left Sunday Sun Sun- lith day day night for tor Woods Canyon after fter I sending three men from Scofield toi fo to I the fire that night Monday morn- morn orli 0 ra In ing on reaching the fire he found p pu i jat at the fire had started near Where D the Creek sheep owners are grazing grazin their sheep on the Utah Fuel Fuei Com Com- lands The fire had burned P pr off the south slope into Woods caneo can an anyon 1110 I 0 eo t yon on up t the he mountain side to within t. t fa a few feet of or the Forest Bouni Boun y 02 01 there it was held In check in a i 0 dense stand of or aspen which occurs 1 el in that locality ij fir It Is unfortunate that there then i is not a law la in this state that take care of these s. J-s. c c. c A I permit to burn brush should I 11 1 T- T r-I r in every overy case and nhe h such a law would cause some client liht 1 ht i Inconvenience it would saV savo conre con- con I r e expense in chasing h n tc rt re e n I i the I reported to LO be u ue with n tu LU LUI c I l Rainfall r For the period June to Au August us Inclusive some unusual recur i ing have bave been made by the officers officers of tho the I I. I M M. F. F R. R Experiment Station atall Sta ata- i ll r tion in the Oak Zone The ra rainfall elf eTE for lor the tho three summer months men 18 U Honed above was 32 per cent of I the he there 17 year average for or that p period At Atthe Atthe Atu re the Experiment Station It was 40 u per cent of the 17 year average fu while on top of the mountain at the lr Alpine Station Statton there was 63 03 per pert cent ent of the 17 year average rain rain- t fall This unusually dry w w Pf fo following a winter with the H lightest snowfall on record has made parts pails b o of the Manti ManU Forest look worse than it bas thas in a great many years in Itan tan Conditions l The permitted sheep will start star t leaving the Manti ManU Forest about the the of the month There is pl plenty nty of dry grass but water is scarce aid f it Is almost impossible to hold the i sheep On quite a number of toe the allotments sufficient forage remains to take care of the stock until from 31 the 1st let to the of October This 8 Is considered exceptionally good in view of the extreme drouth we twe have bave experienced during the past summer The cattle ranges are farIng farly far far- aring ar- ar ile ly Ing perhaps a little better hetter than the sheep ranges however some of theare tho the stock are commencing to drift off the Forest since tho the nights are beginning beginning be be- Ori ginning to grow cold Archie M. M Mellor and T T. J. J Old- Old royd of or t the be Manti ManU National Foreste Forest OT 1 Association rode with wilh e f the Supervisor over most of the sheep allotments on the north end h of the Forest September 9 and 10 We f found the range coming extremely extremely ex ex- tit nal trem oly dry and some fo the allotments allotments allot allot- ments short of of feed Generally peaking however it was surprising surprising- how well the range has held up F 1 n rr under the ver very favorable weather 9 which have haye existed for Continued on last page Rainfall far farBelow Below Average Continued from page ono the past year Personal Mention Forest Ran Ranger er Edward P. P Cox returned ro- ro turned to lo his headquarters at ManU bland MantIon blandon on the night of oC September 16 after having spent better hotter than 2 months montha on fire ire detail In western Idaho Hard Ilard Winter Coming Comin This season the tho pine ls began began began be be- gan gathering and hoarding pinecones pine cones t the he latter part of August They are storing an unusually largo supply this coupled with tho the fact tact that tho they are storing them in the open and deep down in the duff dutt is la said to be an indication of a lon long lone longwinter r win winter tor with lots of ot sn w. w Livestock Prices Emery County cattlemen are re reported re ported to have sold their fat tat cattle catlIe at 3 hc c for tor cows and 4 t J 6 for heifers helt- helt ers stock to be delivered about the middle of October Sanpete sheep sheep- men have many of them contracted their lambs at on a cleanup and since they will be received by the the buyers from September 25 26 to Oc- Oc 1 many ninny herds are now leav leaving ng g the tho Forest In order to make delivery delivery deli v- v ery on tibe dates mentioned |