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Show TALKS AT A FORESTRY MEETING At a meeting held, last night at tho local Forest Service building, at which nearly all of the forest olircers in Ogden were present. Nils 13. Echo gavo a brief talk on forestry IiuJapan. The forests in Japan aro divided into in-to divisions similar to tho method used here and aro presided over by officers corresponding to tho foresters, forest-ers, supervisors and rnngers of this country. Embracing as it does nearly every variety of climate, Japan affords an excellent opportunity for the study of all kinds of tree growth and, In traveling trav-eling fiom ono end of tho Islands to tho other, as Mr. Echo did, he was enabled to gain a comprehensive idea of the country and of the methodB used in handling the forests. There arc about flfty-slx million acres of timber land In Japan, tho majority of which is privately owned, but nearly all of which tho government govern-ment has under control. As Is tho case in most dousoly populated pop-ulated countries, labor Is cheap and tho price of timber Is correspondingly high For example, a forest ranger In Japan received about twenty cents a day and timber on the .stump Is worth about $40 a thousand.: In many cases the saw mills are government OTvncd and operated and there arc also a number of government factories whoro various wooden articles are manufactured at a great profiL As nearly as Mr. Echo could estimate, esti-mate, the Income of the forest service ser-vice in Japan is about three and a quarter millions of dollars annually so that it woruld seem that the sorvlco is a source of considerable Income to Japan over and above the expenses. In closing, Mr Echo spoko of the methods of lumbering used thoro and aid that, though primitive, they were Improving yearly and that tramways and modern logging roads were being built to replaco tho old trails. McCllnton G. Smith, supervisor of tho Cache forest at Ixgnn, gave a short talk on his experience during the early days of the forest service when tho forests were first created Mr. Smith 6poke of IiIb experiences In tho mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina whlcn Is the stronghold strong-hold of tho southern moonshiners After Aft-er this Mr. Smith was a member of a party sent out to mnke a study of the California forests In general and of the redwood grovcB In particular. He described the logging methods In those days and of tho great waste or timber aH compared with tho economical econom-ical administration of the present time. Mr Smith spoko of the great size of tho redwoods, many of which arc three thousand years old and twentv feet in diameter The" redwood '! now being used extensively ex-tensively for commercial purposos and Is fast becoming a tree of great economic eco-nomic importance A slnglo tree when sawed Into lumber will make a fair- sized lumber yard. oo |