Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-04 | Page 6 | Forestry Men Hold Sessions

FORESTRY MEN EN HOLD SESSIONS Ogden GatheringS Gathering Favors Greater Amount for Research c I director of the Great Dasin Buln experiment station of o the Iho United States forest servIce ser Ephraim outlined the proposed of ot the Society of o Ameri Amert- American American can Forestry Washington D C Ailing for tor the expenditure of U 12 12 2 In forestry research lato Isto Monday afternoon In Ina Ina Ina a forestry meeting lit in Ogden n n Il nH If H district forester pre pre- presIded tided sIded Mr pointed out that heretofore little had bad been given toward forestry r research by the fed federal ral government whereas there had b been en allotted for agricultural research In a a pr vl ou ous year ear Ho also declared that the Bell Telephone company ex- ex ex expended S tor for research last year ear the General ElectriC company the Iho Du Pont Powder company ald ad t he General Motors company and the Goodyear Tire Tiro and Rubber company each the extent of such research In business enterprises The Intermountain region It was as said Is the only one not to ave a forestry experiment sta- sta station sta station tion The tor forest st present resolved to do their best to give moro prominence to this region In Inan an any plan which might b ba be luaU luaU- In forestry study tudY Lyle Lyie F Watts atts department of forestry management told of o the studies of trees which are aro being carried on determining the tho rf effect t of soils exposure elevation and planting on their growth groth He urged planting of 00 moro trees saying that tome some or of ortho the tho old r regions glons were doing much better than had originally been an- an anticipated anticipated an anticipated At a meeting In the Ue home of o C CN 1 Woods assistant district forest forest- forester er Cr Twenty-fourth Twenty street treet Mon Mon- Monday Monday Monday day evening Clark Miles Mlles super super- supervisor Isor visor of ot the Fayette forest Idaho said 1 that yellow pine tre trees s had shown an Increase In growth of per cent for tor a a period of o U 42 years where here the old and mature trees had been removed by cut cut- cuttin cutting cut cutting tin ting Mr Miles bIlles spoke poke to the In- In Intermountain In Association of the So- So Society So Society of oi American Forestry The foresters are arc continuing their discussion of similar sub sub- subjects subjects sub subjects today nn