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Show PINE BUSK BEETLE IN THE FORESTS Annihilation of the denJrocdonus raonticelae on the Palisade national for est before June 1 Is what Supervisor Frank I Ryder says he has mapped out for his next activity This, according ac-cording to the supervisor who is in 02den on detail work, will be difficult for the reason that dendrocdonus mon-ticolae mon-ticolae are pests about the size of a grain of wheat and they infest the forest by the millions He said the plan of procedure, which consists in selling most of the infected timber to the sawmills and stripping the bark from other infected trees, has already al-ready begun and progress has been noted. "The pest Is a pine bark beetle that has made its appearance in the forest during the past year," said the superior. super-ior. "It attacks lodgepole pine and these are killed as if by fire. Such a menace has the pest become that the government has taken up the study of its habits and has developed methods of extermination. I obtained the aslst-ance aslst-ance of S. S. Malvern, who has had experience with the pest in the Missoula Mis-soula forests. We found about 3300 trees infected. Some were sold to a sawmill, others to an Idaho Falls electric elec-tric company for poles, and still others to the settlers for domestic purposes There are a few Isolated trees and the bark of these will be stripped " nn |