Show firest farest F irest sery cs gives away much timber oden utah february 1923 N nearly arly 7 Vs million board feet of timber from the national forests of utah valued at nearly was given away to over persons in in 1921 according to district forester R II 11 rutledge these figures show a slight decrease both as to amount and number of users from the pre year this material consists of dead dis eased e ased and insect infested timber and small trees removed in ings which have little commercial value and would be practically impossible impassible to sell the forest service gets well paid however through the secured by the removal of this class of material in checking insect attacks and the spread of diseases is as well as in getting rid of large quantities of dead wood which forem a dangerous fire hazard as long as it remains in the for foiest est the removal of small material in ia ings allows the remaining trees to grow very much more rapidly and to develop into co commercially M merci ally valuable timber in a fraction oi of the time that would otherwise be required material taken under free use consists chiefly of fuel wood posts aad id poles used on ranches adjacent to the national forests |