Show DIXIE FOREST DOINGS everything comes coines to him who waits we reluctantly waited tor for the he winter snow it came and a real term it was wag the weather man 16 ashly spread a blanket of 0 snow ov 07 cr southwestern etab 1 tali that pleasia me ae iyone ranger hanger baldwin bald win claims 14 fact diglics es of sno snow vr at and 2 I 1 ret fret in the adjo ad jonins jiin nils hills 18 inch is is reported at new harmony and rine valley 6 inches at st george i 16 G inches at the coal mine 8 billea ftp i p cedar canyon the deserts also a good covering of the downy white which has greatly i cleved the winter grazing situa von ioa which had become serious as anly aly a trace or two of moisture hail had fillen fallen since the middle ot of ler ber statistics during daring the of 1920 the following numbers ol of stock grazed graze oa 01 the forest under paid permit oa 1 cattle and horses 81 and goats in addition milk cows and work horses graz craz td ed t f ce the cattle and horses were brazed by pe permit tees and the cheep were divided among owners the number ot of cattle on the 1 orest forest is decreasing but the sheep are increasing due to exchanges irom cattle to sheep in 1925 there thera was but one band ot of sheep on the lixie division end last year there nere mere 9 herds curing the year 26 water develop rient nent projects were completed at a cost of 2389 to the government the springs improved were those that usually flowed only enough water to form a mud hole by fencing ng the aprin sprin spring g cl cleaning aning it out and piping the water into metal troughs the seeps were changed from muck holes to places where lives livestock t ock I 1 could enjoy a clear arink three small patches ol of whorled milkweed were located on the forest two patches were grubbed but as the plant reproduces itself from i underground root stalks as well as sed grubbing Is not very effective and next year the areas harboring this poisonous plant will be sprayed with a solution six sawmills operated more or las through out the aca season son and cut ft b m ft b in of loles and posts were cut by farmers all material cut by sawmills tor for commercial purposes Is sold at its ita appraised value which ranges from 2 to ta 4 per thousand board test feet sales tor for wood material to be used i on farms is sold at 1 per 11 irrespective i of grade dead material Is given tree free tor for dom domestic estle use we collected during fiscal year 1929 timber sales brought P n 1761 grazing privileges tor for cattle and horses tor for sheep and goats grazing trespass special uses 94 water lower 25 por per cent ot of f the forests gross receipts are returned to tle te counties in which the forest is I 1 located tor for road and school purposes was spent during the year to construct and maintain road a ad d trails throughout the forest |