It is very unusual for a National Forest to receive an appropriation without asking for it. But this year, while Col. W. B. Greeley was on his western tour, he stopped at Jackson, Wyoming, the headquarters of the Teton National Forest and Government Feeding Station tor elk, to inquire about the much agitated park Extension and other business. Before September 15, when the hunting season opened, Supervisor McCain received notice that he had sufficient funds for the establishment of twenty men on game patrol work for the length of the hunting season.

Published Annually by the Ames Forestry Club

`In the matter of forest and other resources, nature has dealt more gingerly with Norway than we are led to suppose. Its northerly position and large areas with relatively high elevations, scoured by past glaciation, are factors unfavorable to the development of extensive hardwood or coniferous forest areas and to large agricultural activities. The absence of coal and the scarcity of most minerals have stood in the way of industrial expansion, and the generally very rugged topography has seriously curtailed railroad and highway construction. Consequently, the people have been forced to obtain a livelihood by fishing, ocean-carrying freight, stock raising, and to some extent by dairying and by the sale of forest products.

The early pioneer of the Middlewest appreciated the value of the nut trees which grew abundantly along the river bottoms. In his tiny sod hut, riding at anchor in a sea of bil1owing prairie, he knew that the stored bushels of black walnuts and hickories would nourish him when the bitter lash of a prairie winter drove the wallowing herds of bison toward the southland. The years rolled by and the oncoming hosts of civilization fenced the prairie. The sod hut gave way to modern farm homes, and the nut trees were cut to furnish pasturage for steer and hog. At that time the fat hog and steer were considered the prime source of fat and protein, but today a tremendously increasing population brings us to realize that the day is not far hence when the nut tree will assert itself as a more efficient producer of fat than its animal competitor. But the farmer is not particularly concerned with the problems of future generations. He wishes to know the status of the nut tree today.

Of Iowa’s many bits of rare scenery, none excel in picturesque beauty the Ledges. It is a rugged region full of life, romance, and legend; a bit of wilderness, that has a marvelous wealth of scenic witchery; an enchanting rock-walled valley of peace and harmony, through which flow woodland streams and babbling brooks, playfully leaping over rocks and boulders.