Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1891 — Russian Forests. [ARTICLE]

Russian Forests.

In order to preserve the forests of Czar’s empire the ministry of imperial property has issued the following regulations: First, forests shall not be cut throughout in small portions at a time; second, when a part of the forrest is cut the ground immediately be cleared of the rubbish and fenced in, so that no cattle can graze there: third; sheoherds are prohibited, under a heavy fine, to build fires either in a forest in places that have been cleared of the woods.