being erected on the following areas: heavy deer concentration, 
oak-chestnut typo, and aspen-pincherry type. Additional ex- 
closures will be erected on the other representative cover tyes 
in order that the same data mAy be obtained for all of the major 
types on the Forest. These deer-proof cxclosuros vary in size 
from 1/4 to a full acre, with one-fourth of the area both door and 
rabbit-proof. The data will be collected seasonally on quadrats 
inside and outside of the oxclosuros. 
mast Crop 
Fourteen movable mil-acre rodentproof mast traps were con- 
structed and placed in representative cover types to ascertain the 
averago size of beech nut and acorn crops. Delay in the construction 
made it impossible to get these traps out in time to collect these 
data for 1935. However, five traps were put out and the experience 
gained will enable the project to bo successfully carricd on next 
year. To exclude climbing rodents from the crowns of a few trees 
which will be isolated by cutting surrounding trees, tin guards 
similar to rat guards on ship hawsers, sill be plnod around the 
bole of the tree. The isolation of a few trees in this manner will 
give data on the percentage of the mast crop used by squirrels. 
Chemical Analysis of Food 
It has been suggested that the small size of white tail deer 
on Allegheny Forest is not duo to a lack of sufficient quantity of 
food but to the low nutritive quality of the food. Some twenty 
samples of summer and fall foods have been collected and a collection 
of winter foods will be made. It will be desirable to have the Bur- 
eau of Chemistry analyze these foods. Comparison of similar ana- 
lysis from other regions will enable us to ascertain the facts of 
this supposition. In addition, soil samples from natural licks have 
been collected for analysis. 
Stomach Analysis 
With the excellent cooperation of the local County Game Pro- 
tectors, it has been possible to collect twenty-one deer stomachs, 
an avorage of almost three per each month for the period of May to 
December, inclusive. The stomachs were obtained from deer killed 
by motorists, except for those collected in December which were 
killed by hunters, These stomachs, aft6r being properly prepared, 
are sent to the Biological Survey for analysis. Information on 
species taken and comparative percentages of the various food species 
will be obtained from this study. 
Herbarium 
Approximately four hundred sixty plant specimens have been 
collected. It has not been possible to prepare these specimens for