L REPUKT OF THE SECKETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



exportation^, especially to Great Britain and Japan, have increased 

 enormously in the past few years. There is reason to believe that the 

 desirable Turkish aroma may be imparted to our own product with- 

 out detracting- in any way from the other desirable qualities which 

 it admittedly possesses. The tobacco exhibit was altogether a very 

 creditable display for this country, and it is believed that it will be a 

 very good thing for our commercial interests. The tobacco men 

 express themselves as thoroughh^ satisfied with the work the Depart- 

 ment has done in presenting our products at the exposition. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 

 GROWTH OF THE FORESTRY WORK. 



The work of the Division of Forestry continues to be thorouohly 

 practical and direct. While the principal lines of effort remain 

 unchanged since my last Annual Report, the work itself has taken on 

 a somewhat new and larger character with its growth. During the 

 past summer its total membership at the highest was about 125, and 

 this large increase in numbers, which, thanks to the small pay of col- 

 laborators and student assistants, does not involve a proportionate 

 increase in expenditure, has necessarily been accompanied by a con- 

 siderable expansion of the working organization. It may be of inter- 

 est to note here that during the past two years the working force of 

 this Division has increased about three times faster than its appropria- 

 tions. There has been, too, a parallel gain in system and efficienc}^, 

 and the Division of Forestry is now in a more effective condition than 

 at any time in the past. I am particularly glad to report that its rela- 

 tions with practical luml)ermen and tree planters were closer and more 

 useful during the past year than ever before. It has done work of a 

 kind which fully justifies the proposal to give it additional resources, 

 and I have taken occasion in my estimates to recommend a considera- 

 ble increase in the appropriation for its use. I was led to do so not 

 merely l)v the record of the Division, but also b}' the enormous 

 increase in the demand, both public and private, for its services in all 

 parts of the United States. These demands were last year far beyond 

 the power of the Division of Forestr}' to meet, and the appropriation 

 was accordingl\^ increased. But Avhile the appropriation was a little 

 less than doubled, the demand for working plans, the most important 

 of the four sections of this Division's work, increased during the past 

 year not less than twenty-five times. 



THE DEMANDS UPON THE DIVISION. 



The insistent demand for the services of the Division of Forestry is 

 the most conspicuous fact to be noted here, and the inability of the 

 Forester, through lack of resources, to meet these demands is perhaps 



