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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



THE STANDARD IMPROVE;^!) POWER SPRAYER, PLANNED AND BUII/r BY THE 



STATE FORESTER. 



ply this : not only are we compelled to 

 go elsewhere for our timber supply, 

 but we have created a condition which 

 seriously threatens our future water 

 supply, for it has been demonstrated by 

 the greatest engineers in the world that 

 forests play an important role in the 

 regulation of rivers. They retain for 

 some time the rainfall and lessen the 

 violence of flood flow. Whenever for- 

 ests have been destroyed stream flow 

 has always become more irregular and 

 floods have increased in number and 

 violence. Therefore, is it not time the 

 public were awakened and a more thor- 

 ough organization perfected to avert 

 these dangers? 



The moth work has been under the 

 supervision of the State Forester for 

 the past three seasons. It has been 

 his constant aim to perfect a "live- 

 wire" organization. The department 

 has received $.300,000 a year for the 

 State work and $15,000 a year extra 

 for parasite work. This last sum has 

 been largely expended under the direc- 

 tion of the United States government. 

 For the expenditure of the $300,000 

 each year for the past two years state- 

 ments have been made in previous an- 



nual reports, and the results of the 

 present season are given in the follow- 

 ing pages. 



The expenses for supervision of 

 moth work in two years were reduced 

 from $93,000 to $36,000, and we be- 

 lieve the work is more efficient than 

 ever. 



What has been saved in supervision 

 has enabled the department to do just 

 so much more in cities and towns. With 

 modern conveyances, as with the motor 

 cycle and automobile, the whole prob- 

 lem of better supervision and methods 

 has been solved. The improved spray- 

 ing machinery and general equipment 

 have revolutionized former jjractices. 

 as the cost of woodland s])raying alone 

 was reduced from $40 to about $(5. 50 an 

 acre. The burlap method of treatment 

 is practically a thing of the jjast, ex- 

 cept in certain cases. The same amount 

 spent for spraying that was allowed 

 for labor and Inu'lap proves more ef- 

 fective in combating the moths. 



At present we have a more definite 

 State policy. The co-operative under- 

 standing l)etween the State forces and 

 the United States government ofticials 



