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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



True forest conservation will give serious thought to 

 the degraded woodland areas in the eastern States. They 

 can be made to yield a double harvest — one of wood, 

 another of human uplift. 



STATES GET $850,000 FROM NATIONAL FORESTS 



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lllli portion of the National Forest receipts for the 

 fiscal year lOl.j to go to the benefit of the various 

 States in which the forests lie, according to the 

 computation of the Forest Service just approved by 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, amounts all told to more 

 than $8.-)( 1,000. The gross receipts for the year ending 

 June 30 were $2, 481, -J (ill. 35, of which under the law S5 



TWO NOTABLE OAKS 



Bv j. R. Simmons 

 N FRONT of the \Vay.side Inn, on the State Road, 

 in Sudbury, Alass., about 50 miles west from Boston, per cent is paid over to the States for county school and 



stand these two might)- white oaks, measuring 18 

 feet 2V2 inches and IT feet 7 inches in circumference, 

 respectively, and spreading their powerful branches over 

 a space of ab(_iut 225 feet. 



TIIHSIC ii.\K? 



-AW W'.\SHI,\', I I 



Under tlieir br.lnches the fatlier of his cmiiilry passed on his way to Cambridge lo lake command of the 



Ciintinental Army. 



Here they stood in June, 171"j, when Washington 

 passed on his way tr) Caniliridge to take command of 

 the Patriot army ; and again, nearly a century later, their 

 silent grandeur attracted the eye and a|)pealed to the heart 

 of Longfellow, who made them fanicius in his "Tales 

 of a Wayside Inn." 



"Through the ancient oaks d'erhead. 

 Mysterious voices moaned and fled."' 



The\' stand as witnesses of a li>ng series of historical 

 events reaching back over a period of years previous to 

 the coming of the first European settlers. The oldest 

 citizens in their vicinity claim for them an age of up- 

 wards of 1,011(1 vears. Certainly in a])pe;irance they 

 would seem to bear out the tradition. 



The tree on the left nf the picture has nut succeeded 

 in ]ircserving its history by means of r.idial rings. Its 

 trunk is hollnw, and, by entering through an upening on 

 the side furthest fmm (he road, three ])ers<)ns might 

 stand upright within. The other oak is ci ini|i,iratively 

 sound, and when death cimies a cross section will un- 

 doubtedly record a very long and intere--ting life. 



The measurements given were made in llie earh' sjiring 

 of Hil-V 



load purposes and an additional 10 per cent is made 

 available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 in building roads and trails for the benefit of local com- 

 munities. 



Montana gets the largest share, 

 having contributed the largest 

 amount of receipts for the sale 

 of timber, grazing, and other 

 uses of the forests, or more than 

 $318,000. Of this amount, 

 -Montana is to receive $79,089.78 

 for county school and road pur- 

 poses, while the Forest Service 

 will expend $31,835.91 for im- 

 provements of special benefit to 

 local communities and not in- 

 cluded in the regular administra- 

 ti\e and protective improve- 

 ments. Idaho comes second with 

 ;i 25 per cent allowance of $75,- 

 (i51.15 and a 10 per cent fund of 

 S"0.2(i0.1(l. California is third, 

 receiving a 25 per cent allowance 

 of $07,011.3: and a 10 per cent 

 fund of $27,0 14.74. The other 

 National Forest States follow in 

 the order of the size of their respective shares. 



Arizona, $59,8(i;.S!i, under the 25 per cent provision 

 and $2:!,923.1(.i under the In per cent; Colorado, $5!l,- 

 2l8.(i0 and $23,087.44; Oregon, $49,075.83 and $19,- 

 870.33; Utah, $48,075.90 and $19,470.38; Wyoming, 

 $43,080.80 and $17,234.75; Washington, $37,445.50 and 

 $14,978.23; New Mexico, $31,780.4(i and $12,714.58; Ne- 

 vada, $l(i,244.53 and $0,197. Si ; South Dakota, $12,988.11 

 and $5,195.25; Alaska, $11,105.75 and $4,400.3(1; Ar- 

 kansas, $8,738.93 and $3,495.57 ; Florida, $2,33(i.77 and 

 $931.71; Alinnesota, $1,971.0(1 and $788.64; Nebraska, 

 $1,401.15 and $500.40; Kansas, $1,357.33 and $542.93; 

 Oklahoma, 7 59.77 and $303.91; Michigan, $198.37 and 

 $79.35; N.irth Dakota, $sl.s:! and $32.73; Porto Rico, 

 $9.25 and $3.7(1. 



The States of Arizona and New Mexico receive ad- 

 ditional shares for their school funds on account of 

 school lands included within the National Forests, yield- 

 ing them $28,90(i.lO and $9,311.87 respectively. 



( )n the National Forest Purchase Areas in the East, a 

 total of .$3,977.(iO was collected in Georgia, New 1 lamp- 

 shire. North Carolina, Tennessee, \ irginia, and West 

 \'irginia, these States thereby sharing $994. 4n under the 

 25 per cent provision and .$397. 7(i under the in per cent. 



