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After the Division of Forestry took the rank of a Bureau it was re- 

 organized and divided into "divisions," each division having an executive 

 head known as "Chief." 



The present organization calls for a division of: 



1. Forest measurements. ^ , 



2. Dendrology. 



3. Forest management. 



4. Forest extension. 



5. Forest products. 



6. Records. 



The executive heads at present are: 



Chief of Bureau and Forester— Gifford Pinchot. 

 Division of Measurements— Overton U. Price. 

 Division of Dendrology— Geo. B. Sudworth. 

 Division of Management— Thomas H. Sherrard. 

 Division of Extension— William L. Hall. 

 Division of Products— Herman Von Schrenk. 

 Division of Records— James B. Adams. 



The Bureau of Forestry aims to perpetuate the forests of the United 

 States for their utility. This utility may be in the capacity of protection, 

 water conservation or lumber; either of which involves a problem that is 

 far more interwoven into the social fabric of the country than the casual 

 observer is aware. 



Now, then, as to the problems to -be solved by the several divisions 

 I see no better way to inform you of the work of the Bureau than to 

 tell you what is being done at the present time, as largely what is being 

 done now is a repetition of what has been done and of what shall be done; 

 of course, new problems will arise, and some have possibly been settled 

 that shall never again arise. 



The work of the Chief of the Bureau is of a general character, mostly 

 advisory. It is his business to see that the right kind of men are at the 

 head of the several' divisions. The needed legislation must be looked 

 after by him, he spends much energy in having the lumbermen see that 

 the Bureau is their friend and not their enemy; he has spent much time 

 and energy in bringing about an amicable settlement of the grazing 

 problem of the West; he has much to do with the co-operative work with 

 the states; the connected problems of forestry and irrigation; tours of 

 inspection, etc. 



Division of Forest Measurements.— This has to do with lumberirfg; 

 co-operative state work, and the various kinds of measurements that are 

 taken in studying tree growth. The lumbering operations being carried 

 on by the Bureau at present are on several of the forest reserves and 

 on am Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota. This reservation is to 

 become a national forest reserve after it is lumbered. The work is con- 



