Cornell Study Clubs 1207 



Legislation for the protection of trees 



1 Should there be state legislation to reduce taxation on woodlots and 



forested areas? 



2 Can town legislation be brought to bear in saving the finest trees of a 



locality ? 



3 The most valuable forest trees of the region and what means may be 



brought to bear for their preservation. 



4 What penalties has the State enacted for wanton destruction of trees 



or for carelessness in endangering the destruction of forests by fire? 



Schools of forestry and the government bureau 



1 Whether some knowledge of the principles of forestry is not necessary 



to a good farmer. 



2 Whether it will pay the farmer to place his wooded acres under the 



supervision of the Bureau of Forestry, free of cost, as offered by that 

 department of the Government. 



3 Does systematic forestry as greatly improve on the wasteful ways of 



nature as does systematic agriculture, and if so will it not pay to 

 learn the better way? 



4 The value of wood crops as compared with other crops. The fact that 



proper harvesting maintains a forest. For a thousand years the city 

 of Zurich in Switzerland has owned and managed a forest ; that forest 

 has yielded and still yields a definite amount of timber and fuel 

 each year, and is now in better condition than ever before"". 



The help of a few books and other publications on the subject is almost 

 indispensable, and winter is a good time to consult authorities such as 

 the government bulletins, the circulars of the Bureau of Forestry, and the 

 publications of the various state schools of forestry, as to the necessity 

 for planting new forests and for the preservation of those now standing; 

 as to the value of forests as soil binders, conservers of soil moisture, and 

 regulators of stream flow. Find out what state legislation has been enacted 

 for the protection and preservation of forests ; for the reduction of taxation 

 on forested areas; for the punishment of wanton destruction of forests. 

 A few titles of helpful tree-books, with cost and name of pubhsher, are 

 appended, as well as a list of bulletins and circulars to be obtained with- 

 out cost from the United States Department of Agriculture. It would 

 be well for applicants to write first to The Division of PubHcations, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, asking for circulars 

 No. 2 and No. 3, which are, respectively, the " List of pubUcations for 

 free distribution," and the " List of publications for sale." The latter 

 are extremely valuable and the prices are so moderate as barely to cover 



