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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DHPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The distribution amon*; States of the amounts available for roads 

 and trails from now ai)i)ropriations available on July 1, 1920, are 

 indicated below. 



state. 



Alaska 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Idaho 



Montana 



Nevada 



New Mexico.. . 



Oregon 



South Dakota. 



Utah 



Washineton... 

 Wyoming 



Florida 



Michigan. .. 

 Minnesota.. 

 Nebraska. . . 

 Oklahoma. . 

 Porto Rico. 



Alabama 



Georiia 



Mamc 



Ne y Hampshire. 

 North (.arolina. . 

 South Carolina . . 



Tennessee 



Virsinia 



West Virginia . . . 



10 percent. 



$10 

 49 



7 



72 

 4 



49 

 3.-, 

 11 

 31 

 4.S 



S 

 2t 

 29 

 25 



fi92. 15 

 ,8.51.27 

 , 100. 83 



401.33 



4<U,S0 

 ,939.12 



200. 87 

 ,483.89 

 ,144.97 



049. 40 

 ,009.00 

 ,204.37 



704. 70 



2.30. 30 



Peel ion 8. 



2,444.83 



153.31 



2,003.09 



1,,')49.0S 



500. 26 



$44,935.00 



54,8,58.00 

 9,619.00 



137, .586. 00 

 04,960.00 



105, .509. 00 

 71,393.00 

 19,045.00 

 39,018.00 



130,071.00 



8,039.00 



40, 493. 00 



90,880.00 



42,230.00 



1921 Federal 



Forest road 



construction. 



$89,386.00 

 137,173.00 

 21,825.00 

 31)0,000.00 

 1.59,893.00 

 4.36,3.53.00 

 232,000.00 



Special fund^ 



Equi iment 



Ad ininistrative expenses. 

 Unallotted ba'ance 



.58. 73 



725. 57 



109.97 



2,108.67 



3,064.66 



68. 36 



2,402.80 



2,1,55.25 



211.01 



Total. 



472,025.25 



I 



12,187.00 



182,200.00 

 237,. 595. 00 



27,019.00 

 lO^i.SSO.OO 

 195,044.00 



60,-307.00 



20,596.00 



29,111.00 



100, 000. GO 



1,000,000.00 



131,159.00 



111,000.00 

 300,000.00 

 189,000.00 



3,000,000.00 



' For administrative expenses, for purchase of equipment, and for increasing apportionments to Stales. 



An intensive administrative and econmic study of road needs, 

 befrun in 1918, indicates that to equip the National Forests adequately 

 with the roads and trails necessary for their proper administration, 

 protection, and full usefulness to the public will require an aggre- 

 gate investment far beyond anything yet provided for. The total 

 expenditure, approved "from Federal funds for the calendar year 



1920, is $8,127,823, which will leave a balance on January 1, 1921, 

 of only about $3,600,000 in all appropriations. After January 1, 



1921, there will be no further appropriations from the Federal Forest 

 road-construction fund, and only $1,000,000 will be available annually 

 from the section 8 fund. It is clearly evident that the program of 

 development on which so excellent a start has been made the last 

 two years must be sharply curtailed unless additional funds are 

 provided at once. 



It is believed that approximately three-quarters of the approved 

 work for the calendar year 1920 will be completed in spite of the 

 fact that increases in the estimated or actual costs, difficulties m 

 obtaining cooperation from local agencies, and the difficulty in secur- 

 ing reasonable bids from contractors have caused a reduction in the 

 amount of work. 



The transfer from the War Department of surplus materials, 

 equipment, and supplies suitable for use in road improvement has 



