132 DEPARTMENTAL RErORTS. 



Siqjplies. — With tlie exception of -$400 from the contingent fnnd of 

 the Department, all fiirnitnre, typewriting machines, stationery, and 

 snpplies of all kinds have been purchased from the funds ai^propri- 

 ated for the Bureau of Forestry. This expenditure was $10,200.74, or 

 5.5 per cent of the total appropriation. 



Accounts. — At the beginning of the fiscal year 1902 a system of 

 accounts was introduced, the princii)al object of which, in connection 

 Avith the proper j)reparation and handling of vouchers for the pay- 

 ment of salaries and ex]3enses, was to furnish at all times an accurate, 

 comprehensive, and permanent record of the condition of the appro- 

 l^riation for the expenses of the Bureau, and of the several allotments 

 made by letters of authorization for the traveling expenses of mem- 

 bers of the Bureau engaged in field work. A system setting forth in 

 detail the allotments and liabilities of ever}^ class has been submitted 

 at the end of each month to the chief of the Bureau. 



Tree Planting. 



The work of this section has broadened steadily during the past 

 year. Cooperation with forest ijlanters under the provisions of Cir- 

 cular No. 22 was widely extended, met Avith a high degree of public 

 appreciation, and remains the most important Avork with which the 

 section is charged. Other lines of Avork of ec^ual promise originated 

 during the year. The first National reserves for the distinct purpose 

 of forest planting were established. It AA^as fairly x^roA^ed that some 

 lands, hitherto considered incapable of doing so, Avill stock themselves 

 without planting, if well directed assistance is giA^en to the natural 

 reproductiA^e power. The reclamation of the coast sand dunes by 

 forest planting was for the fi.rst time undertaken by the Bureau. 



COOPERATIA^E PLANTING. 



On June 30, 1001, there had been received in response to the offer 

 of cooperation Avith forest planters, announced in Circular No. 22, a 

 total of 192 applications for assistance. For 173 applicants planting 

 Ijlans had been j)repared, in the course of AA'hich 113,842.3 acres Avere 

 examined. Probably 10 per cent of this area will be planted within 

 twelve or fifteen years, but the detailed plans, made in consequence of 

 the examinations, covered but 3,057 acres, which is the area to be 

 planted Avithin three or four years from the date of the plans. Where 

 the planting AA-as not extensiA'e, in many cases it is noAv complete and 

 in others it is near completion, for manj^ landoAvners began planting 

 at once on receipt of their plans. 



This planting has generally given satisfactory results. For exam- 

 ple, at FoAA'ler, Kans., the main part of a wood lot of 12 acres has been 

 established Avithout losing a single tree. At Enid, Okla., satisfactory 

 results Avere obtained in establishing a Avood lot of 5 acres. In a few 

 instances the planting has been temporarily deferred, and in tAvo 

 cases the agreements liaA^e been canceled because they could not be 

 carried out by the owners. 



During the past fiscal year 70 applications for assistance were 

 receiA^ed and 51 planting plans were made. There was examined an 

 area of 83,596.9 acres, a large percentage of AA^hich is subject to plant- 

 ing. The area actually covered by the plans made during the yenv, 

 and to be planted within the next two or three years, is 3,417.57 acres. 



