INDEX. 



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Law relating to Land Agent 5 



Law relating to Forest Commissioner 12 



Law relating to Maine Forestry District 20 



1915 



Public Lands 31 



Financial Statement 35 



Watershed Expense 36 



Lookout Service 36 



Patrols 33 



Railroad Patrol 39 



Federal Cooperation 40 



Slash Law 41 



Improvements 4 2 



Forest Fires, unincorporated townships 48 



Forest Fires, incorporated towns 53 



1916 



Public Lands 58 



Financial Statement 63 



Watershed Expense 64 



Lookout Service 65 



Patrols 68 



Railroad Patrol 69 



Cooperative work with New Hampshire and Canada 71 



Slash work 72 



Federal Cooperation 73 



Contract with Federal Department 78 



Improvements 85 



Recommendations for 1917 by chief wardens 89 



Forest Fires, unincorporated townships 93 



Forest Fires, incorporated towns 97 



Forestry Department, University of Maine. 



Report, 1915-1916 102 



"Handling the Farm Woodlot" 112 



Characteristics of Trees, recommended for planting in Maine.. 126 



Shrubs hardy in Maine 129 



List of Commercial Nurseries 130 



In General. 



Benjamin C. Jordan Fund 99 



White Pine Blister Rust 132 



White Pine Blister Rust in Maine and locations of same 138 



Conclusions and Recommendations 152 



