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the organizations controlling the public lands, such as the United States 

 Poorest Service and the State Forest Service, etc. : 



A. Nurseries such as the Cass Lake nursery, the Cloquet nursery, and other 

 nurseries of a similar nature should be immediately protected by the eradication 

 of Ribes within 1,700 feet or one-third of a mile. Mr. Pierce has already 

 brought this to the attention of the forest supervisor at Cass Lake and the dis- 

 trict forester's office at Denver. 



B. It is recommended that an intensive study of National Forests and State 

 Forests, etc., in Minnesota be made to determine: 



(a) The relation of Ribes and white pine, including the species and num- 

 ber of Ribes and their habitats. 



(b) On what areas it will be feasible to eradicate Ribes ; what areas have 

 few, if any, Ribes; the possibility of growing white pines on these 

 areas, 



(c) The location of areas of young native white pine or white pine plan- 

 tations would seem to first demand protection from the blister rust. 



C. White pine should be planted only where Ribes are absent or where it is 

 possible to protect the pine from the blister rust by the eradication of Ribes. 

 From the work in Minnesota (Cheyney) it seems quite certain that Ribes erad- 

 ication in some swamps is impracticable and impossible. Any planting of white 

 pine close to swamps is, therefore, inadvisable. 



D. It is further recommended that an early beginning be made on Ribes eradi- 

 cation in each forest where white pine grows and that there be established a 

 permanent policy in each forest for continuing such eradication. 



The Empire State Forest Products Association, w^hile mainly formed 

 in the private interests of its members, under the active efforts of its 

 secretary and forester, Prof. A. B. Recknagel, fulfils a public function 

 by keeping tab on all forest legislation in the State and publishing its 

 status in bulletins. From Bulletin No. 2 we learn that "the legislature 

 of 1919 accomplished little or nothing in the way of constructive legis- 

 lation affecting our forests and waters," some fifteen measures at least 

 being reported dead or vetoed. 



In the same bulletin the directors are reported to have formulated 

 five fundamental points of policy in any national program of for- 

 estry, namely : 



(1) Any law to control the methods of cutting timber on private lands, in- 

 vades the constitutional property rights of timberland owners. 



(2) Any plan modifying present methods of logging so as to secure contin- 

 uous forest production must result from co-operation and agreement between 

 the government and the private owner and must provide an adequate incentive 

 for private forestry practice. 



