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If the work proves successful the plan is to extend a similar prepara- 

 tion of yield tables to other regions through cooperative efforts. 



Besides carrying on this field project, the Forestry Committee has 

 now four permanent sub-committees: (1) On forest products, (2) on 

 silviculture, (3) on forest economics, and (1) on forest management. 



The purpose of these sub-committees is to keep in touch with the 

 different lines of research work in forestry, assist in the promoting 

 of research projects most needed, and stimulate research in general. 

 At present it is not the purpose of the sub-committees to undertake 

 any scientific projects of its own but rather see that the existing agen- 

 cies are carrying on the needed work and assist in securing the neces- 

 sary funds or facilities for the work. 



The Forestry Committee aims also to serve as a clearing house for 

 all the forest scientific activities, including forest education. One of 

 its first tasks is to find funds for the establishment of forest fellow^shipS 

 in several of our forest schools ; to see that in any big lines of related 

 work that may he undertaken by the National Research Council and 

 may have a bearini,^ upon forestry the foresters' viewpoint should be 

 made to hear upon the problem. As an instance may be mentioned 

 the recently organized Crop Protection Institute. This institute is 

 made up of plant pathologists and the industries engaged in the manu- 

 facture of fungicides and insecticides. At the time the institute was 

 organized the forest crops, for one reason or another, had been over- 

 looked. The Forestry Committee promptly brought to the attention 

 of the institute that protection of forest products from insects and dis- 

 eases and the preservative treatment of wood are legitimate functions 

 of such a crop institute. I hope the field of the institute will be en- 

 larged to include such a large crop as the forests are. 



In concluding I wish to emphasize that the Forestry Committee is 

 nothing but a representative of the forestry profession and particu- 

 larly of the Society of American Foresters in the congress of scien- 

 tists, known as the National Research Council. If your representa- 

 tive — the Forestry Committee — does not carry out or does not serve 

 the best interests of the profession it is your fault if you do not insist 

 that it should be thoroughly representative of the needs of the pro- 

 fession in the field of forest research, and if the present personnel does 

 not carr>' out your wishes it should be supplanted by others who will. 

 I would suggest, therefore, that you keep an eye on your Forestry 

 Committee, help it with your advice and moral backing when it deserves 

 it and criticize it unmercifully if it deserves it. 



Raphael Zon. 

 December ij. i(^.o. Chairman, Committee on Forestry. 



