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profitable employment of men and teams at times when other farm 

 work is light ; it helps to check erosion ; and it brings in revenue f rorr 

 the sale of wood products. Surely in this region the most should be 

 made of the farm woodland. 



Farm forestry is recognized by the States Relations Service as 

 coming within the scope of the extension work authorized by the Smith- 

 Lever Law. But before farm forestry can be conducted on an adequate 

 scale the Forest Service must have additional funds in order that 

 trained foresters may be employed to direct the work. The States 

 would then be authorized to use Smith-Lever funds in employing for- 

 esters to do extension work in the various counties. These foresters 

 would conduct demonstrations, give practical information to the 

 farmers, and instruct the County Agents in forestry practices. In the 

 States of Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois it is urgent that co-operative work 

 of this character should be started and carried on aggressively. 



I have endeavored in this paper briefly to describe the main features 

 of co-operation which the Federal Government and the States should 

 undertake, or which, if already begun, they should largely extend. The 

 question is chiefly one of making funds available. This is for the 

 public through Congress and the State legislatures to decide. 



