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had been devastated by the gipsy and brown-tail moths and the chest- 

 nut blight to utilize the conglomeration of hardwood material of all 

 sizes and ages to the best advantage. 



A technical man with some practical training in the State Forester's 

 department was set to study the situation and to find out market con- 

 ditions and to solve the practical problem of utilization. 



The statement is not very clear as to how the matter was arranged, 

 but finally it appears that forest owners were induced to invest in port- 

 able mills and the costs are borne by them, the State Forester furnish- 

 ing only the supervision and the education of the foreman, although it 

 is stated that "every part of the operation to the sale and delivery of 

 the product is looked after, even to reforesting or underplanting, until 

 the whole operation is complete and the final account settled by the 

 State," which would appear to involve expenditures for the State ; but, 

 he continues, "the only expense the State has been to is the expense of 

 one assistant, who devotes his whole time to utilization. He spends 

 only enough time on each operation to see that it is properly set up and 

 is kept running economically. The success of the whole matter is in 

 keeping costs low and in turning out forest products for which there is 

 a demand at fair prices." 



No details of the financial aspects are given ; but it is stated that 

 "during the past four and one-half years this work has resulted in our 

 cutting approximately 6,800,000 board feet of lumber, 28,000 cords of 

 wood, and over 25,000 ties and poles. When it is realized that little, 

 if any, of this work would have been done had not the State Forester's 

 department initiated and carried it through, it is believed to be well 

 worth while." 



Promoting Practical Forestry Work. Proceedings, Society for the Promotion 

 of Agricultural Science, November 12 and 13, 1917, pp. 91-4. 



