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as to the trend of market prices. The nearest approach that we 

 have to this is in the turpentine industry, where, although prices 

 are controlled from the top, even the smallest turpentine orchardist 

 knows grades, costs and returns. 



What are tj\e forces which are now working especially toward 

 a solution of the woodlot problem? I shall not attempt to put 

 them in the order of their importance, but possibly among the 

 first should be the knowledge now possessed by the Forest 

 Service, and by the State services, through the gathering and 

 publication of information on the wood-using industries. By 

 means of these reports we have, for each State, remarkably 

 complete records of what timber is wanted by that State and 

 where it can be sold. Tie this up with a knowledge of what 

 timber is produced and where it is grown or can be grown and 

 a big stride has been taken in one of the fundamental difficulties, 

 that of marketing. Another federal help comes in the expendi- 

 ture of money under the Weeks Law, by which the Government 

 is matching funds appropriated by the States for the protection 

 of their forests on the watersheds of navigable streams. Just 

 how this works out in promoting interest in forestry is set forth 

 in a report by L. C. Glenn, of the Geological Survey of Ten- 

 nessee: "Tennessee is doing nothing for itself," he says, "and 

 she will thus lose her share of the federal appropriation and will 

 continue to lose it as long as she remains inactive." "It is high 

 time that we bestir ourselves," he continues, "not for the sake 

 of our share of this federal appropriation (of course) but to 

 perpetuate our forests, to assure ourselves and our posterity of 

 timber supply, and to ward off the numerous evils that the 

 destruction of our forests will entail." 



A third federal activity is the so-called reorganization of the 

 Department of Agriculture which has really been going on for 

 some time but is now attracting particular attention. The Smith- 

 Lever bill will still further coordinate the work of the Depart- 

 ment with that of the agricultural colleges. The offices or 

 bureaus of Farm Management, Farmers' Cooperative Demonstra- 

 tion Work, Experiment Stations, Entomology, even of Informa- 

 tion, and of Roads, to a greater or less degree, ought to be fully 

 ready to cooperate. A good system of rural credits should be an 

 additional help. 



