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than 30 miles. If such were the case, it undoubtedly could be 

 managed more easily. 



Coherence is also a factor which influences the size of an 

 executive charge or State Forest. If the total area is in one 

 compact mass, the area allotted to one forester can be larger 

 than if his forest consists of scattered patches, blocks, and 

 ranges. The Buchanan State Forest, named after ex-President 

 Buchanan, consists of two parts separated by a distance of six 

 miles. The total acreage is 10,973 acres, 6,760 acres in one part 

 and 4,213 acres in the other part. With the same efifort, the 

 forester could manage a larger area if it were in a coherent 

 block. Interior holdings also make management more difificult. 

 In case of scattered tracts too much time is spent on the road. 



9. Topographic and Climatic Factors, Location of Forester's 

 Headquarters, and Means of Locomotion and Communica- 

 tion. 



In a rough and mountainous country one man cannot handle 

 as large an area as in a level or rolling country. In regions with 

 intense and prolonged winters and in regions with heavy and 

 extended rainfall a forester can spend less time at activities 

 in the forest than in regions with less rainfall and with a longer 

 open season. The location of the headquarters is a factor in 

 determining the size of the areas over which a forester can take 

 charge. The most favorable location from the viewpoint of 

 accessibility is usually within the area or at the side of it. In 

 some cases this is impossible and the forester may be compelled 

 to live at a short distance and sometimes at considerable distance 

 from his forest. The means of locomotion is closely interrelated 

 with his headquarters. He may be able to look after his forest 

 better with headquarters on the outside of it than by having them 

 within if he has good means of locomotion in the former case 

 and poor in the latter. Good railroad and trolley service may aid 

 him considerably. Good roads will enable him to drive, or ride 

 on horseback or a motorcycle. A few foresters have automo- 

 biles, which are very helpful to them where good roads are 

 abundant and ramify through the major part of their forest. 

 Telephone communication with subordinate, coordinate and su- 

 perior forest officers will enable a forester to take charge of a 



