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west of the Manti, containing, for example, about 27,000 people, 

 all engaged in agricultural pursuits and all interested to a greater 

 or less degree in the use and administration of the Forest." 



The following table shows approximately the size of the units 

 for the six western districts. 



District 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



150 154,587 1,030 



The above figures are approximate and are subject to correc- 

 tions caused by the redistricting which is continually taking place. 



The table indicates that the average number of units per dis- 

 trict is 25 ; the minimum of 16 for District 3 and the maximum 

 cf 31 for District 4. The average unit is slightly over 1,000,000 

 acres, but varies from 715,740 acres in District 2 to a maximum 

 of 1,376,208 in District 5, with District 3 a close second to the 

 maximum with 1,345,078 acres. Surely such difference in the 

 acreage between units in District 2 and District 3 must signify a 

 fundamental difference in organization. This is all the more 

 significant, when it is realized that District 3 has advocated a 

 further increase in the size of its units. The details of this plan 

 will be analyzed later. Fundamentally, the variance seems to be 

 due to two forms of administration; one, where the supervisor 

 is assisted by specialists, and where he himself devotes little time 

 to details, and the other, where the supervisor is an all-round 

 administrator and is personally familiar with the detail of all lines 

 of work. The local conditions in District 2 and District 3 are 

 very similar (but District 2 includes Michigan), so that one sys- 

 tem must be wrong, and the other right. Which is correct and 

 what changes in organization are demanded? This will be 

 discussed later. 



Forest Organisation in Other Countries 



The present Forest Service organization is quite similar to that 

 of Austria, where, however, the districts are in part dictated by 

 the political and racial differences. In Austria,' the head of the 



' Proc. Soc. Am. For., Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 7-37. 



