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like to standardize some of the methods so that the growers would be 
able to apply remedies before pests became numerous enough to do serious 
damage. 
I am often asked if insect damage is greater now than thirty or forty 
years ago. It is a difficult question to answer, but I believe that with 
our present knowledge and methods of control the insect pests do relatively 
less damage. The farmers and growers now recognize that much of the 
insect damage is preventable and are accepting any practical control 
which is presented to them. I hope the Division of Entomology will be 
able to render greater assistance now than it has under the old office. 
THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 
CuHaAs. C. DEAM. 
The popular definition of forestry is the work of growing forest trees; 
their sale and conversion into lumber. This conception of forestry is the 
one, for the greater part, that is practiced in the United States. Foresters, 
however, see a wide difference between the growing of a tree and its util- 
ization, and suggest a more restricted definition of the term. They prefer 
something like this: “‘Forestry is the work of growing the greatest amount 
of the most valuable timber in the shortest time at the least erpense.” 
The forester grows the forest; the axman and millman destroy it, diverg- 
ing operations. 
In the five minutes allotted to me to discuss this subject, I must assume 
that you are already acquainted with the present work of the Division of 
Forestry, and I will call your attention to the possibilities of the forestry 
of the future. 
The achievements of the futwre must not be measured by those of the 
past. The present high price of lumber is arousing the people from their 
apathetic state of mind, induced by being surrounded on all sides by forests 
for centuries. The lumberman years ago appreciated the shortage of timber 
when he was compelled to go to other States for a supply. The con- 
sumer who is just behind the lumberman is now beginning to feel the 
pinch, and is asking, “will the present high price of lumber continue, 
diminish or increase?”. I answer, “they will increase unless active meas- 
ures are adopted to provide a future timber supply.” How is this to be 
done? First, set aside enough timber land to insure a future supply of 
timber. In doing this it is best to err on the side of having too much 
rather than too little. 
A study of the social and economic conditions of the land owners of the 
State, which considers the geographical location of the State, the fertility 
of our soil, the small size of our farms, the improvement and high price 
of our land, our railroad facilities, etc., shows that little can be expected 
from private forestry, and that our future timber supply must come from 
State owned forests. 
The latest statistics credit Indiana with about two million acres of good 
