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taking on the State Reserve. There is necessity, however, that the fact 
should be kept in mind that results sufficiently definite to prove of general 
application can only be secured as the results of large series of experiments 
continued through many years. In order, however, that such work may 
reach its highest value there should be close cooperation with individual 
land owners throughout the state. Cooperative experimental plats should 
be found in every part of the state. The seedlings should be furnished 
from the state reservation and should be planted and cultivated under 
regulations prescribed by the State Board of Forestry. Regular reports 
should be made by the owners to the Board and regular inspections of 
such plantings should be made by its Secretary. The conclusions result- 
ing from observations covering a wide range of conditions and involving 
varying degrees of care and attention would evidently be of much greater 
value than those possible under present methods. 
There is cause for congratulation in the fact that the state realizing 
the gravity of the problem confronting it is taking steps to avert the dis- 
aster which our rapidly waning timber supply seems to indicate. Caution 
in such matters is of course wise, but it should not be forgotten that as a 
tule a Fabian policy is ineffective in acute cases. There is every reason 
for confidence, however, in believing that no backward steps will be taken 
and that as the years pass the development of a wise forest management 
on the part of individual land owners, will under the guidance of the 
state be far more rapid than in the past. There is reason for hope also in 
the general observance of Arbor Day for it gives assurance that the next 
generation will have a fuller knowledge and a truer appreciation of the 
value of our forests than their parents ever possessed. 
Summarizing; the present forestry conditions in Indiana being as 
stated, three great lines of work suggest themselves as immediately neces- 
sary if the timber supply of the state is maintained: 
1. An educational propaganda emphasizing the importance of correct 
forest methods, the value and potentiality of existing wood lots, and of the 
importance of reclaiming waste lands by tree planting. 
2. <A census of the present timber stand, its composition and its dis- 
tribution. 
3. Cooperative experimental work on the part of the state and indi- 
vidual land owners, for the determination of suitable species for affores~ 
tation, their silvical qualities and their rate of growth. 
