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CHAPMAN, Amarilla, Tex. Party from Forest Extension: J. FRED BAKER 

 VV. B. HADLEY, and A. S. PECK. 



(P) Investigation of different methods of piling and laying ties, and tests of 

 special forms of ties, in cooperation with Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail- 

 roads FRANK TOMPKINS, Somerville, Tex. 



(P) Tie-seasoning experiments, in cooperation with the Southern Pacific and 

 Santa Fe railroads H. J. BROWN, Silsbee, Tex.; assistant, C. E. FEAGIN. 



(D) Study of forest conditions of the Big Thicket country Prof. W. L. BRAY, 

 Austin, Tex. 



UTAH 



(E) Study of forest reproduction preparatory to forest planting, Salt Lake 

 Forest Reserve A. F. HAWES, Salt Lake City, Utah ; assistant, C. D. MELL. 



WASHINGTON 



(M) Working plan for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Washington, in 

 cooperation with the company C. S. CHAPMAN, care Weyerhaeuser Timber 

 Company, Tacoma, Wash.; assistant, H. D. EVERETT. 



WEST VIRGINIA 



(M) Working plan for the United States Coal and Oil Company, in cooperation 

 with the company R. C. HAWLEY, Holden, W. Va.; assistants, C. H. FARNUM 

 A. O. WAHA, F. A. SILCOX, J. B. DUMONT, C. A. MATHEWSON, and C. J. BUCK. 



WISCONSIN 



(F) Study of forest conditions in cooperation with the State E. M. GRIF- 

 FITH, Madison, Wis.; assistant, R. F. NASH. 



WYOMING 



(M) Study of lodgepole pine P. G. REDINGTON, Moran, Wyo. 



REGIONAL STUDIES 



NEW ENGLAND 



(E) Preparation of planting plants in cooperation Avith landowners (also in 

 Ohio Valley) S. B. DETWILER. 



EASTERN STATES 



(F) Location and measurements of permanent sample plots Prof. H. S. 

 GRANES, Milford, Pa.; assistant, G. H. MYERS. 



(P) Inspection of experiments in wood preservation HENRY GRINNELL. 



SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 



(M) Studies of southern hardwoods WALTER MULFORD, in Tennessee; 

 assistants, W. B. GREELEY, preliminary examinations in Tennessee; H. D. 

 FOSTER, preliminary examinations in North Carolina; H. G. MERRILL, with 

 working-plan party on tract of United States Coal and Oil Company in West 

 Virginia; J. S. HOLMES, commercial tree study at Townsend, Tenn.; assistants, 

 D. SKEELS, T. A. CASEY, J. R. WEIR, J. E. Gow, H. D. BURRALL, W. H. 

 KEMPFER, J. E. LAGDAMEO. 



MIDDLE WEST 



(M) Study of second growth R. G. ZON. 

 (M) Woodlot examinations W. G. WEIGLE. 



