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CONTENTS 



PART III 



ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH A RATIONAL 



FOREST POLICY 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XIV. THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL FORESTS . . . . . . 190 



1. History and development *. ... 190 



2. Extent and location of National Forests 193 



3. Organization of the Forest Service 193 



4. Organizatoin and work of a National Forest 202 



5. National 'Forests as models of forestry practice 204 



XV. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND NATIONAL PARKS 205 



1. History and development 205 



2. Purposes and functions as distinct from National Forests . 208 



3. Location, size, and features of the National Parks .. . . 210 



XVI. STATE FORESTS AND FOREST POLICIES .......... 213 



1. History 213 



2. Number and character of state forest organizations . . . 214 



3. Functions and activities 214 



4. Trends and policies 217 



XVII. COUNTY, TOWN, AND COMMUNITY FORESTS 219 



1. General 219 



XVIII. PRIVATE FORESTRY 221 



1. Relative importance 221 



2. Past history and trends what has been accomplished . .221 



3. The farm woodland and the small timber tracts .... 223 



4. Principal difficulties and deterrents to the practice of private 

 forestry 225 



PART IV 



EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 



XIX. FORESTRY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES 228 



1. Schools of forestry 228 



2. What forestry graduates do 230 



XX. FOREST RESEARCH 232 



1. General 232 



2. Principal activities . . . 234 



