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$3 a day plus his expenses up to three days; thereafter $8 a day is 

 is charged for his services. The $3 is about half of the actual cost to 

 the State, but the work is regarded as a forest demonstration in which 

 the State is glad to share the cost. During the year 1929 examina- 

 tions were made and recommendations formulated for 50 pieces of 

 woodland, comprising nearly 13,500 acres; these were scattered in 18 

 counties. During the same year more intensive service was given 

 on 6 operations covering 143 acres located in 4 counties. 



The 1929 report of the State forester of Maryland speaks of this 

 work as follows: 



Numerous examples are on record where individual owners have been benefited, 

 according to their own estimates, to the amount of thousands of dollars by the 

 service given at a nominal cost. 



This statement can unquestionably be accepted at full value. 

 Twenty-four of the States make these field examinations. From 1920 

 through 1925 (later data are not available) the Pennsylvania State 

 forestry organization examined 1,939 tracts, aggregating . 386,749 

 acres. From Virginia comes the statement that the demand for this 

 type of work has been too great to meet with the present personnel. 



Without doubt that is the situation in a great many States. It will 

 be remedied as State appropriations increase and State-wide organiza- 

 tions are completed. Pennsylvania today, through its wide-flung 

 State organization, is probably better equipped than any other State 

 to handle this activity effectively. The organization in New York 

 State is rapidly being built up to the point where it can do so. It 

 seems that it will be only a question of time until all States which are 

 actively engaging in forestry will have built up a State force under 

 which district foresters will have charge of all State activities, each 

 within a certain described region. When that situation comes about 

 forestry extension will undoubtedly be one of the important jobs of 

 each district forester. 



Within their prescribed field, the State extension foresters, who are 

 supervised by the directors of extension at the State colleges of agri- 

 culture, are carrying on forestry extension as well as their small 

 numbers and funds permit. Some have shown exceptional ability. 

 Their activities are limited to the farm woodland owner. Under the 

 present set-up at least they are not expected to assist other timber- 

 land owners. The activity of these men is made possible by Federal 

 funds, and they are given some Federal supervision. This phase of 

 extension is described under the section Federal Financial and Other 

 Direct Aid to the States. The Federal aid to the States for exten- 

 sion work under the terms of the Smith-Lever, Capper-Ketcham, 

 and Clarke-McNary laws and direct Federal appropriations for 

 extension work amounts to over $10,000,000 annually. Of this 

 amount only $70,000 is allotted for farm forestry extension. State 

 funds for the same purpose total about $90,000. 



Considering that the forest area in the United States is substantially 

 greater than the area in cultivated crops, and that the production of 

 forest crops is a matter about which most people know very little, 

 these appropriations are in striking contrast. There is a decided lack 

 of balance when, as in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, although 

 only 5 percent of the land is in cultivated farm crops, almost the entire 

 extension effort has to do with these crops. Forestry extension is 

 still operating on a shoestring, and is therefore entirely unable to take 



