842 A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



sparse population, rural conditions, and less wealth this form of 

 interest will be much less impelling. Given strong local leadership, 

 there may be seen a really important development of State forest 

 administration for the region of worn-out farms, eroded hillsides, and 

 poor soils that extends north of the Ohio, from Pittsburgh to the 

 Mississippi ; but outside of this region and the regions in which are so 

 highly concentrated the State forests at the present time, to expect 

 any really large local movement for the undertaking of land acquisition 

 on an extensive scale would seem to fly in the face of all prol 

 The necessary motive forces do not seem to be in sight. 



