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purpose. The authorization of the amount to be appropriated 

 annually is limited to not more than $100,000. 



This provisioa became effective through the appropriation of 

 $50,000 by the. Federal Government on July 1, 1925. For the fiscal 

 year 1932, the appropriation was $95,000, while that for 1933 is 

 $79,960. For the 7-year period 1926-32 the Federal expenditures 

 have totalled $530,487. Table 6 shows the distribution of expendi- 

 tures as between the States and the Federal Government during that 



period. 



ADMINISTRATION 



The projects are managed by the States, just as in the administra- 

 tion of cooperative forest fire protection, and the Federal inspector 

 participates in State plans and budgets. He inspects the work to 

 determine the effectiveness with which moneys are spent. Upon his 

 certification the States are reimbursed by the Federal Government to 

 the extent of its obligation after the initial payments are made by the 

 State. 



RESULTS 



In 1926, in direct response to the stimulus of Federal aid, the number 

 of States raising and distributing trees for planting increased from 18 

 to 30. Forty States, including Puerto Rico and Hawaii, are engaged 

 in this activity during the present fiscal year (1933), 18 of which owe 

 their start in the work to the provision of Federal assistance. 



During the 6 calendar years 1926-31, under the Federal cooperative 

 projects, a total of 156 million trees were distributed to farmers by the 

 States. From this it would appear that something more than 150,000 

 acres of farm woodlands and shelter belts were newly established. 

 Many of the plantings have served as demonstrations to guide neigh- 

 boring farmers. During the same period the cooperating States 

 reported the distribution, without aid from the Federal Government, 

 of 113 million trees to private landowners other than farmers and the 

 planting of 150 million trees on State forests. 



TABLE 6. Expenditures in aid of far ?n forest planting 



Only a small increase has occurred from year to year in farm planting 

 over the country as a whole. Starting in the calendar year 1926 with 

 about 23 million trees planted, the number increased to 29 million in 

 1928, but during the next 3 years it dropped to an average of about 25K 

 million. 



Generally speaking, the projects have not developed into quantity 

 production on a large scale but have held to an average distribution of 

 less than a million trees for farmers per year per State, their effect 



