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A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMEKICAN FOKESTBY 



being primarily educational and demonstrational. Considerably 

 more trees would probably have been distributed during the past 2 

 years except for the depression. The general course of farm planting 

 is indicated in table 7. 



This table shows substantial increases in all regions except in the 

 New England and the Middle Atlantic regions. The sharp declines 

 in these regions were sufficient to cause a net decline for the country as 

 a whole since 1928. It should be noted, however, that both these 

 regions have substantially increased distribution to private landowners 

 other than farmers and planting on their State forests, so that their 

 grand total, including distribution outside the Clarke-McNary law 

 cooperation, shows an increase New England from 7 million in 1926 

 to 8% million in 1930, and the Middle Atlantic region from 32 to 36 

 million. The distribution of trees which the cooperating States made 

 in 1930 for all uses is shown, by regions, in table 8. 



TABLE 7. Number of trees distributed to farmers 



REGIONAL ASPECTS OF FEDERAL COOPERATION IN FARM 



PLANTING 



In New England forest tree nursery practice was already developed 

 by most of the States prior to the time of Federal participation. Fed- 

 eral cooperation has, however, resulted in some reduction in the price 

 which the farmer has had to pay for the trees and has led to more 

 effective inspection of plantations to check up on and to insure success 

 in planting. It has also led to more thorough accounting by the 

 States for all planting activity^ 



In the Middle Atlantic region we find much the same situation as 

 in New England. Most of the States were active in planting before 

 Federal participation, but one or possibly two of the States would not 

 have initiated tree production and distribution without Federal help. 



In the South, forest nurseries would probably not have been 

 attempted by at least six of the States without Federal cooperation. 

 Here advice and assistance other than financial in establishing the 

 nurseries has also been of distinct advantage. From the point of view 

 of education and demonstration, the State forestry departments are 

 making good use of tree poduction and distribution as one of the 

 important means of furthering the practice of forestry. 



