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COOPERATION WITH STATES IN FARM FORESTRY 



EXTENSION 



Federal cooperation with the States in farm forestry extension was 

 first undertaken on a Nation-wide basis as a result of the Clarke- 

 McNary law, beginning with the fiscal year 1926. Section 5 of that 

 act authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture, "in coopera- 

 tion with appropriate officials of the various States, or, in his discre- 

 tion, with other suitable agencies, to assist the owners of farms in 

 establishing, improving, and renewing woodlots, shelter belts, wind- 

 breaks, and other valuable forest growth, and in growing and renewing 

 useful timber crops. " The usual limitation is provided, namely, that 

 the amount expended by the Federal Government under the section 

 shall not exceed the amount expended by the State, and the amount 

 authorized to be appropriated annually is $100,000. 



Farm forestry extension l is conducted as a part of the program of 

 the various State colleges of agriculture. Federal cooperation in the 

 work is administered by the Extension Service of the Department of 

 Agriculture, with the cooperation of the Forest Service. 



i The statement from this point to the topic Federal aid to States for roads is contributed by W. K. Wil- 

 liams, forestry specialist of the Office of Cooperative Extension Work, Department of Agriculture, in this 

 activity. 



