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A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Research. A sum of approximately $5,000 is provided by this 

 group of States for aid in forest research. Massachusetts performs 

 research work on the Swan State Forest. Forestry departments and 

 educational institutions of the other States are engaged in a limited 

 amount of silvical research. Entomological research work is worthy 

 of note in Maine and Connecticut. There is a growing demand in 

 this region for Federal aid through research on the economic phases 

 of forestry. 



MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION 



The States in this group comprise New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Delaware, and Maryland. 



Annual expenditures for State aid to private owners is segregated, 

 by projects, in table 5. 



Expenditures for State aid in this group constitute 26.1 percent of 

 those made in the entire Nation and are only exceeded by those in 

 the New England region. 



Fire protection. State aid in fire protection amounted to $863,743 

 during the fiscal year 1932, and giving this group second rank in the 

 Nation in such aid averaged over the past 5 years. By far the greater 

 proportion of the whole expenditure is for aid to private owners, 

 although State forests as well as private holdings are protected. 

 Pennsylvania and New York provide the greatest amount for State 

 aid in 'fire protection, the former contributing $371,996 and the latter 

 $281,743 during the fiscal year 1932. The greatest amount spent in 

 any one year during the past 5 vears by any one State in this group 

 of five was $574,361 by Pennsylvania during the calendar year 1930. 

 Since with minor exceptions fire protection is conducted on a State- 

 wide basis, practically all forest owners receive this aid. Furthermore, 

 practically all costs of protection are borne by public rather than 

 private agencies. In Maryland one half the costs of fire suppression 

 are paid by the counties. 



TABLE 5. Annual State aid to private owners in Middle Atlantic region, by projects 



Planting. The Middle Atlantic States far exceed any other group 

 in State aid extended in forest planting and nursery activities. 

 During the calendar year 1931 they provided $180,512 for aid in 

 private planting projects. Of the total amount of State planting 

 aid extended by all States to private owners, this group contributes 

 more than half. In 1931 New York in aiding private planting 

 projects alone spent $113,136 of State funds, amounting to more than 

 30 percent of the total of State planting aid in the entire Nation, 

 Large additional amounts were spent by Pennsylvania and New York 

 for planting on State-owned forest areas. 



Extension. Slightly more than 1 percent of the total State aid in 

 this region is in the form of forestry-extension work, All the States, 



