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It is not believed, however, that the Federal and State aid system 

 is as fully applicable to the program of reforestation by planting as it 

 is to protection and extension. As was brought out in the section of 

 this report entitled " Factors Affecting Federal and State Aid," it has 

 been found impracticable to furnish private owners planting stock 

 free of charge. To do so results in a large wastage of money, since 

 many people ask for the trees who have no well-formed plans for 

 planting them, and who, in fact, may fail to plant them. 



It has been pointed out that planting stock raised in large quantities 

 in State-owned nurseries can be furnished at low cost. It is believed 

 that all practicable public stimulus should be given to planting on 

 privately owned land and that as a general rule the public should 

 contribute one half the cost of producing nursery stock, this expense 

 being shared equally by the Federal Government and the States. 

 It is not believed to be desirable for the public to assist the landowner 

 in the expense of preparing the site or in the actual planting. 



The planting program proposes a very large increase in planting on 

 State-owned lands. There are not the same objections to large 

 Federal financial participation in this that have been raised against 

 it on privately owned lands, but it is believed that the Federal Govern- 

 ment's financial participation should nevertheless be only nominal. 

 Here as in the case of land acquisition it is a question of investment in 

 publicly owned properties. It is not necessary or desirable that the 

 Federal Government and the States go into partnership with title and 

 control resting entirely in the one or the other. It seems more logical, 

 and less confusing, for each agency to spend whatever money it has 

 for planting on its own lands. Federal-aid to States is not therefore 

 proposed either for the growing of nursery stock for planting on State- 

 owned lands, or for its actual planting. 



Recommendations have been made for broadening the scope of 

 section 4 of the Clarke-McNary Act in order that it may apply to 

 planting on other than farm woodlands. To carry put this and the 

 largely increased farm woodland planting would require the establish- 

 ment of many new nurseries, the expansion of present plants, and the 

 enlargement of present technical and supervisory staffs. It is in this 

 phase of the work that the Federal Government now participates, 

 and a continuation of such participation in a greatly enlarged program 

 would require some increase in the Federal and State appropriations. 

 A maximum annual Federal appropriation of approximately $350,000 

 and an equal amount by the States are indicated to carry out the 20- 

 year program. 



FEDERAL AID IN EXTENSION 



The section of this report entitled Forest Extension, an Appraisal 

 and a Program constitutes a discussion of the need for technical 

 advice and assistance in the management of forest lands, both on 

 farms and elsewhere. It proposes an increase from the present public 

 expenditures of approximately $160,000 per annum to a maximum 

 of $800,000 per annum under the Federal aid system, one half of the 

 funds to be supplied by the States and one half by the Federal Govern- 

 ment. The report proposes further that $500,000 or five eighths of 

 the total shall be used for advice and assistance in the management 



