A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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8. To provide the authority and funds necessary for the expansion 

 of other State-aid functions herein discussed, including forestry exten- 

 sion services and the distribution of forest planting stock to forest- 

 land owners other than farmers, and for the expansion of forest 

 research. 



9. To provide for equitable taxation of forest lands as rapidly as 

 sound tax systems can be devised. 



10. To authorize the establishment of national forests, where such 

 legislation does not now exist, in States where Federal participation 

 in forest ownership is desirable or necessary to meet the requirements 

 of the national forestry program. 



ESTIMATE OF STATE EXPENDITURES REQUIRED 

 STATE AID AND FOREST RESEARCH 



In table 1 is given an estimate of the expenditures by State and 

 local government agencies needed to carry out the State-aid and 

 forest-research programs. For many items the State funds may be 

 supplemented by Federal and private financial contributions under 

 the cooperative arrangements previously described. Approximate 

 expenditures for 1932 are given by way of comparison. Expenditures 

 are given for 5-year periods beginning with the fiscal year 1935, since 

 it is estimated that the immediate program cannot get under way 

 before that year. 



TABLE 1. State and local government approximate expenditures involved in the 

 State-aid and forest-research programs 



1 Expenditures not estimated beyond 5-year period. 



2 Estimates of expenditure for planting-stock production do not include any expense involved in pro- 

 duction on the present basis, since in general the planting stock now distributed from State nurseries is 

 sold by the States at cost. Nursery expense for State forest planting is, of course, not included in this 

 table. 



STATE FORESTS 



In table 2 is given an estimate of the expense to State and local 

 government agencies under the program of forest acquisition and 

 administration. The table includes the entire program, estimated 

 to be completed in 20 years. 



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