1614 A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



DISEASE CONTROL ON FEDERAL LANDS 



The Bureau of Plant Industry cooperates with other Federal 

 agencies by advice in disease control technique on Federal lands. 

 The allotment of the Bureau of Plant Industry of $40,500 for advice 

 in control work on the national forests should be increased to $160,000 

 by 1935, and should progressively increase to $189,000 by 1939. 

 The allotment of $15,000 for disease control advice on the national 

 parks should be increased to $20,000 by 1935 and should, increase 

 progressively to $25,000 by 1939. An increase in appropriations of 

 $6,000 for the Bureau of Plant Industry should be made for disease 

 control work on the Indian reservations. This estimate is made for 

 a 5-year period only. Due to numerous unknown factors it is 

 impracticable to estimate subsequent needs. If the indicated 

 program is carried out it is probable that expenditures after the 

 5-year period will decrease. 



BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) 



There is need for a great deal of additional study of destructive 

 forest insects as a basis for satisfactory prevention and control 

 methods. Insects attacks cause an annual loss in timber values of 

 millions of dollars. Appropriations should be increased up to the 

 amounts authorized by the McSweeney-McNary Act which provides 

 for a maximum of $350,000 annually by 1938. Thereafter necessary 

 funds should be made available as provided for under the provisions 

 of the Act. 



BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE (DEPARTMENT OF 

 AGRICULTURE) 



The Federal Government maintains protection against the intro- 

 duction of forest diseases and injurious forest insects from foreign 

 countries by the quarantine work supervised by the Bureau of Plant 

 Quarantine. Danger of the spread of destructive diseases or insect 

 pests is reduced by inspection and certification of shipments of plant 

 stock between States. This Bureau also supervises the actual 

 control work in the supression of the gypsy moth epidemic in the 

 Northeast for which $400,000 was appropriated in 1933. All of these 

 operations should be continued and adequately financed as a proper 

 governmental function. It is estimated that adequate control of 

 the g3 r psy moth, with small amounts for control of the brown tail, 

 satin, and European pine shoot moths would cost in the neighbor- 

 hood of $700,000 annuaUy. 



WEATHER BUREAU (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) 



In order to make adequate investigations of the relationship of 

 weather conditions to forest fires, as may be necessary to make weather 

 forecasts, the funds authorized for such research in section 6 of the 

 McSweeney-McNary Act should be made available, increasing from 

 present (1933) allotments of $4,650 up to the full authorization of 

 $50,000 annually in 1938. Thereafter, funds should be provided as 

 needed. 



It is contemplated that the Weather Bureau will continue its 

 service of disseminating fire-weather information to public and private 



