10 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
2. The Federal Government should lend a help- 
ing hand, and, in addition, own and control large 
reservations and parks in those parts of the country 
which are noted for their beauty or natural wonders, 
and which, for other reasons, are of more importance 
to the country as a whole or to a large area of the 
country than to the State or States in which they 
may happen to be located. 
3. Both the State and Federal Governments 
should cooperate with the private owner in many 
ways to inform him in reference to forestry matters, 
and to encourage and induce him to treat his forest 
land in the proper manner. 
4. This cooperation may be applied in several 
forms, the most important of which are the following: 
By the extinguishment and prevention of forest 
fires; by the construction of roads and fire-lanes; by 
the establishment of schools of forestry and chairs 
of forestry in agricultural colleges; by the estab- 
lishment of forestry experiment stations and model 
forests; by fair taxation; by giving information on 
the subject to all who may desire it; by the distribu- 
tion of literature on the subject; by the introduction 
of valuable species from foreign countries; by the 
establishment of seed-testing stations; by the distribu- 
tion of seeds and young trees to those who will care 
for them; by the establishment of lecture courses to 
