Discussion. 



Wood bury said-Oreenacyre ' s worl: is very 

 valuable , but doesn't mean that men on 

 the ?orfa3ts are relieved from thir&ing 

 along technical lines and -nhey slio-uld 

 put their problems up to the District 

 Office nrj they ofm "be worlrad out at the 

 Bsrperiment Station* 



(Jreenaicyrs referred to Redington's sug- 

 geEtion about haying men develop their 

 powers of observation, and said that the 

 "best chance of every Forest Assistant 

 in his worl: for the Service lay there. 

 DuBois eaid that attempt to develop a 

 man 1 s powers <*f observation should not 

 stop at the forest Assistant, but ought 

 to co clean through to the bottom. 



:3? - Desirability nf Carrying on Small Experiments on 

 National S'or^sts in Addition to Those at the Ex- 

 periment Station - Results Compared to Costs. 



MPOKB: 



It is not possible to select an Esrperlnent Station 

 whioh -will represent all types of forest or other cover to 

 be found in the District, and if studies of volume growth, 

 reproduction, insect control, etc*, are desired for trees 

 or Forest types not found at the 32cperiment Station, the 

 only way to oa::ry them on is to select small experimental 

 areas on 2orest where the trees in question are found. 



For instance, suppose a IPorost officer wants to 

 compare the reproduction of pine in the shade of the Forest 

 and in openings along the edge. The observations oa& iaeaa- 



can~be made at small e^rpense of time, and labor. 

 Suppose we want to find out eometKlng about the 



