would not "bo ejected -bo malie exhaustive reports on subjects 

 for which he has not had the tii o and c,uite li";ely for which 

 ho Iiac but little Hiring. 



The man assigned to the Group of forests could co- 

 operate \;ith the Peather River S:.:perimental Station on 

 problems of wider application than can be entirely v/orlzed 

 out on the rlumas alone, and then supplement the latter's 

 worlr. 



-i.s to the time a I- 1 o rest ...ssistant should put on 

 invest igativo worlr* '.<-iie average forest Assistant is not 

 naturally inclined to do any more scientific wort than he 

 can help, lie prefers administrative worl: and as the latter 

 is always the thing first at hand and most easily t addled, 

 he is apt to do such worl: and let the scientific studies 

 alr,:,; 1 V.liovo wo nead the services of one such man on 

 all the Porests. J?ron such men, I do not "believe we succeed 

 in getting more than 1/3 of their time put in on the invest- 

 igative worh usually laid out for then to do and I question 

 if it would "bo desiraole to require more* 



1;00 - Scope of v7or!: Under Tfr-y at the Peat her Hiver E::- 



perimont Station* Discussion of Ibrperiment Station 

 LlethocLs. Puture Plans. 



Scope of worli 

 Torest Problems proper* 

 1. Individual tree studies. 



a. Silvical studies 

 "b. Yolume studies 

 c. Growth studies 

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