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there were over 100 million acres included; and by the 

 end of his administration, 175 million acres had been 

 placed in reservation. 



The anomaloiis condition, which placed the survey of 

 the forest reserves in the Geological Survey, their ad- 

 ministration in the Land Office, and the scientific or 

 technical development of forestry in the Department of 

 Agriculture, was finally ended in 1904, when, on Feb- 

 ruary 1st, the whole matter was placed in the hands of 

 the Department of Agriculture, with its Forestry Di- 

 vision, which had been changed into a Bureau of For- 

 estry, and then changed its name again to Forest Ser- 

 vice. 



With this transfer, it may be said, the federal forest 

 policy was fully established, at least for its own lands, 

 and all that remains to be done is the perfection of de- 

 tails in their administration and the development of 

 silvicultural methods. 



With appropriations which now (1907) exceed $950,- 

 000 for investigating work alone, limitless opportunity 

 seems to be open to extend the many directions of in- 

 quiry and solve the silvicultural problems, and satisfy 

 the educational function of this government agency. 



But besides the administration of the federal timber- 

 lands and the educational and other assistance of pri- 

 vate owners, a further expansion of the Forest Service is 

 developing under the paternalistic and socialistic ten- 

 dencies referred to before, which may ultimately lead to 

 the purchase and federal control of forest reserves in the 

 Eastern States. Such expansion was, indeed, proposed 

 in the establishment of reserves in the White Mountains 

 and the Southern Appalachians, propositions which 



