48 REPORT OF SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



Acres 



Ashland . 3,966.20 



Bayfield___ 1,188.60 



burnett . 3,649.21 



Douglas 1,797.25 



Florence___. . 3,639.16 



Forest .11,460.60 



Iron 1,639.07 



Langlade_. 1,058.42 



Lincoln 1,041.32 



Marinette- 4,494.21 



Oneida_. _23,173.38. 



Polk_. 846.40 



Price -12,450.51 



Rusk_ . 2,215.87 



Sawyer-. _11,213.22 



Vilas__ . 2,360.84 



Washburn-. . 2,628.23 



TOTAL ___ _88,822.49 



These lands are scattering, some of them, of agri- 

 cultural value, and so located that it is recommended 

 that they be sold and the proceeds applied to the 

 purchase of lands in the proposed permanent reserve. 



The first work should be confined to this district. 



No matter where the forest reserve is located, the 

 same cry of opposition would go up. The question 

 is, "Are we to have a forest reserve at all?" If so, 

 it must be somewhere. And no tract can be found 

 that is more suitable than the one selected. 



There should be no misunderstanding, however. 

 There is no intention when we say that the present 

 work should be confined to this proposed area, to 

 take all of the lands therein. Every safeguard 

 should be provided so that the agricultural lands 

 shall be devoted to that use and only those unprofi- 

 table for farming used for forestry. The intention 

 is simply to limit the field of operation for the reason 

 that quicker and better results will follow, there 

 being no desire to acquire lands of even possible 

 agricultural worth. 



