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summer I \ isit«Mi a <»nnnu'r<'ial imrnrrv ut KriMjc, N. II., in thr (mmiIpf 

 of tlu> New ICm^IuikI wliitr-piiu' hrd. wliicli (iixU a >*hI»' for fmiu 

 ;},()()(),0()() t<» I. ()()(). 000 youii}^ !)iin' tre«v«4 ovory year. hikI tlu'v are 

 mostly purclmsrd and nliiiitcil l)y commrrcial coimmtiis. Farther 

 west vou iitui l«'ss and loss of that, hut the iiitrrest is i(i<-r«>asiM)i;. 

 The coiiimittoo may h»« iutonvst<'(l in h'ariiiii^ that withui this past 

 voar several of the lar^e redwood manufacturers in ('alifornia have 

 hecoine conviitced that the plant iii<^ of their <Mit-over lands is a jirae- 

 tieahle and prolitahle commercial undertaking;. They are starting a 

 plan tint; pro<;ram on a large scale. That is all 1 have to say ahout 

 this item. 



81LVICULTURAL, UENDROLOOICAL, AND OTIIKR K.XPKRI.MKNTS AND 



INVESTKJ.VTIONS. 



Mr. .Vnder.son. The next item is on pa^o 158, for silvicultural, 

 dendrolof^ical, and other experiments and investij^ations, etc. 



Colonel (iuKF.LKY. Tliere is no chanjje in that item. That is the 

 item under which the forest experiment stations are maintained 

 and the investigations in tree growing; conduct<»d. We now have 

 six small forest experiment stations in the South and West which 

 are working out the prohlems of reforestation in their several regions. 

 Some of these stations have heen in effect long enough to produce 

 very definite and tangihle results; hut others have not. The latter 

 are producing reports on particular experiments hut have not as 

 yet worked out the forestry science of their region. 



In the Northwest, for example, the stations in Washin^jton and 

 Idaho have worked out practical reforestation methods adapted to 

 those regions, and the results ohtained hy those two stations are 

 to-day the principal hasis for State legislation and for the impetus 

 given to forestry hy timher associations and private concerns. 

 Thev have had a very valuavle part in directing the forestry develop- 

 ment of those regions. 



Mr. Buchanan. If they have completed their work what is the 

 necessity for their continuation? 



Colonel Greeley. I feel there is a necessity for their continuation, 

 Mr. Buchanan, hecause there are still many questions that we ought 

 to answer hcforc we can call the job finished. Europe has experi- 

 ment stations that have heen in existence for 100 years. 



Mr. Buchanan. You say they have been in existence in this 

 country that long? 



Colonel Greeley. No; I said Europe has forestrv experiment sta- 

 tions that have been in existence for 100 years, and I tnink we have 

 got to expect that most of these stations, not necessarily all of them, 

 must be maintained for a long period of time to get the cumulative 

 results in scientific observations that we need to develop our forestry 

 science. 



Mr. Buchanan. You have six in the United States and two of them 

 are in the Northwest. If they have reasonably accomplished tiie 

 purpose for which they were established, it looks to me as though you 

 should move them to other sections and let them study the climatic 

 conditions there, and other things, instead of letting them stay there, 

 if they have worked out the problems connected with that siM-tion. 

 Have they not worked out the major problems of that region i 



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