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Colonel Greeley. They have worked out the problems which were 

 of special urj^encv in those regions in order to get things started in the 

 growing of timber, but there is still a whole lot of work that needs to 

 be done on the rate of growth, the yield to be expected from second- 

 growth stands, and the best way to produce timber of different species 

 and different (lualities. I think it would be a mistake to abandon 

 those stations for a long time to come. At the same time, there are 

 other regions where we need to be doing the preliminary work. 



LOCATION OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Mr. Buchanan. What station do you have which is nearest 

 Texas ? 



Colonel Greeley. We have a station which covers the southern 

 Pine Belt with head(juarters at New Orleans. 



Mr. Buchanan. You do not have a station in New Orleans? 



Colonel Greeley. No; just the headquarters. The field work is 

 done and most of the men are stationed at points in the forests of 

 Ix)uisiana; one of them is in Florida; and one, I think, in Georgia. 



Mr. Buchanan. What constitutes the personnel of one of these 

 stations i 



Colonel Greeley. One of these stations should normall}- have six 

 technical men. 



Mr. Bichanan. That is. inchiding the overhead? 



Coltjnel Greeley. Including the director and his assistants. 

 There should aLso be probably two clerks. 



Mr. Buchanan. Two clerks and three field men? 



Colonel Greeley. Two clerks to six field men. 



Mr. BccHANAN. And one director, making nine? 



Colonel Greeley. That would be eight; the director, five assistants 

 and two clerks, you mio;ht say, represent the normal organization. 

 At the present time we have been able to give this southern station 

 four men and one clerk; we would like to change the staff to six and 

 extend the scope of their investigations. They should cover the 

 whole southern Pine Belt. We have another station in the Appa- 

 lachian hardwood region, with headciuarters at Asheville, N. C. 



Mr. BcciLVNAN. Ifave you published bulletins? 



Col(jnel Greeley. It has published some short bulletins. Both 

 of those stations have only been in existence one year. 



Mr. Bi(iiANAN. Has the other one published bulletins? 



Colonel Greeley. "^Tlie western stations have published a good 

 many bulletins. For example, we have one station in the Southwest 

 whicli has published a number of bulletins; and now we have in the 

 Government Printing Oflice a bulletin which covers all piuises i>f its 

 10 years of work on the reforestation of the western yellow-pine region. 

 It is all extremely valuable contribution to American forestry 

 literature. 



Mr. Anderson. There have been several bills introduced. Colonel 

 (ireeley, providing for the establishment of a forest experimental 

 station in the Great Lakes region. Can you t(>ll us anything about 

 the nt'cessity or desirability of a stalit)n in that region ? 



Colonel (JiiKKLEY. I regard the (ireat Lakes region as one of the 

 most urgent places for the establishment of a forest experiment 

 station because of the fact that it contains about 00,000,000 acres 



