ACHICl'LTrilAL Al'PnolMUATION BILl^ ll»24. 2*25 



of forest land, the urrcatcr part of \vlu<li will |)ri>l)al)ly ulways Ik* 

 fort'st laiul. It rutw lias o\ «'r 10. ()(>(),()()() acres of cut-ovrr lund. »i 

 ^eat (ion! of which has boon soriously (icnudeil mid ih pructicnliv 

 unproductive. Kvcryonc in the (Ireat Lakes rej^ion who is in touch 

 with their lan<l prol)h>in now recoijiu/.es the nec«»ssity for int<'n.sive 

 <levelopnient of tlie ri>;ht use of their forest lands which are iionu^ri- 

 cultural in character. I wjus called upon to a<ldress a meeting t>f 

 the 'Pri-State Development League last winter, which represents 

 priniarilv the agricultural u>t«'rests and the agricultural boosters of 

 Michigan. Wi.sconsin. an<l Minn<'sota. While the point of view of 

 that nieotin*; was primarily for ajiricultural development, it was nlain 

 that the leaders had come to reali/e that with their a^icultural de- 

 vcl«»pment ihev must have intelli^rcnt use of the forest lands, which 

 form 40 percent of their land area, in onler to maintain the ecom»mic 

 welfare of those States. 



The State of Michit;an. recornii^-inj; the same thin*;, has instituted 

 an intensive soil ami economic survev c»f the northern half of the 

 State in an endeavor to pet the basic facts as to the ({uality of those 

 lands and what they should he used for. Michij^an luus awakened to 

 the fact that in the northern counties she lost 10.2.")0 farms durinj; 

 the last dec«'miial |)eriod; parts of Minnesota actually lost in farm 

 population durin*; the same 10 years. This goes to show that the 

 economics of the land situation in the Lake States demand intensive 

 forestry alonj; with intensive agriculture. With that enormous forest 

 land area, largely unused, coupled with the fact that the Lake States 

 are strategically located to supply the whole central part of the 

 coimtrv with forest products, an intensive study of their forestry 

 problems wmdd be very well worth while. In fact. 1 think that a 

 lorest experiment station is more needed now in the Lake States than 

 in any other region, with perhaps New England cominoj second. 



Mr. BrcH.WAN. Have you no power under this legislation to 

 establish one there i 



Colonel Greeley. We can as far as the bmguage of the appropria- 

 tion is concerned. 



Mr. Ander.sox. All vou need is the money? 



Colonel CIreeley. Ves. sir. 



Mr. Buchanan. You are not limited to Government land < 



Colonel (iREELEY. No. sir. Is that all on this item? 



Mr. Anderson. That is all. We will take uj) the ncxi item on 

 page 160. for estimating and a|)praising timlxT and other resources 

 on the national forests. 



FOR ESTTMATINC AND APPRATSINO TIMBER AND OTHER RE.SOrRC'ES ON 



THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



• 



Colonel Greeley. There is no change in the item or the amount. 

 This fun<l of SIOO.OOO is divided between the surveying and appraisal 

 of timber in preparation for sale and the surveying of grazing lands 

 where we need an intensive data cm the forage resources of a particular 

 national forest. We are making fair progress in our timber surveys. 

 We have about SO.OOO.OOO acres of merchantable timber in the 

 national forests and about one-fourth <»f that has been covered to 

 date. L'nder this item we are able to extend this work at the rate o 

 400,000 or 500,000 acres a vear, and it is only needed in the region 



