CONTENTS 



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Introduction 7 



Educational Work 8 



Co-operation with Woodland Owners ; 9 



Demonstration Forests 10 



Exhibits 12 



Lectures 12 



Forest Fire Protection 15 



Forest Fires by Counties ' 18 



Protective Measures 20 



Forest Wardens . 20 



Forest Patrolmen 21 



Lookout Stations 23 



Fires in 1912 24 



Fires in 1913 28 



State Forest Reserves 33 



Skipnish Reserve 34 



Swallow Falls Reserve 35 



Kindness Reserve 35 



Patapsco Reserve 36 



Forest Investigations 38 



Chestnut Bark Disease 39 



Second Growth Hardwood Studies 40 



Scrub Pine Study 41 



Red Gum Study 42 



Basket Willow Culture 43 



Relation of Forests to Water Power Development 43 



Taxing Woodlands 45 



Financial Statement.. . 47 



APPENDIX 



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A Plan of Forest Taxation for Eastern States 49 



The Relation of Forests and Water 52 



Forests and Climate 52 



Forests and Streamflow 54 



Forests and Erosion 55 



Forests and Floods 55 



Conclusions .... .56 



