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end various agencies have been used for disseminating information 

 and in getting in direct touch with the woodlot and timber land 

 owners for the purpose of showing just what can be done under the 

 best systems of forest management that are now being practiced with 

 success in this and other States. 



The State forest reservations upon which the State can practice 

 forestry in a scientific manner 'are relatively small as compared to the 

 2,000,000 acres of woodland in the State, and, therefore, the main 

 problem is to educate the private owner to a point where he will 

 practice forestry on his own land by the most approved methods. 



CO-OPERATION WITH WOODLAND OWNERS. 



Under Section 4 of the Forest Law, the State Forester is author- 

 ized to examine, upon request, the woodlands of private owners for 

 the purpose of advising them as to the best methods of management 

 and preparing plans for carrying out the work. This is one of the 

 best ways of getting in direct touch with the owner, learning his 

 peculiar problems on the ground, and devising a plan that will suit 

 his local conditions and at the same time provide for forestry im- 

 provement that will not only benefit him directly in increased yields 

 from his woodland but will furnish an object-lesson to his neighbors, 

 showing what practical forestry is and what it will accomplish. Dur- 

 ing the past two years thirty woodlots and timber tracts have been 

 examined and advice given to the owners. On page 10 will be 

 found a list of such examinations. It will be noted that these differ- 

 ent properties are scattered over the State, giving them greater value 

 for demonstration purposes. 



