58 REPORT OF THE FOREST COMMISSION. 



esthetics. It is as easy to make a woodland attractive, while devel- 

 oping it commercially, as it is to neglect either its utility or its in- 

 herent beauty. In a settled community a forest park is more normal 

 than a wild woodland. Thus is it explained why estate owners 

 are the first to take up forestry and why so much of the effort 

 of the Forest Commission is devoted to them. Forestry that deals 

 solely with debit and credit is still subject to uncertainties: it will 

 gain a place with increased security and such demonstrations as 

 the estates and the forest reserves afford. 



As means to bring about the practice of forestry the following, 

 apart from fire control which always has first consideration, are 

 engaging attention : 



Forest management, on private lands and on the State reserves 

 see pp. 59, 61. 



Forest planting See pp. 60, 65. In this connection a series of ex- 

 periments is being carried on, partly in co-operation with the United 

 State Forest Service and with private owners, to determine the 

 best species and the best methods for our territory. Some inter- 

 esting results have already been obtained. 



Investigations in zvood utilization and wood values. These 

 include a complete study of the wood-using industries of the State, 

 their needs, sources of supply, etc., now being made in co-operation 

 with the United States Forest Service. The report, to be pub- 

 lished during the coming year, will show how much and what 

 kinds of wood the State uses, where the shortages and wastes are, 

 and how to correct them. 



Lumber Directory. Co-ordinately with this an effort is making 

 to bring wood users into communication with wood producers. 

 Much loss is occasioned by the inability of one who has timber to 

 sell to find a market for it. A classified list of buyers now enables 

 us to put the would-be seller of almost any kind of wood into 

 communication with those who use it. Correspondence with either 

 buyers or sellers is invited upon the distinct understanding, how- 

 ever, that all arrangements are made by and between the parties 

 concerned. The only interest of the Forest Commission is to 

 promote utilization. 



Other lines of investigation, planned to acquire the knowledge 

 that is sure to be needed as forestry progresses, include the planting 



