small landholders who are trying to hold up purchases of 

 lands by the state, so that the other land can be sold at a 

 higher price to settlers who would probably find their hold- 

 ings valueless for agriculture. The officials of the various 

 counties, which collect large sums in taxes from the present 

 owners of the lands, sums which give these counties a far 

 higher proportionate income than the more settled parts of 

 the state enjoy, are also fighting the extension of the forest 

 reserve. 



For the present these enemies of the modern theory of 

 reforestration have won a victory. Their efforts to force a 

 delay have been successful, the state refusing to authorize 

 any more expenditures for purchases of more land in the 

 reserve area until another survey of the soil has been made 

 to determine if it is suitable for agriculture. If not, the land 

 will go eventually to the reserve, but in two years the price 

 may have soared like a skyrocket, making the added cost of 

 the reserve enormous. 



Griffith Outlines Policy. 



The forest policy of the state, according to State Forester 

 Griffith, is being worked out to accomplish the following ob- 

 jects : 



"1. The protection of extensive forests upon the head- 

 waters of four important rivers. 



"2. Supplying the wood-using industries of the state with 

 a considerable amount of timber, thereby, it is hoped, keep- 

 ing many of them within the state. 



"3. Preserving the forests in the beautiful lake region of 

 Northern Wisconsin. 



"Fire is the greatest enemy of the forests of Northern Wis- 

 consin, but the state board of forestry is doing everything in 

 its power to protect the forest reserves from this scourge. 



"Over 200,000 young trees have been planted, and the for- 

 est nurseries now contain more than 1,400,000 seedlings, so 

 that within two years the state will be planting from 1,000,000 

 to 1,500,000 trees annually." 



The war department is reforesting a large area near Fort 

 Bayard, New Mexico, for use as an army hospital site. 



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