REPOKT OF THE STATE FORESTER.' 



To the General Court. 



It is with continued pleasure that I submit this, the fifth 

 annual report of the State Forester of this Commonwealth. 



The office has increased in usefulness, and the work along 

 all lines has been greatly enlarged. With forest products in 

 constantly increasing demand, and thus all kinds of woods 

 quickly finding a ready market, our people realize that right 

 here in Massachusetts much of our cheap lands can be made 

 more productive, and hence valuable in proportion to how 

 well we care for them. 



The forest warden act first went into effect last spring, 

 and, although we have had but one season to test its efficiency, 

 there can be no doubt but that this one natural channel of 

 definite authority and usefulness will work wonders in estab- 

 lishing a successful State forest policy. These 343 forest 

 wardens, one in each town and city with forested area, have 

 already done valiant service, and when they are more ex- 

 perienced and are given public-spirited encouragement by 

 our people throughout the State, they are bound to become 

 great factors for good everywhere. With such an army of 

 men enlisted to do service not only for their respective com- 

 munities but in the aggregate for the State as a whole, re- 

 sults must come. 



The work of making examinations and giving advice on 

 forestry matters has grown even beyond our expectations. 

 The correspondence has been very much larger, but more 

 readily handled, due to the available literature published last 

 year and this. 



The continued hearty co-operation and cordial assistance 

 heretofore rendered to the State Forester have not been want- 



1 House Document No. 1290, 1909. 



