No. 4.] RKPORT OF STATE FORERTER. 297 



4. That elaborate working plans and maps, when made 

 for private parties, result in nothing more being done than 

 would come from an ordinary examination and report, and 

 so should be abolished except in certain cases, when they 

 should be made at the expense of the owner. 



5. That, if this co-operative work increases during the 

 present year at a rate approaching that of the last, it will 

 be impossible for one man to accomplish it, so that another 

 technical forester to help in this and other work will be a 

 necessity in the office. 



The New Application Blank for Examinations. 

 In order to simplify matters, and thereby get a larger 

 niimber of our people owning woodlands acquainted with the 

 willingness on the part of the State to assist them, the follow- 

 ing new blank was printed and distributed very gener- 

 ously : — 



No Received 



Application for an Examination op Forest Lands to the Massa- 

 chusetts State Forester, State House, Boston. 



The State Forester stands ready at all times to promote the per- 

 petuation, extension and proper management of the forest lands of 

 the Commonwealth, both public and private (1904, chapter 409, sec- 

 tion 2). 



If you have such lands, and desire an examination of them and 

 advice as to their management, fill out the following blank form and 

 send it to the above address of State Forester. 



Upon receipt, this request will be placed on file, and you will be 

 informed, in order of application, approximately when the examina- 

 tion can be made, and a mutual date can then be decided upon. 



The only expense the applicant promises to pay is that of travel 

 and subsistence of the State Forester or his assistants, incurred in 

 making the examination. 



It is always more satisfactory to personally meet on the property 

 the owner or party most interested, at least when the preliminary 

 examination is made. In this way a definite understanding can be 

 had as to future undertakings, and whether working plans are neces- 

 sary. Often a preliminary visit to gain knowledge of the problem 

 and give advice on the grounds are all the services needed. 



When sending this application in, a brief description of the land 

 will assist us. 



