314 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Co-operation with the United States Forest Service 

 AND Forestry Officiaxs of Other States. 

 The State Forester wishes here to acknowledge the hearty 

 co-operation that Mr. Gifford Pinchot and his able assistants 

 and forestry officials of the various States have rendered 

 whenever called ujDon. At the present time co-operative 

 work with the division on forest products of the forest 

 service is going forward, which we believe will prove of great 

 value when finished. This will require some little time yet. 

 It has been a pleasure to be of assistance to the many forest 

 service men who have been compiling data of various sorts 

 for the National Conservation Commission reports through- 

 out the season. The State Forester welcomes all interested 

 in forestry. 



Articles for Papers on General Forestry Informa- 

 tion. 

 During the year there were calls upon the State Forester 

 for some general literature for use in interesting owners 

 of woodland in a few sections. This call came first from 

 an enterprising newspaper man and a lumberman at Green- 

 field. Thinking the information would be of equal use to 

 all rural sections, articles were prepared from time to time 

 and sent to all papers that could use them to advantage. 

 These articles were used quite generally, and we believe 

 have been of assistance to many. Four of the articles sent 

 out were as follows : — 



How MAY THE FARMER ASSIST IN THE REFORESTATION OF NeW 



England ? 



Forestry, when managed properly, will utilize our millions of acres 

 of land in New England, at present seen on all too many farms scat- 

 tered in every section, known as waste land, abandoned pastures, 

 sprout lands, barrens, plains, etc., returning them to forest culture. 



If modern agriculture has taught us farmers anything, it is that 

 concentration of effort, better culture and modem rotations are what 

 make profitable farms. If an inventory is taken of the average New 

 England farm, it will be found that there are many acres capable 

 of yielding more profit to the fai'mer if devoted to the forest or 



