ures have gone from a "stamping out process" to a 

 control feature. It is thought by our eminent path- 

 ologists and experts on this disease that a "stamping 

 out process" is impossibie and that we now must use 

 our entire efforts to control the disease and protect 

 such timber as is worth while. With this plan in 

 mind, the policy for the immediate future of the state 

 will be in the hands of the State Forest Service in 

 co-operation with the Division of Forestry of the 

 Experiment Station, the Division of Plant Pathology 

 of the Experiment Station and the State Entomolo- 

 gist, who will continue the inspection and bearing up 

 of nurseries. We have also the close co-operation of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The work will be carried on to protect pine whose 

 aesthetic value is more than its lumber or timber 

 value, as in parks; also where the value of pine for 

 timber production is of sufficient worth to warrant 

 its protection. Work will also be carried on to help 

 private individuals who seek aid and protection. It 

 is hoped that interest can be aroused to such an ex- 

 tent that all White Pine timber owners will also join 

 and aid us in our co-operating plan. It is only by 

 united effort in working against its further spread 

 that we can hope to accomplish the results we are 

 after. 



In the Eastern States they have developed this co- 

 operation to a "fine point" and have therefore suc- 

 MM'ded in controlling its spread and in some states 

 the disease is no longer a menace. The people of our 

 state are not yet alive to the danger and are moving 

 very slowly in "getting behind" the movement. 



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