the public interest. Many owners who have taken ad- 

 vantage of this aid, have found woodland manage- 

 ment and forest planting both practicable and profit- 

 able. 



The replies received to questionnaires sent to all 

 persons who have indicated an interest in forestry 

 in the past, show that 114 active co-operators, includ- 

 ing 11 municipalities and public institutions, have 

 practiced intensive forestry methods, including im- 

 provement cutting, close utilization of products, as 

 well as fire protection, on approximately 10,000 

 acres, while 40,000 acres more under the same owner- 

 ship have been protected and improved to some ex- 

 tent, and definite plans made for more intensive man- 

 agement. The same co-operators, together with 41 

 others, are planning to extend forestry manage- 

 ment to more than 12,000 acres of woodland that 

 have received no special attention up to this time. 



Progress has also been made in forest planting. 

 While natural reproduction is usually adequate and 

 satisfactory in most parts of the State, it is often 

 advisable to re-establish forest growth by planting on 

 land unwisely cleared and unfit for agriculture, or 

 where all reproduction has been destroyed by fire. 

 More than 1600 acres have been planted by persons 

 co-operating with the State Forester, and nearly 300 

 acres more will be planted within a short time. 



Believing that a number of State Forests are valu- 

 able as public demonstrations of the methods and 

 results of forestry practice, the State has acquired 

 six public Forests with a total area of 16,591 acres. 

 Upon these lands 50 acres of forest plantations have 



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