10 PRACTICAL TREE-PLANTING IN OPERATION. 



5. The Department of Agri'cutt'-ire 'shall render all services under this agreement 

 wholly without charge to the said , but if the plantation described in para- 

 graph 1 be of such a nature as to require inspections subsequent to the preliminary 

 examination, and such inspections be made upon the special request of the owner, 

 said owner shall pay the actual and necessary expenses for traveling and subsistence 

 of the agent or agents of the Department working under this agreement. What are 

 " actual and necessary expenses" shall be determined by the printed regulations of 

 the Department. 



6. The Department of Agriculture shall have the right to publish and distribute 

 the said plan and its results for the information of farmers and others whom it may 

 concern. 



7. This agreement may be dissolved by either party upon ten days' notice given 

 to the other. 



(Signed) , 



Oivner. 



(Signed) , 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



Post-office : , Date : 



The working plan above mentioned, being completed, is now accepted, and will 

 be carried out under the conditions and during the validity of the above agreement. 



(Signed) , 



Owner. 



It is necessary that persons who desire the assistance of the Division, 

 as indicated in this agreement, should make their applications some 

 months in advance of the time when they desire to plant, in order to 

 afford ample opportunity for an agent of the Division to visit the laud 

 of each applicant and complete the plans under which the work is to 

 proceed sufficiently early so that the necessary young trees and seeds 

 may be obtained from the most desirable regions and from responsible 

 seed dealers and nurserymen in time for spring planting. 



THE COOPERATIVE PLAN. 



The method by which the Division carries on the cooperative work 

 in tree planting is as follows : 



Every application when received is placed on file, and the applicant 

 notified of its receipt. As soon as it is ascertained at what time an 

 expert tree planter of the Division will be able to reach the land owned 

 by the applicant, he is notified when the agent may be expected, and 

 later, the day and hour when he will arrive. In places where suitable 

 arrangements can be made a public meeting is arranged tor, s.o that all 

 persons in the neighborhood interested in tree planting may attend 

 it and confer with the agent on any matter pertaining to forest tree 

 planting. 



The agent, accompanied by the applicant, goes over the ground of 

 each of the proposed plantations, and obtains all available data that 

 will be of assistance to him in making planting plans best suited for 

 each farm visited. On account of the effect of local conditions on tree 

 growth this personal examination is necessary in order to give trust- 



