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United States Bureau of Forestry will assist him in the 

 tabulation of data taken in the course of forest work, and he 

 will furnish the Bureau with duplicate copies of such data as 

 may be of value to it. This will mean a considerable saving 

 to the State in the matter of clerk hire. This plan of co- 

 operation was submitted to the Governor by Mr. Gifford 

 Pinchot, chief of the United States Bureau of Forestry, and 

 it received the hearty approval of His Excellency, This 

 kind of co-operation will be of great benefit to both the State 

 and the United States. 



[Copy of Circular No. 1.] 



Peactical Assistance to Owners of Woodlands, includ- 

 ing Prospective Plantations. 



It is the desire of the State Forester to make the work of his 

 office of as much practical value as possible to the owners of 

 woodlands within the Commonwealth. To this end, as much 

 of his time as other duties will permit is reserved for the owners 

 of woodlands. 



Application for practical assistance should be accompanied 

 by a short description of the tract, stating its size, kind of 

 growth, and the distance from city, town or village. Such 

 applications are grouped according to the parts of the Com- 

 monwealth from which they come. In this way several wood 

 lots may be examined on the same trip, and the travelling and 

 subsistence expenses of the forester pro-rated among the several 

 owners, making the expenses very light for the individual 

 owner. 



As the forester is often in Amherst on official duties, appli- 

 cants for advice on the management of lands situated in the 

 counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden, are 

 charged travelling expenses from Amherst instead of from 

 Boston, which arrangement makes the services of the forester 

 as available to land owners in the western part of the Common- 

 wealth as to those of the eastern. 



In most cases an examination can be quickly made, and 

 advice given verbally; but if upon examination a written 

 scheme of management is found to be advisable, the forester 

 may, with the consent of tlie owner, prepare such scheme of 

 management or working plan, and he will consult with the 

 owner as often as may be found necessary m carrying out the 



