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ANNUAL RFI'< >RT ( >F DIRECTi 'US 



Xew Jersey has appointed a State 

 Forester \vlio assists private land own- 

 ers, instructs teacher- ami fanner-. 

 and co-operates with the State tire 

 warden and with the Forest Park Res- 

 ervation Commission. The Forester is 

 also planting extensively. Last >mn- 

 mer the Forest Commission bought 

 5.400 acres of forest on the Kitta- 

 tinny Mountains to add to the State re- 

 serves. The Commis-i 'ii has e>tab- 

 lished the policy of employing the 

 State forests to produce lumber, as 

 well as to be u-cd for parks. Subse- 

 quent additions in \Yarren, Hurling- 

 ton. and Atlantic Counties have been 

 made. The State now has 7,438 acres 

 set apart for State forest purposes. 

 The State is struggling with the prob- 

 lem of so taxing forest lands as to en- 

 courage their permanent holding for 

 repeated crops. The State Forc-t 

 Council, the outgrowth of a commit- 

 tee on forestry appointed forty years 

 ago by the West Vineland Farm Club, 

 assists in forestry propaganda and 

 education. 



Pennsylvania is planting industri- 

 ously. The last legislature passed a 

 law to provide for the planting and 

 care of shade trees on all the highways 

 of the Commonwealth, in town or 

 country. An important fire prevention 

 law was also enacted. The State is en- 

 deavoring to protect its forests by a 

 rational taxation method ; its tax ex- 

 emption law. however, designed to 

 equalize taxes for owners of timber- 

 lands, has been declared unconstitu- 

 ti< >nal. The State reserves now amount 

 to about 830.000 acres. 



Delaware's Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station has requested the Forest 

 Service to make a study of forest con- 

 ditions in the State, and to work out a 

 State forest policy. 



.Maryland's forester lectures and 

 does field work. The Governor ap- 

 points forest wardens to work under 

 the forester. In co-operation .with 

 the Maryland Experiment Station, 

 the forester has established a nursery 

 at Colk-e Park. The State is build- 

 ing up a system of reserves; these are 

 being enlarged by private gift-. 



\\e-t \ir-inia i- contemplating the 

 cnactnu nt of a forestry law. In 

 tober the State Hoard of Track- called 

 together an important meetin- at Klk- 

 in.s to consider the i'< irest resi ur 



and intere-ts of the State. 



In Kentucky the State Hoard . .f 

 Agriculture, Fore-try ami Immigra- 

 tion, in o>-opcration with the Fo 

 Service, i- inve-tigating the fore-t re- 

 sources of the State. A comprehen- 

 sive report has been s U lmitted to the 

 State Hoard concerning all the terri- 

 tory drained by the Hig Sandy and 

 Little Sandy River- and Tagert Creek. 

 The work will be resumed next spring. 



Mississippi, like Kentucky, i- co-op- 

 erating with the Forest Service in a 

 study of the forest condition- of the 

 State. A preliminary report regarding 

 the long leaf pine region and a pro- 

 posed fire law will be laid before the 

 Legislature at its present session. 



Alabama is co-operating with the 

 Forest Service in testing timb 

 The State has recently enacted a com- 

 prehensive and noteworthy forestry 

 law. providing for a State Forestry 

 Commission, which has held it- first 

 meeting and organized. 



Indiana's Forest Commission i- 

 studying the natural and planted for- 

 ests of the State, and publishing the 

 results. Tree planting is in progre--. 

 The question ,.f relieving young tim- 

 ber from taxation i- also under dis- 

 cussion. 



In Ohio the forestry department of 

 the State Agricultural Fxperiment 

 Station co-operates in tree planting 

 with the farmers. The Governor of 

 the State warns the I.egi-lature of the 

 disappearance of tl 1 - '.ml nr_. 



appn 'priate legislate m. 



Michigan i- becoming thoroughly 

 an>u-ed to the importance of reforest- 

 ation. Great good \va- accomplished 

 by the recent meeting at Sa-inaw. \ 

 commission of im|niry has recently 

 been app< n'nted \< > re]" -rt to the I. 

 latnre of i<)<">8 a dt-tinit' 1 land 



policj for Michigan. The C -nstitu- 

 tional Coin-ention appointed a commit- 

 tee i m f< ire-tr\- and -ent it to the ' 

 in-- at Sa^inaw. 



