380 FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND 



The fire wardens are paid at the rate of thirty-five cents an 

 hour for all time spent in the performance of their duties as 

 wardens; the pay of other employees at tires is fixed by the 

 selectmen, but is not to exceed twenty cents an hour. All bills 

 are paid by the town in which the lire occurred, after first being 

 sent to the state forester for examination and record and after 

 being approved by the selectmen. The towns are annually 

 reimbursed for one quarter of this expenditure by the county 

 and one quarter by the state. 



A law requiring permits to be secured from the fire wardens 

 for the burning of brush during certain seasons of the year has 

 aided in lessening the number of fires started from burning brush. 



In July, 191 1, the state forester entered into an agreement 

 under the Weeks' law with the United States Secretary of Agri- 

 culture to cooperate in the prevention of fires on the watersheds 

 of navigable streams in Connecticut, as he was authorized by 

 Act of the General Assembly of 191 1. This act provided that 

 the State Forest Fire Warden shall take such steps as he deems 

 necessary to provide for the prevention and control of fires in 

 groups of towns, may appoint and equip patrolmen, establish 

 and equip fire lookout stations, etc. Patrolmen are given the 

 right to arrest, without warrant, offenders of the forest laws. 



One thousand dollars was allotted Connecticut in 191 1 under 

 the Weeks' law but no expenditures were made, since the fall 

 season was not dry. 



Educational Work. 



C. — The Yale Forest School was established as a graduate 

 department of Yale University in 1900, and has taken a leading 

 part in the training of professional foresters, especially for the 

 rapidly growing government service. 



The Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs offers a three- 

 hour course in forestry during the senior year, and special 

 lectures are given by the state forester. There are, however, 

 in Connecticut no forestry courses open to farmers and farm 

 boys other than the regular students of the Agricultural College. 



