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All forest extension work is under the direction of the state 

 forester, who with his assistant lectures before organizations 

 of the state, holds forestry exhibits at the agricultural fairs, and 

 in other ways is doing much to arouse an interest in forestry. 



The press of the state has been rather indifferent to the needs 

 of the state from a forestry standpoint and, although friendly to 

 the cause, has not been as aggressively back of the movement as 

 in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. 



Much of the progress in Connecticut has been due to the 

 activities of an unusually energetic forestry association which 

 has given splendid support to Dr. E. H. Jenkins, the director 

 of the experiment station, who originated the present forestry 

 movement in Connecticut. Through its presidents. Prof. H. S. 

 Graves, now forester of the United States, and Mr. Theodore L. 

 Bristol of Ansonia, and its secretary, Mr. Frank Stadmueller, 

 the Connecticut Association has done much not only in fram- 

 ing legislation, but in the general educational movement of the 

 state. 



State Forests. 



D. — As Connecticut was the first state in New England and 

 one of the first in the country to employ a state forester, it was 

 also one of the first to purchase state forests. While it cannot 

 be said that the legislature has come to a full appreciation of 

 the value of state forests, the beginnings made in this direction 

 are encouraging. There can be little doubt that state forests, 

 especially where large areas are planted, do more to arouse 

 public interest in forestry than anything else. This has been 

 noted especially in the case of the state forest in Union, in the 

 northeastern part of the state. At the time this forest was pur- 

 chased there was not only no interest in forestry in that section 

 of the state, but there was an open attitude of derision. Within 

 two years of its purchase and planting, this attitude was almost 

 entirely changed to one of interest, so that now it is one of the 

 most progressive parts of the state. Several large private hold- 

 ings within a few miles are now being managed under forestry 



