THE PROGRESS OF FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND 39 1 



various other ways stimulates a better interest in forest manage- 

 ment throughout the state. 



State Forests. 



D. — No legislation has thus far been passed looking to the 



establishment of state forests, although the measure has been 



recommended by the Commissioner of forestry; and there can be 



no doubt that state forests would have great educational value. 



Taxation. 



F. — Rhode Island has an ineffective law providing an exemp- 

 tion from taxes on plantations, similar to the laws of several 

 other states. No serious attempt has thus far been made to 

 revise the general system of taxing woodlands. 



Control of Gipsy and Brown-tail Moths. 



G. — The fighting of the gipsy and brown-tail moths, both 

 of which occur in Rhode Island, is under the direction of the 

 experiment station. Between May, 1905, and January, 1910, 

 there was expended in this state on this work: $33,000 ^ by the 

 state and $38,000 by the United States. 



Vermont. 



Administration. 



A . — The position of state forester was created by the legisla- 

 ture of 1908. The state forester is appointed by a State Board 

 of Agriculture and Forestry consisting of the Governor, the Di- 

 rector of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and two others 

 appointed by the Governor, one every two years. The forestry 

 department of the state is connected with the University of 

 Vermont through the state forester,' who is professor of forestry 

 in the College of Agriculture and forester of the experiment sta- 

 tion. The appropriation made by the legislature for agriculture 

 and forestry is divided according to the needs of the two de- 



^ See " Report of the State Forester of Massachusetts," 1910. 

 2 The present state forester is A. F. Hawes. 



