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been restrained who otherwise might have caused fires through 

 carelessness. Several of the patrolmen have reported larger 

 fires and rendered valuable assistance in putting them out. 

 During damp weather when there was no danger from fire, the 

 federal patrolmen were used to good advantage on permanent 

 improvement work, aiding in the construction of six new moun- 

 tain lookout stations, constructed by the New Hampshire 

 Timberland Owners Association. They also helped in the con- 

 struction of telephone lines, brushed out old trails, and cut new 

 ones, and rebuilt old camps, and built new camps for temporary 

 headquarters. 



There is a state law requiring portable sawmills to be pro- 

 vided with spark arresters, and giving the power of inspection 

 to the state forester. 



Educational Work. 



C. — The state forester takes an active part in forestry edu- 

 cation, speaking before organizations, holding exhibits, and in 

 various other ways forwarding the forestry work among private 

 owners, as by the inspection of private tracts, and giving advice. 

 He is greatly aided in this work by the Society for the Protec- 

 tion of New Hampshire Forests, an organization which employs 

 a trained forester who does a great deal of lecturing. It is 

 largely through the efforts of this society that the Weeks' Bill 

 was passed by Congress and that the position of state forester 

 in New Hampshire was estabhshed. One of the educational 

 measures taken by this society has been the creation of several 

 local forestry associations to bring the forestry work nearer to the 

 people. The State College of Agriculture has now engaged a 

 forester, and offers courses in farm forestry, aiming especially to 

 bring about a better management of the woodlands of the farms. 



State Forests. 



D. — There are at present three forest reservations belonging 

 to the state. One of these, the Monadnock Reservation, com- 

 prises six hundred acres, and the other two, the Haven Reser- 

 vation at Jaffrey, and the Walter Harriman Reservation at 



