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The Bureau of Plant Industry, of Animal Industry, of 

 Soils — the scientific work of the Government through- 

 out — conducts studies national in their importance 

 whose solution is beyond the power of the individual. 

 In exactly the same way, the Bureau of Forestry 

 attacks those forest problems necessary to the perma- 

 nent prosperity of all industries dependent upon wood 

 and water. Under this policy the Bureau is conducting 

 studies of commercial trees, since the published results 

 of these studies serve as a basis for working plans, as 

 a source of useful information to lumbermen, and as a 

 valuable contribution to our knowledge of American 

 forests. It is conducting independent studies of forest 

 fires as a means for the solution of the urgent national 

 problems which they present, both in the form of legis- 

 lation which will be effective against forest fires and 

 in methods for their prevention and control. 



In its timber tests the Bureau of Forestry is supply- 

 ing an urgent need of fuller technical knowledge of 

 the strength of our commercial timbers, and is thus 

 paving the way for economy in their use as well as in 

 the woods. 



In the preparation of forest yield and volume tables 

 the Bureau is laying the foundation for conservative 

 forest management in all parts of this country. In its 

 forest maps, its dendrological studies, and in many 

 other ways, it is equipping the great industries depen- 

 dent upon the forest with knowledge essential to their 

 development. 



In the third line of its endeavor, the rendering of 

 all assistance within its power in the best use of the 

 Government forest lands, the Bureau is to the full 

 extent of the province which legislation has entrusted 

 to it giving assistance and advice in the management 

 not only of the national reserves, but also of Indian 



