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Pacific Coast to us, and we can plant, grow, harvest and make 

 a profit right here at home for this expenditure. 



As State Forester, I desire to see our people enthused on 

 such a broad and comprehensive scale in reforestation and the 

 practice of modern forestry methods as to make this old Bay 

 State a veritable forest park from the tip of Cape Ann to the 

 town of Mount Washington, and from the summit of Greylock 

 Mountain to Provincetown and our islands in the sea. Let 

 the slogan, "Boost forestry!" prevail everywhere. 



Our lumbermen without exception are everywhere practicing 

 more economic methods, especially upon the properties owned 

 by them; boards of trade and merchant associations are rec- 

 ognizing the importance of better forestry as a great future 

 asset to their respective sections, while clubs and other organiza- 

 tions are surely no less interested. ' 



The Massachusetts State Forestry Association, which has a 

 permanent paid secretary who gives his whole time to the work 

 of the association, has found more real interest in forests and 

 trees on the part of our people generally throughout the past 

 year than has been shown heretofore. The membership alone, 

 which is entirely voluntary, is indicative of the present interest, 

 having increased from 1,800 to 3,200. The membership was 

 only 800 three years ago. It is needless to point out that this 

 association has been and is of valued assistance to the State 

 Forester; in fact, it was this organization that labored so dili- 

 gently for forestry in the decades before this office was created. 



The State Board of Agriculture, backed by its strong con- 

 stituency of agricultural societies, which represent the rural 

 industries of most of our stalwart farming sections, is also show- 

 ing splendid interest in forestry. 



The INIassachusetts State Grange, our own order of Patrons 

 of Husbandry, which is recognized in every rural community 

 in Massachusetts as life-giving and comprising a social center, 

 has been of great help to this department as a medium for 

 getting into personal touch with landowners interested in our 

 work. It was the enthusiastic support of the State Grange, I 

 am frank to say, that aided as much as any one factor in the 

 enactment of our present and most efficient forest fire permit 

 law. 



