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a definite field of usefulness but is alert and full of enthusiastic 

 interest, is absolutely necessary to success at our present stage 

 of forestry development. We now have a corps of men familiar 

 with tree and forest conditions throughout the State. The 

 various divisions of the department are in charge of trained 

 men; foresters for the most part, but a few so-called practical 

 men, have been developed, there being no trained foresters of 

 experience and efficiency available. The State policy is to 

 utilize the whole organization in the bettering of our forestry 

 conditions, and while each employee has his definite routine of 

 duty to perform, he at the same time intuitively assists in the 

 control of all forest depredations, such as fires, insects and 

 diseases. While our men are not all experts in entomology or 

 mycology, nevertheless they are familiar with the fundamentals 

 in these sciences, and expert enough to observe new and extraor- 

 dinary conditions. Where experts are needed they are delegated 

 to direct the task, but they in turn utilize the State Forester's 

 general organization as auxiliary in the work. 



The splendid organization of forest wardens and moth super- 

 intendents, one in each town and city, forms an army of public- 

 spirited men who become more efiicient each year, and therefore 

 of greater value to the community. There are 353 forest 

 wardens, with over 1,000 deputies, and 282 moth superintend- 

 ents throughout the State. 



There were a few changes in the staft' of assistants the past 

 year, as is inevitable each year. 



Mr. H. F. Gould, who had been an assistant for several years 

 in forestry management, resigned to engage in forestry work as 

 general manager of the Franklin Forestry Company. It was 

 with reluctance that we parted with his services, as his work 

 was certainly appreciated and of a high order. Mr. Gould had 

 been placed in charge of the work of forestry management as 

 applied to moth control, and he very kindly remained with us 

 several weeks after the term of his resignation, in order that 

 his successor, Mr. Paul D. Kneeland, could get the work 

 sufficiently in hand. This was highly appreciated by the State 

 Forester. 



Mr. Paul D. Kneeland, who succeeded Mr. Gould, is a grad- 

 uate of the Harvard Forestry School, and has had experience 

 in the United States Forest Service in the west, and has been 



