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reforestation work for seven years, resigned last spring to engage 

 in commercial forestry work. He has become one of the firm of 

 the Franklin Forestry Company, and has charge of their re- 

 forestation work. Mr. Langdell was first employed to take 

 charge of the nursery work, and to him is due the credit for 

 the splendid success that we have had in growing seedlings and 

 transplants for our State work. It was with reluctance that we 

 accepted his resignation. Mr. Langdell' s work has been for the 

 time being placed under the supervision of Mr. H. O. Cook, 

 while Mr. J. R. Simmons, a young man who was employed as 

 a college forestry student from Syracuse University during the 

 summer of 1912 on forest mapping, was hired to have charge 

 of the nursery work. 



Mr. Roy G. Pierce, M.F., w'ho became a member of the staff 

 as assistant in charge of chestnut blight work, in co-operation 

 with the United States Department of Agriculture, and had 

 been with us for over a year, finished his duties with us at the 

 completion of the term of agreement, July 1, and returned to 

 Washington, D. C. Mr. Pierce proved an enthusiastic worker, 

 and did very much to acquaint our people with the chestnut 

 disease and methods of handling it. 



Mr. Ray Weston, M.F., was employed during the year to 

 assist Mr. Kneeland in the forest thinning work for controlling 

 moth suppression. 



The remainder of the organization is practically the same as 

 last year, with slight alterations. 



The organization follows : — 



General Staff. 



F. W. Rane, B.Agr., M.Sc, . State Forester. 



C. O. Bailey, .... Secretary. 



Elizabeth Hubbard, . . Bookkeeper. 



JosEPHA L. Gallagher, . . Clerk. 



Elizabeth T. Harraghy, . Stenographer. 



Jennie D. Kenyon, . . . Stenographer. 



James H. Crowley, . . Office boy. 



F W, Rane, B.Agr., M.Sc 

 H. O. Cook, M.F., . 

 F. L. Haynes, B.F., . 

 J. R. Simmons, B.Sc, 

 Harold Fay, M.F., . 



General Forestry. 

 State Forester. 

 Assistant Forester. 

 Forest examiner. 

 Reforestation work. 

 Forest mapping. 



