No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 549 



give anjiihing away, we nevertheless are so solicitous over ultimate suc- 

 cess that we are doing everjiiliing possible to encourage our people to 

 practice modern forestry. 



I do not care to weary you by citing all of our various laws wluch are 

 the foundations of our State forest policy, as they can be had in their 

 printed form, but I do wish to point out. briefly what is being done for 

 forestry in Massachusetts. 



(1) Expert forestry services are given at no expense, except travel and 

 subsistence, to anybody in Massachusetts. Blank forms for requesting 

 such assistance are available from the State Forester's office, Boston. 



(2) In addition to expert advice, the State Forester's office has pub- 

 lished, for free distribution, bulletins on the subjects of chief interest, as 

 follows : — 



Forest Thinnings. 



Reforestation and Nursery Work. 



Mensuration of Wliite Pine. 



Forest Fire Control and Management. 



The Chestnut BHght Disease. 



What is Forestry. 



How and when to collect White Pine Seed. 



Forest Taxation, etc. 



(3) Organization. — The State Forester has general supervision. He 

 is given trained assistants in the various branches represented in State 

 work. The assistant in forest-fire work is given the title of State Fire 

 Warden. Each town and city in the State has an officer known as forest 

 warden. This officer is appointed by the officials of the town or city, and 

 his appointment is subject to the approval of the State Forester. The 

 local forest warden is clothed with enough power to get results in his 

 jurisdiction. Some of his powders and duties are as follows: — 



(a) No warrants can be paid for fighting forest fires without liis ap- 

 proval. 



(6) May compel any citizen betw^een the ages of eighteen and fifty-one 

 to assist in fighting forest fii'es, or may compel the use of teams and imple- 

 ments of another for similar use. 



(c) No fires are set out of doors from March to December without a 

 permit from him. 



(d) The power to arrest without a warrant w^here persons are caught 

 setting fires. 



(e) Appoints his deputies. 



(/) Has charge of local forest-fire apparatus. 



(g) Pastes forest fire notices. 



(h) Has responsibility of controlling brush and slash disposal. 



(i) Gives assistance to assessors w^hen called upon to secure data for 

 forest taxation. 



The State is divided into four parts, and each of these divisions is 

 looked after by a so-called district forest warden. This man is appointed 

 by the State Fire Warden, and is supplied with a runabout auto. It is 



