268 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



GENERAL FORESTRY. 



Examinations of Woodland. 



The examination of private woodland for owners requesting 

 such examination, one of the oldest branches of our work, has 

 been carried on as in former years, and the even distribution 

 over the whole year of the applications for such examinations, 

 without extra solicitation on the part of this office, seems to 

 indicate a steady and healthy interest on the part of the owners 

 (jf this class of land. The work, as was explained last year, 

 consists usually of a visit to the land in company with the owner 

 or some other interested person, advice as to treatment given 

 verbally on the ground, and often a subsequent written report. 



This year an attempt has been made to keep in closer touch 

 with examinees and the manner in which the recommendations 

 of the office are carried out, by making a personal inspection, 

 usually at a time when in the locality on other business. In 

 this way owners were made to feel that an interest was being 

 taken in their work, and in every case the office has felt well 

 repaid by the results. 



It has not been possible to make such inspections in large 

 numbers, partly because the work was not begun till well along 

 in the year, and partly because only those owners are visited 

 where it is felt that enough time has elapsed to make the visit 

 profitable. Enough has been done, however, to prove the advan- 

 tages of the plan, and it is intended to push the work steadily 

 during the coming season. 



The following table gives a list of the examinations made, 

 their location and area. A table of costs will be found at the 

 end of this section of the report. 



