PART VI. COOPERATION, DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION, ETC. 



ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE OWNERS OF TIMBERLAND. 



TECHNICAL ADVICE. 



One of the principal means of assisting private owners is in the preparation 

 and distribution of publications on forestry. When information contained in 

 publications will not meet the exact needs of an owner the Forest Service en- 

 deavors to give him specific advice by correspondence, especially in regard to 

 tree planting. 



In a limited number of cases the Forest Service is prepared to supply owners 

 with detailed advice regarding the practice of forestry based upon examina- 

 tions of their tracts. 



Applicants whom the Service can not help directly are supplied with a list of 

 private or consulting foresters, and, if their State has a forester, with his name 

 and address. 



Owners who desire to obtain planting stock, either seeds or young trees, with 

 which to reforest waste lands or establish farm wood lots or windbreaks, are 

 supplied with lists of dealers in such stock. 



The Forest Service can not assist owners in : 



(1) Preparation of detailed estimates of standing timber and working plans 

 for large commercial timber holdings. 



(2) Preparation of scientific data or furnishing expert advice of any kind for 

 use in litigation. 



(3) Supervision of cutting or planting operations. 



(4) Furnishing seed or planting stock, with the exception of residents in the 

 Kinkaid district, Nebraska. 



(5) The care of ornamental trees or groves, or the management of forests 

 where the owner is chiefly interested in the landscape feature rather than iu 

 the practice of forestry for wood production. 



(6) Procuring or disposing of stumpage in connection with large commercial 

 operations, except National Forest stumpage. 



Those who desire technical advice or assistance from the Forest Service 

 should make application to the Forester at Washington, D. C., or to the nearest 

 district forester, stating the kind of assistance desired. 



COOPERATIVE EXAMINATIONS. 



Cooperative examinations of private timberlands are restricted mainly to 

 States not equipped to furnish their citizens with expert advice and to the 

 smaller timber holdings within such States. The majority of tracts examined 

 range in area from 5 to 300 acres. 



Unless half a dozen or more examinations can be made at the same time, 

 the expense incident to the work would scarcely be justified. As a rule an 

 applicant is asked to interest several of his neighbors within the same or 

 adjoining counties to make joint application with himself. 



Cooperative examinations for private owners are made by the Service in 

 accordance with the following terms : 



The Forest Service pays the salary of its expert while engaged upon the 

 examination. The owner pays his traveling and living expenses. Where sev- 

 eral examinations are made within the same region, the total expenses are 

 apportioned among the respective owners. Applicants for assistance are re- 

 quired to deposit in advance a sum sufficient to cover the estimated expenses, 

 with the understanding that any unexpended balance of the deposit will be 

 refunded at the completion of the work. 



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