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trust, withdraw their support but will help in making it more effec- 

 tive. A policy that is deficient may sometimes accomplish much 

 good when it is wisely carried out and consistently maintained. The 

 best policy is already a failure when deserted by those who should 

 be the first to lend aid toward making its workings efficient. 



The Spruce and the Pine, the Cedar and Fir, which still re- 

 main upon the lands belonging to the State are looking to us for 

 protection and care. This is not a one-man proposition. The whole 

 people of the State are interested in this work, or should be. May 

 we, then, not as self-seeking individuals, but as patriotic conserva- 

 tors of the great natural resources of our State, do our plain duty 

 by this cause. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 

 STATE FORESTER. 



Apparatus and supplies for timber treating plant $647.34 

 Repairs for timber treating plant 31.50 



$678.84 



Freight and express 164.44 



Furniture and fixtures 123.20 



Labor 9 1 1 .02 



Permanent Improvements - > 141-38 



Postage and stationery I 55-4 I 



Publications 285.62 



Salaries - 1,715.96 



Seeds and plants 268.98 



Telephone and telegraph '. 10.85 



Tools, implements and machinery 47-45 



Traveling expense 486.85 



Contingent expense 10.00 



$5,000.00 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



In this first biennial report of the State Forester under the 

 new law, I have no special recommendations to make calling for 

 any new legislation. I feel that it is still too early in the work of 

 the department to offer any such recommendations, and believe 

 that the law needs to be tried out first during at least two biennial 

 periods. This should enable us to see where improvements are 

 needed, but for the present the main thing seems to me to be the 



