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sion or State board of Forestry, but without a state official in full 

 charge. 



In at least the States of Connecticut, Kansas, Massachusetts, 

 and Vermont, the State Forester is connected with the State Agri- 

 cultural Colleges or both. 



In Colorado, we have a State Entomologist who is also Direct- 

 or of. the State Agricultural Experiment Station and a Professor 

 in charge of a Department in the State College of Agriculture. 



We have a State Geologist who is also a member of the State 

 University faculty and in charge of a Department, while the State 

 Chemist is in like relation to the same institution. 



If precedent is needed to justify the placing of the Office of 

 State Forester in that State institution with which its work is most 

 closely affiliated, such precedent is not wanting. The handling of 

 the forests is akin to that of other crops. The conserving influ- 

 ences of the forests upon our water supply directly affect the great 

 agricultural interests of the state, which are coming more and more 

 to look to the Agricultural College and the State Experiment Station 

 for inspiration and guidance in their industries. 



Our College and Experiment Station are well equipped to 

 offer their aid in this work, not alone with tools and apparatus, 

 but with men who possess the agricultural instinct and training. 

 We have splendid opportunity, moreover, to come into touch with 

 the farming communities, the schools, and the towns of the State 

 through our Extension Department. 



By this means, the findings which are made, the results of 

 experiments, the teaching of principles, the education in forest con- 

 servation and extension can be taken directly to the people of the 

 State as in no other way. 



We have the necessary laws to carry on State Forest Con- 

 servation; the system is apparently adapted to the case; the carrying 

 out of the policy as outlined now devolves upon the machinery of 

 the organization. 



While the quality of the work ultimately produced by this 

 plant will depend upon the excellence of the tools, the work itself 

 can progress only while the power is on. 



No matter how good and complete may be the organization, 

 there must also be a steady and sufficient supply of financial energy 

 to produce results. 



A need has been recognized and provision made to meet it. 

 But something further is required for the greatest success of this 

 work that is the whole-hearted support of the State Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. 



There may be those who sincerely believe in some other policy 

 than the one which this law provides. Even so, they will not, I 



