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very glad unqualifiedly to indorse. He is Charles A. Scott, 

 professor of forestry at the Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. 

 Professor Scott is a native Kansan, and a graduate from the 

 agricultural course at Manhattan in 1901. Immediately after 

 graduation he entered the forest-service work and, with the 

 exception of one year spent at the Yale Forest School, he was 

 in the service continuously until the fall of 1907. During 

 this time he was engaged principally in tree-planting work in 

 Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas, although he also had 

 some experience in other regions. From 1903 to 1907 he was 

 in charge of the Nebraska and Kansas national forests, a place 

 of considerable responsibility. In the fall of 1907 he was 

 elected to his present position at Ames, where he has done ex- 

 cellent work, both in teaching forestry and in studying forest 

 conditions in Iowa. Professor Scott meets people well ; is used 

 to public speaking and farmers' institute work ; has executive 

 ability, and is in every way a strong, clean, capable man." 



At the January, 1910, meeting of the board of regents Pro- 

 fessor Scott was elected state forester, and he has accepted 

 and will enter upon his duties as soon as he can complete his 

 work at the Iowa Agricultural College, not later than June 1, 

 1910. 



The work at the Stations at Dodge City and Ogallah will be 

 supplemented by extensive work to be conducted at the Fort 

 Hays Branch Station. 



The office of the state forester will be at Manhattan, Kan. 

 Every farmer, town, county, school board or corporation in- 

 terested in tree planting should address the state forester for 

 information. 



The following report submitted by Professor Dickens gives 

 the results of his work at the Ogallah and Dodge City Sta- 

 tions under the new law, and sums up his experience of twenty 

 or more years of careful observation and study of the forest 

 conditions in central and western Kansas, and his conclusions 

 on these matters may be accepted as entirely trustworthy. 



H. J. WATERS, President. 



