12 FORESTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS 



Those who desire advice in the management of woodlands 

 or in planting up waste lands are furnished with the follow- 

 ing application blank : 



TOWN OR CITY 

 DATE 



1 . The State Forester, in order to collect information for a sur- 

 vey of the forest resources of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

 to spread a knowledge of practical forestry therein, and to improve 

 the forest conditions thereof, agrees to examine and report on the 

 lands of , in the county of , situated and 

 described as follows : 



2. The owner agrees to pay the travelling and subsistence ex- 

 penses of the State Forester and his assistants while making such 

 examination in a sum not to exceed dollars, 

 and agrees to deposit that sum with the State Forester on or 

 before 



3. The owner agrees that the State Forester may publish, for 

 the objects named in the first paragraph of this application, the 

 information gained while making said examination. 



4. This application may be cancelled by either party upon ten 

 days' notice. 



Signed 



Owner or Trustee 



BOSTON, MASS. 



The above application is accepted and placed on file, to be taken 

 up in its proper order. 



Signed 



State Forester 



N.B. Any unexpended balance, together with an itemized 

 statement of expenses, will be promptly returned. 



On January 1st, 46 applications for practical assistance 

 had been received. The lands upon which advice has been 

 given lie in all parts of the State, and amount to 6,545 

 acres. There are ten applications on file, which will be 

 taken up as soon as other duties will permit. 



It is doubtful whether the State can hold open such an 

 offer for more than a few years. But for the present, when 

 forestry is so little understood, and a continued supply of 



