THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



three thousand dollars; New York third with 

 about one hundred and sixty-five thousand 

 dollars, and Wisconsin next with ninety-five 

 thousand dollars. 



Thirty-three States have State forest 

 ofiicers, of whom fifteen are State Foresters 

 by title, while the majority of the remainder 

 perform duties of a very similar nature. 



Eleven States are receiving assistance 

 from the Federal Government under the 

 Weeks law, which authorizes cooperation 

 for fire protection, provided the State will 

 furnish a sum equal to that allotted to it 

 from the National fund, with a limit of ten 

 thousand dollars to a single State. 



For purposes of reforestation, ten States 

 maintain forest nurseries. During the year 

 1912 they produced in round numbers 

 twenty million young trees, of which four- 

 teen million were distributed to the citizens 

 of these ten States. 



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