CONTENTS. 



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Work of the year _ _ 109 



Introduction 109 



Summary HO 



Forest management _ _ HO 



Forest investigation _ HO 



Tree planting _ _ 112 



Eecorda 112 



Forest management 112 



Private lands 112 



Working plans made 113 



Working plans in preparation 116 



Public lands _ _ _ 117 



Military reservations 118 



Forests under management _ _ lis 



Forest measurements 120 



Expenditures 120 



Work for the ensuing year 120 



Working plans 120 



Inspection 120 



Forest measurements 121 



Commercial trees 121 



Forest investigation 121 



Studies of commercial trees 121 



New England hardwoods 121 



Swamp forests 121 



Studies of North American forests 121 



Cooperative investigations 123 



Effects of grazing on the forest 124 



Study of forest fires 124 



Dendro-chemical investigations. 124 



Turpentine orcharding 125 



Cooperation with the Division of Entomology 125 



Various studies 125 



Timber construction and supplies 126 



Expositions 126 



Identification of forest specimens 127 



Expenditures 127 



Work for the ensuing year 127 



Dendrology 127 



Forest distribution 127 



Study of forest products 127 



Mechanical and other properties of leather, prepared by tan 



extracts from different native tanbarks 128 



Coniferous products 128 



Forest statistics 128 



Preservation of wood . . 128 



Timber tests 128 



Forest entomology 129 



Miscellaneous investigations 129 



Records 129 



Quarters 129 



Library 129 



Correspondence 130 



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