E'OEEST SERVICE. 25 



Plans for disposing of timber infested by the Black-Hills beetle 

 on the Black Hills lorest Reserve in South Dakota, already und^r 

 way, will be carried out. Particular attention will be given to stop- 

 puig the spread of this insect, in accordance with recommendations 

 made by the Bureau of Entomology. In Colorado, also, where this 

 beetle has appeared, steps will be taken to remove the insect-infested 

 trees before the beetles can spread to green timber. 



The sale of dead timber on the reserves will be pushed, and where 

 possible It will be sold rather than green timber. Sales of mature 

 green timber, however, will be encouraged where the timber can be 

 removed without injury to the interests of the reserves. 



COOPEEATIVE, 



During the coming year cooperation will be carried on with the 

 agricultural experiment station of the State of Ohio, with a view 

 to determining the best management of small timber tracts and the 

 most profitable disposal of timber by small woodland owners. 



Work will be carried on in cooperation with the Indiana State 

 Experiment Station, and will be completed early in the year. The 

 results will be of great value in the management of woodlots thruout 

 the State. 



Among others, a working plan will be prepared for a tract of 

 65,000 acres in Arkansas. The chief object will be to outline a plan 

 for the continued cutting of timber and efficient protection from fire. 



Inspection and assistance will also be given in the States where 

 working plans prepared by the Forest Service are being carried out 

 by the owners. This work has great value. 



Examinations of woodlots and assistance to timberland owners 

 will be continued as in the past. 



irOEEST EXTENSION. 



The urgent need for the reforestation of denuded forest reserve 

 watersheds and of the treeless reserves in the Middle West and the 

 increasing realization that timber growing is profitable have greatly 

 broadened the field of forest planting during the past year. The 

 2:)lanting work of the Forest Service embraces, first, extensive nursery 

 and planting operations on the National forest reserves, and second, 

 cooperative assistance to landowners. The organization of the Avork 

 is unchanged, except that in March the section of forest replacement 

 was consolidated with reserve planting. 



EESEEVE PLANTING. 



Great impetus was given to forest reserve j^lanting by the transfer 

 of the reserves to the Forest Service. But since most of the nurseries 

 are new, extensive field planting has not yet been possible, and seed- 

 ling production was the main work. About 493,000 trees were 

 planted this year, and over 3,000,000 are now in the nurseries, of which 

 at least 1,500,000 will be large enough to set out next season. Seed 

 enough to produce 6,000,000 seedlings was planted in nursery beds 

 last spring. The six nurseries now comprize a total of 13.15 acres, 

 of which about 8 acres are in seed beds and the remainder is used for 



