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Data were collected for the preparation of volume tables of western 

 yellow pine, and a careful study of the amounts and grades of lumber 

 sawed from National Forest timber was begun. 



COOPERATION. 



At the request of the Secretary of War, recommendations were made 

 for the conduct of a sale of part of the dead and mature timber on 

 the Fort Wingate Military Reservation in New Mexico. Supervision 

 of the cutting was placed in the hands of a member of the Forest 

 Service, which also involved the running of interior lines and the 

 marking of the timber to be cut on 1,240 acres. This work will prob- 

 ably continue for several years. 



At the request of the Secretary of the Interior, field examinations 

 of logging conditions and timber values were made on Indian lands 

 which under the law were to be sold. In Indian Territory recom- 

 mendations were made for the sale of timber on certain allotments 

 in accordance with the act of April 26, 1906. As a result of the in- 

 vestigation the Indians, for whose benefit the timber is to be sold, 

 will receive a sum greatly in excess of what otherwise would have 

 been realized by them. 



Cooperative State forest studies were carried on with California, 

 Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. The work in California included 

 a commercial tree study of the redwood and the completion of a series 

 of studies of the forests of the State. 



In Delaware a careful study of the forest resources of the State 

 was made and a report issued, in cooperation with the Delaware Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. A report was prepared discussing the, 

 present conditions and making recommendations for their improve- 

 ment. Special attention was paid to the comparative value of the 

 forested lands for agriculture and for the production of timber. 



Cooperation with the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station 

 secured information concerning the forest resources of the Ozark 

 region and a basis for recommendations concerning a State forest 

 policy. 



In Kentucky work was begun on a study of forest conditions of 

 the State in cooperation with the State Board of Agriculture, For- 

 estry, and Immigration. 



During the year 46 owners of timberlands and 45 woodlot owners 

 applied for field examinations and advice for the management of 

 their property in 20 States and Territories. In addition to the re- 

 quest for field work, a large number of private owners received advice 

 concerning the use and improvement of their forest lands. 



It was learned through letters of inquiry sent to private owners 

 for whom Avorking plans have in the past been made that fully Y5 

 per cent have adopted the plans laid down for them and are now 

 lumbering conservatively or in some other way applying practical 

 forestry. 



THE FOREST ATLAS. 



During the year a radical change was made in the methods of re- 

 cording, classifying, and making available for reference upon maps 

 the infoi-mation concerning the forests of the country, and especially 



