TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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 FRONTISPIECE— Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack. 



FORESTRY COMMITTEE AND-THE SUB-COMMITTEES 3 



FOREWORD 7 



ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT CHARLES LATHROP PACK 9 



FORESTRY COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 12 



The Report of the Forestry Committee. 



OPENING OF THE FORESTRY SECTION OF THE CONGRESS 24 



PUBLICITY 25 



By the Sub-Committee on Publicity. 



DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT OF.THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY 41 



THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH COMMERCIAL PLANTING IS DE- 

 SIRABLE 45 



By the Sub-Committee on Forest Planting. 



THE DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOREST 

 PLANTING 89 



THE ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES OF FRAMING, PASSING AND ENFORC- 

 ING A STATE FOREST LAW 91 



By the Sub-Committee on State Forest Policy. 



DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON STATE 

 FOREST POLICY : ' 105 



FOREST TAXATION 108 ^ 



By the Sub-Committee on Forest Taxation. 



APPENDIX TO REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOREST TAXATION 139 



DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOREST 

 TAXATION 142 



SECONDARY FORESTRY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES 148 



By the Sub-Committee on Forest School Education. 



THE RELATION OF FORESTS AND WATER 184 



By the Sub-Committee on Forest Investigations. 



DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOREST 

 INVESTIGATIONS 204 



LUMBERING 205 



By the Sub-Committee on Lumbering. 



DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON LUMBERING. 243 



THE CLOSER UTILIZATION OF TIMBER 245 



By the Sub-Committee on Forest Utilization. 



DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOREST 

 UTILIZATION 259 



FIRE PREVENTION BY STATES, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND 



BY PRIVATE INTERESTS 264 



By the Sub-Committee on Forest Fires. 



