50 FOREST POLICY. 



in Idaho: On Snake river; 



in Montana: On' Milk river; 



in Nevada: On Carson and Truckee rivers; 



in Utah: On Bear river; 



in Wyoming: On Sweetwater river; 



in Washinton: On Yakima river and around Lake De Smet; 



in Oregon and Nebraska: relative to possibilities of artesian wells. 



For the Truckee river project, contracts are already let. 300,000 

 acres will be irrigated from a canal 32 miles long. 



The projects on the Gunnison (in the Uncompahgre Valley) and 

 on the Salt river (Tonto, on east slope of Mazatzal) are reported 

 well assured. 



(XLI.) FORESTRY INSTRUCTION, INVESTIGATION AND 



STATISTICS: 



A. Instruction: 



In order to propagate a knowledge of forestry, and in order to 

 provide for a staff of foresters and rangers, a government may appro- 

 priate money: 



1. For establishing forestry schools at State universities; 



2. for establishing departments or divisions of forestry, forest 

 •commissions, etc.; and for publishing their reports; 



3. for paying subsidies to forestry associations; 



4. for sending teachers of forestry to address farmer's meetings. 

 However, the danger of "cranky" instruction by schools, reports 



and teachers, is great as long as men of practical experience are not 

 available for the purpose. 



B. Forestry investigation and statistics: 



A knowledge of the financial possibilities of forestry is necessay 

 for the owner of woodlands. Then, only, can he arrange his invest- 

 ments so as make them most productive of revenue. The knowledge 

 must be based on investigation and statistics gathered by th^ gov- 

 ernment, since the private individual is usually unable to make them. 

 He will never publish the result of investigations which he may 

 chance to make. Most desirable are statistics on the following 

 points: 



Growing stock of timber in the U. S.; reproduction of timb.er; 

 influence of fires; yield tables and volume tables; log analysis as to 

 quality and qiJantity of output; timber consumption; timber export 

 and import; study of foreign markets; influence of forests on water 

 supply for irrigation and navigation; influence of the forest on rain- 

 fall, etc. 



Of intrinsic importance in every country is a law defining, and 

 causing to be demarkated, what forest is protection forest, and what 

 land is absolute forest land. Necessarily, governmental measures 

 must differ according to the quality of soil and according to the pro- 

 tective character which a forest exhibits. 



