﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SUPERINTENDENT 
  OF 
  

   FORESTS 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  Hon. 
  H. 
  Leroy 
  Austin, 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commissioner: 
  

  

  Sir. 
  — 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  department 
  has 
  decidedly 
  increased 
  in 
  

   the 
  past 
  year. 
  The 
  demand 
  from 
  private 
  land 
  owners 
  for 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  forestry 
  problems 
  has 
  grown 
  so 
  rapidly 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   now 
  continuous. 
  The 
  efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  fire 
  patrol 
  has 
  increased 
  

   and 
  a 
  large 
  force 
  has 
  been 
  maintained. 
  The 
  constantly 
  rising 
  price 
  

   of 
  stumpage 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  incentive 
  to 
  trespass 
  but 
  a 
  determined 
  

   effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  protect 
  State 
  property. 
  The 
  extent 
  and 
  

   output 
  of 
  the 
  nurseries 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  forest 
  trees 
  for 
  

   planting 
  has 
  produced 
  additional 
  work. 
  A 
  systematic 
  attempt 
  has 
  

   been 
  made 
  to 
  secure 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  our 
  forests 
  and 
  their 
  

   conditions, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  compilation 
  of 
  useful 
  data 
  which 
  will 
  

   be 
  necessary 
  in 
  this 
  connection. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  several 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  personnel 
  have 
  taken 
  

   place. 
  Professor 
  Austin 
  Cary 
  resigned 
  as 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  State 
  

   Forests 
  and 
  the 
  writer 
  was 
  promoted 
  to 
  this 
  position, 
  assuming 
  his 
  

   duties 
  June 
  first. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Frank 
  Moon 
  who 
  has 
  been, 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  this 
  Commission, 
  Forester 
  tx> 
  the 
  Highlands 
  of 
  the 
  Hud- 
  

   son 
  Reservation, 
  resigned 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  assistant 
  pro- 
  

   fessor 
  of 
  forestry 
  in 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  Agricultural 
  College. 
  Mr. 
  

   George 
  L. 
  Barrus, 
  a 
  graduate 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  School 
  of 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  Michigan, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  A. 
  Gaylord, 
  a 
  graduate 
  of 
  

   the 
  Yale 
  Forest 
  School, 
  have 
  been 
  appointed 
  foresters. 
  

  

  FOREST 
  FIRES 
  

  

  General 
  Statement 
  

   The 
  season 
  of 
  191 
  o 
  was 
  not, 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  one 
  of 
  prolongea 
  

   drought. 
  However, 
  at 
  times 
  the 
  situation 
  was 
  critical 
  and 
  many 
  

  

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