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•>restry extension specialists are appointed as mem- 

 bers of the college extension staff. They work with 

 the county agricultural agents and the farmers in much 

 the same way as do the extension specialists in other 

 lines of agriculture. The object of their efforts is to 

 demonstrate to farmers that the growing of trees and 

 ,^ie efficient utilization of forest products is a desirable 

 part of their plan of farm management. When it is 

 considered that about 150,000,000 acres, or about one- 

 third of the forest land of the country, is in farm wood- 

 lands, the importance of this work is realized. 



FOREST RESEARCH 



Besides administering the national forests, the 

 Forest Service conducts many investigations relating 

 jjto the protection, growth, and management of forests, 

 to the utilization of their products, and to their place 

 in the economic life of the Nation. The research 

 work is not limited to problems which directly con- 

 N cern the management of the national forests. Its 

 object is to promote the best use of the forest re- 

 sources of the United States, whether in public or 

 private ownership. This means both the general prac- 

 tice of forestry and the most intelligent use of forest 

 products of all kinds, especially wood products. The 

 investigations concern forest management, forest prod- 

 ucts, forest economics, and grazing. 



SILVICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



Investigations in forest management aim at obtain- 

 ing more thorough knowledge of forest resources 

 and their benefits. This work is centered at a series of 

 forest experiment stations. The general plan of the 

 department is eventually to establish and maintain a 

 ' station in each of the important forest regions of the 

 country. Such stations are already in operation in 

 the Northeast, Lake States, Southern Appalachians, 

 Southern pine belt, the Northern Rocky Mountains, 

 Itnd the Pacific Northwest, and work on a smaller scale 



