UNITED STATES 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 211. 



Contribution from the Forest Service, 

 WILLIAM B. GREELEY, Forester. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Beginning of Government forest work 4 



Creation of National Forests from public 



domain in the West 5 



Purchase of. eastern National Forests S 



The Forests for use 9 



National Forest improvements 21 



Protection of the National Forests 25 



Qualifications and duties of forest officers 31 



Forest officers and the public 34 



The extension of forestry practice 34 



Cooperation with States 36 



Forest research 3S 



Practical information about woodlands and 



forest products 41 



Publications 43 



Photographs, lantern slides, and exhibits 43 



Forest Service organization 45 



