3^S GOVERNMENT FOREST WORK. 



was .$400,000. Three additional States have entered 

 into cooperation since the beginning of the present 

 fiscal year. I 



State Forest Policy. 



The Forest Service also offers its assistance to 

 States in the formulation of their forest policies. The 

 majority of the States have received assistance of this 

 character. In the States which contain National For- 

 ests one of the results has been to bring them and the 

 Forest Service together on a workable, harmonious 

 basis in matters which concern the forest resources of 

 the State as a whole. 



Forest Research. 



Besides administering the National Forests, the 

 Forest Service conducts many investigations relating 

 to 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- 

 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. 



Forest Management. 



Investigations, in forest management aim at obtain- 

 ing more thorough knowledge of the forest resource 

 and its benefits. At various forest experiment sta- 

 tions intensive studies are made of such things as the 



