GOVERNMENT FOREST WORK 49 
INFORMATION ON FORESTRY 
The Forest Service does all that it can to put its 
information at the service of the public in order that 
the results of its investigations may be put into actual 
practice on all forest lands. Besides publishing its 
findings in helpful, practical bulletins, it furnishes 
information, advice, and cooperation in many other 
forms. 
Timberland owners, farmers who have woodlands, 
other small owners, and persons wishing information 
on tree planting for timber production, windbreaks, 
shelter belts, and the like are given sich data as the 
service has available, applicable to their special needs. 
For the benefit of farmers and other small owners, 
information has been gathered, and may be had on 
application, concerning the marketing of timber in 
relatively small quantities. By devoting land of rela- 
tively low agricultural value to timber growing, ap- 
plying intelligent methods of production, and market- 
ing to advantage, many farmers could add substan- 
tially to their income. In those States which have 
State foresters, or State extension foresters, however, 
, these officers are ordinarily in a better position to 
i give information regarding local conditions and the 
best methods of forestry practice for the individual 
to use than is the Forest Service. Applicants for in- 
formation and advice who are residents of such 
‘States are therefore customarily referred to the 
proper State official for better attention to their 
specific needs. 
Information on such matters as the properties and 
uses of wood, wood seasoning, and preservative treat- 
ment, and methods of obtaining or utilizing forest 
products of any kind is obtainable from the Forest 
Products Laboratory, where investigations of this 
character are centered. Cooperation is sought par- 
ticularly with the wood-using industries for the solu- 
tion of their problems and the application of results. 
Hxaminations may be made, on request, ef the methods 
