GOVERNMENT FOREST WORK Al 
against forest fires. The law authorizes the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agree- 
ments with States which provide by law for a system 
of forest-fire control and are prepared to spend each 
year at least as much as the Federal Government 
contributes toward maintaining the system. 
In 1911, the first year of cooperation under the 
Weeks law, 11 States entered into agreements to 
protect a total of 7,000,000 acres of forest land, at a 
total cost of $350,000, of which the Federal Govern- 
ment contributed about $39,000. In 1930 the 38 
States, cooperating under the Clarke-McNary law, 
protected approximately 224.000,000 acres of forest 
land at a total cost of $5,372,096, of which the Fed- 
eral Government contributed $1,252,444. The funds 
contributed by or through the States included con- 
siderable contributions made by landowners. Further 
extension of this important work depends in no small 
measure on an increase in Federal funds. 
COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREST PLANTING STOCK 
The Clarke-McNary law also provides for assisting 
+ in the procurement, production, and distribution of 
forest-tree seeds and plants for the purpose of estab- 
lishing windbreaks, shelter belts, and farm woodlands. 
During the calendar year 1929, 39 States and the Ter- 
. ritories of Hawaii and Porto Rico distributed a total of 
_ 25,243,000 trees to farmers under this provision of 
the law. 
The Federal appropriation for this work for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, is $93,000. The dis- 
® tribution of planting stock is handled by State for- 
estry officials in the cooperating States. 
FOREST POLICIES 
The Forest Service cooperates with the States in 
the formulation of forest policies. To the extent of 
its ability, the Forest Service also offers to assist 
owners of timberland who wish to adopt a definite 
policy of reforestation and forest management. This 
