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FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 

 Original and final entries under Umber-culture acts until 1S8S. 



Arizona 



Arkaiusai ... 

 California... 

 Colorado — 



Dakota 



Idaho 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Louisiana... 

 Minnesota .. 

 Montana — 

 Nebraska . . . 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



Oregon 



Utah 



Washington. 

 Wyoming . . . 



State or Territory. 



Original entries. 



No. 



856 



89 



6,671 



23, 650 



63, 647 



3, 257 



931 



58, 183 



672 



14, 377 



2,555 



48, 589 



42 



1, 059 



6,128 



1,048 



7,673 



2,401 



A oi es. 



122, 570 



4,416 



856, 076 



3, 498, 351 



11, 500, 026 



427, 017 



75, 514 



8, 738, 944 



96, 342 



1, 882, 030 



339, 998 



7, 780, 825 



5,879 



146, 928 



908, 248 



128, 188 



1, 114, 761 



454, 393 



Total 241,778 38,080,506 



Final entries 



No. 



7 



18 



1,306 



15 



124 



1,544 



781 



4 



1,753 



3 



47 



6 



194 



5,806 



Acres. 



640 



889 



2,278 



185, 064 



1,711 



11,505 



206, 146 



104, 758 



479 



237, 657 



326 



6,796 



660 



20, 673 



779, 582 



Private interest of homesteaders and settlers without these aids has probably been as effective. 

 In this direction the establishment of arbor days throughout the States has been a stimulating 

 influence. From its inception by Governor J. Sterling Morton and first inauguration by the State 

 board of agriculture of Nebraska in 1872, it has become a day of observance in nearly every State, 

 until its adoption as a national holiday may be shortly expected. 



While with the exception of the so-called treeless States, perhaps not much planting of eco- 

 nomic value is done, the observance of the day in schools as one set apart for the discussion of 

 the importance of trees, forests, and forestry, has been productive of an increased interest in the 

 subject. 



To be sure, arbor days have had also a retarding influence upon the practical forestry move- 

 ment in leading people into the misconception that forestry consists in tree planting, in diverting 

 attention from the economic question of the proper use of existing forest areas, in bringing into 

 the discussion poetry and emotions, which have clouded the hardheaded practical issues and 

 delayed the earnest attention of practical business men. 



The following table exhibits the condition of the Arbor-day movement at the present time: 



Arbor-day observance in the United States. 



States and Territories. 



Alabama 

 Arizona . 



Arkansas . . . 

 California .. 

 Colorado — 

 Connecticut 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho... 

 Illinois . 

 Indiana. 



Indian Territory 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massaclm setts... 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Hampshire 

 New Jersey 



First observed. 



Date. 



1887 

 1890-91 



1886 

 1885 

 1887 

 1886 

 1891 



1887 



1888 

 1884 



1887 

 1875 

 1886 

 1888-89 

 1887 

 1889 

 1886 

 1876 

 1876 

 1892 



3886 



1887 

 1872 

 1887 

 1886 

 1884 



By whose appointment. 



Superintendent of education. 

 Legislature 



General Howard and others. 



Governor 



.....do 



....do 



Legislature 



When 

 legally 

 estab 

 lished. 



1891 



1889 

 1886 



.do 

 .do 



Superintendent of public instruction. 



Superintendent of public instruction. 



Mayor of Topeka 



Legislature 



State superintendent of schools 



Legislature 



do 



Village Improvement Society 



Governor 



State .Forestry Association 



State board of education 



Superintendent of schools 



Legislature 



Board of agriculture. 



Legislatuie 



— do 



do 



1890 



1887 

 1887 



Legal holiday. 





For schools . . 



Date of annual observ- 

 ance. 



February 22 



First Friday alter Feb- 

 ruary 1. 



1886 



1887 

 1884 

 1886 

 1885 



1892 

 1889 



1887 

 1885 

 1887 

 1885 

 1884 



For schools . . 



Tes 



For schools... 



Variable 



Third Friday m April 



In spring 



January 8 



First Friday m Decem- 

 ber. 

 Last Monday in April. 



October, usually. 



Variable 



April, usually 



Option of parish boards . 



April 



Last Saturday in Apul. 



Yes 



For schools. 



First Friday after 

 First Tuesday in 

 April. 

 Third Tuesday in April 

 April 22 



April 



By whom iixed. 



Legislature. 



Do. 



Governor. 

 Do. 



Legislature. 



Do. 



Governor. 



Superintendent 

 of public in- 

 struction. 



Do. 



Governor. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Legislature. 

 Governor. 



Do. 

 State board of 



education. 

 Legislature. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Governor. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



