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It is stated also in the introduction to "Forest Fires in Ver- 

 mont, published in December, 1909, that "The establishment 

 of the Vermont Forest Service by the Legislature of 1908 was 

 no doubt partially due to the serious forest fires of that fall ; as 

 the forest fire law itself had followed the disastrous fire of the 

 spring of 1903.'* 



Progress of Forestry in Vermont. 



"Establishment of a Forestry Association in Ver- 

 mont. 



Creation of office of Forestry Commissioner. 



1905 — Establishment of State Nursery and annual appro- 

 priation of $500 per annum for same. 



1906— Publication of Bulletin No. 2, "An Address by Dr. 

 B. E. Femow." 



Publication of Bulletin No. 120, "Planting White 

 Pine in Vermont" by Prof. L. R, Jones. 



1907— Publication of Bulletin No. 127, "State Nursery for 

 Forest Seedlings" by Prof. L. R. Jones. 

 Publication of Bulletin No. 3, "An Address by Prof. 

 J. W. Tourney of Yale Forestry School. 



1908 — An act abolishing the Board of Agriculture and 

 creating a Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 



1909 — Appointment of Austin F. Hawes as State Forester. 

 Field study of forest fires and publication of ' ' Forest 

 Fires of Vermont." 



Purchase of "L. R. Jones slate forest," Plainfield, 

 Vermont. 



Acquirement of Downer State Forest, Sharon, Ver- 

 mont, by gift of Mr. Charles Downer. 

 Publication of Vermont Forestry Cards Nos. 1-6. 



Bulletin No. 139 of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment 

 Station outlines some of the more important duties of the State 

 Forester as follows: 



"Inasmuch as the first step toward the practice of forestry 

 must be the reduction of forest fires to a mininmm, the most im- 

 portant duty of the state forester is to increase the efficiency of 



