40 ANNl'Al. REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OP AGBIOUI/TUBE, 1 
priations for cooperation in control work on pinelands within their 
borders, the mosl substantia] of such appropriations being those of 
New Fork and Idaho. 
The work of the C. C. C. on the national forests was performed by 
enrollees from camps assigned to the Forest Service of tin- Depart- 
ment The work on the national park- and Indian reservations was 
carried on by Labor from C. C. C. camps allotted to the National Park 
Service and Office of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Inte- 
rior. The ('. Q C. work on private and State land- was performed 
in most cases by Labor assigned from camps under the direction of 
State foresters and tin 4 Soil Conservation Service. 
3TAT1 - <>F CONTROL WORK HY REGIONS 
The beginninff of Large ntrol work and the rate of progress 
have varied in the different white pine regions. Prior to l\ 
attention was given to Large-scale control operations in the North- 
eastern States, where the disease was most prevalent and was cat 
serions damage. In the other part- of the country, where the dis 
either absent or progressing much more slowly, control work 
remained in the developmental stage. 
Beginning in 1933, Ribi § eradication in all white pine regions was 
stimulated and expanded through the use of emergency-relief funds. 
se funds became available at an opportune time, as the dis 
was reaching the damaging stage in all sections of the country except 
the sugar pme regions, and the need for increasing the scope of 
trol activities was very presisng. Blister rust work not only afforded 
an opportunity for the use of a large amount of unemployed Labor, 
but most of the fund- were used for wages. These fund- provided 
the control program in all regions with its first Large supply of man- 
power. In addition, labor from C. C. C. camps was used wherever 
available within working distance of white pine stands needing pro- 
tection. The status of control work at the end of 1938 is shown in 
table 8. 
Table 8. — Status of blist< r rust control work by regions on Dea mbi r 
Ropion 
Cotitrol 
initially 
Control 
• 
-koi 
;uc*Tit 
to initial 
tion 
Ribts 
Effective 
- tana, 
Rocky Moui I 
ming) 
- 
Xumber 
5 
^ Tan-days 
i 
S 
3 
' 
i Thi 
r roducinf! typ tit of fire, cul 
b tabic 7 of tl 
work to < perimental I 
levi lop pr id 
... e of the spread of the i 
thecommer 
