The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-19

Forestry. and reports for the first three have been published by the State.
 The work suggests the very great ad- vantages of similar cooperation be- tween other States and the BTeau of Forestry. although the examinations need not always be as detailed as in the case of Maryland. The matter is extremely simple and may be eaesily arranged. and the results are valuable out of all pro- portion to the cost of such work to the States. The Bureau furnishes and pays the salaries of the experts who make the examination, when the State has guaran- teed their field xpenses. The rports of tn Bureaus experts become the property of the State, provided they are credited, whn published, to the Bureau.
 For a long time the Bureau of Forestry has been urging State investigations of forest lands because the results of such investigations are as valuable to the Blu reau as to the State themselves. Inqui- ries are constantly received from lumber men and o!ners regarding the forest re- sources of different States which the Bureau is unable to answer fully, because often no accurate studies of the regions have been made. Besides, every bit of reliable information concerning the for ests of the different States and Territo- ries is welcomed as contributing to the
 sum of knowledge of the forest resources of the whole country on which the Bureau
 must base Its general forest policy.
 States like New York, Massachusetts
 New Hampshire, Connecticut, PennsylVa- mia, Minnesota, Michigan, an Wisconsin
 which are working out for themselves some sort of forest policy. find 1t abso- lutely essential to take stock of their tim Der lands. Michigan has begun such an examination, through cooperation be- tween the State Forest Commission, the
 University authorities, and the Bureau of Forestry. A study already made oi 1000 acres of forest preserve lands ir Northern Michigan by T. H. Sherrard of the Bureau of Forestry, resulted 1T recommendations for fire protection. ex. periments and for tree planting. whicf have been submitted to the State Legis lature. California has appropriated Sl5, 600 for an examination of the forests o the State. A report on the forests O. Texas has been prepared under direction of the Bureau of Forestry and will prob ably form when published the basis fol
 forest legislation in the State. Severa years ago the forests of the northern part of Wisconsin were examined by Fill ibert Roth, of the Bureau, and his repor
 was published by the Bureau and b1 the State. Prof. J. c. Jack. of the Blu | reau, two years ago made an examina ton of the forests of Vermont, and tn,
 work was contiued more recently by Prof c. D. Howe. Virginia may ask the Bu
 reau for help in mapping and studying | the forests of the State, and Missour has expressed interest in an examination of the forests of several counties.
 Recommendations for forest preserves
 before going before the Legislature mus be supported by reliable studies of tn, | forest growth on the areas which 1t il I proposed shall be reserved. New Hamp shire, alarmed by the heavy cutting il the White Mountains. has appropriated
 5000 for an examination of that regioI
 by the Bureau of Forestry, and an ex
 animation of the forest lands on Lonl
 Island may form a part of the summer | work of the Buread