The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-12-29
THE STATE PAYS HALF
If Won Own Woodland, Here is Your
Chance to Improve it at a Profit.

Once upon a time, in fact just about
I1e.r ago according to the State
BOARD of Forestry, there was a man
rho lived down in Prince George
Countv. Maryland, who had some full
(,rnvn trees to sell. To make good
5torv he should have been very poor
;ndeea and have suddenly unearthed
a fortune in his little forest when
enabled him to live happily long after
uard So that the most interesting
mart of the story is that-and we
have the Boards word for 1.-THE sec
o1,d half of this sentence IS almost
literally true.
A most important phase OF the
MARYLAND State Board of Forestry S
,ctivities since it's creation some ten
Years ago, it should be said IN explain
ltion, has been in the field OF cooper
tive forest work. If a man owned
10 or 900 acres of Maryland WOOD
lad no matter where it was or IN
wat condition, that man might avail
bmsp1f of the State FOrester'S ser
vces in scientifically improving it. II
tie stand were old, past ripeness, III
fact. he was shown how to make
n,ofitable Improvement cutting III IT,
md to put it back to normal, growing
condition.
But to get back to the man with
lmber. Some time last January the
,wner of about 10 acres OF good
ualitv timber lying in Prince
,eOrge's County in Southern Mary
and, availed himself of the Board
rffer, and a Forester from the ONCE OF
he GARD, North Howard Street, Bal
trees
re saw. were mature and ready 1or
The az Regarding their value, the
owner had no idea, nor whether tneE
should lie cut at all. So the trees
needing removal for the good Oh the
Younger specimens around them were
selected and marked by the Forester
and a valuation placed upon them a.
they stood. The estimate OF the
number OF trees for sale being sent &c
q list OF mill and timber men furnish
ed bv the Forester, it was not grea'
while Ecfore disposal Of them was
made Some six months subsequent
TO the visit of the Forester the marked
trees, oak. and Of good quality, were
sold for $4,000 The work had cost
the owner, for the services CT the
State, $1.25.
This occurrence the Board of For
estry intends to repeat, many times, III
1917. In probably no other Held OF
specialized work may quall1led experts
be secured at So per day and thell
expenses. 1t is a small sum, and
partly pays for work in the field, that
in the office required by the prepare
ton of reports and working up OF
data, being free From figures cover
ing hundreds of tracts and thousands
of acres it is conclusively shown thal
the charge made for actual field WORK
amounts to only half, or less, OF the
total cost OF the work.
The rate per diem is not intended
to reimburse the office OF the Forester
for the good work it is doing. 1t Is
aimed rather, at placing this work
within the reach of many Woodlot
and forest owners, enabling the Board
on it's part, to do a greater lot OF
work than could possibly be the case
hv using it's funds only. This offer
now stands. Through the cooperative
way in which it is done, the State it
self is willing to practically pay hall
for doing private work. Those able
TO take advantage of expert assist
ance on such terms should be sure to
get their half.