The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-01-04
THE STATE PAYS HALF
If You Own Woodland, Here Is
Your Chance to Improve 1t
at a Profit.

at a Profit.
Once upon a time. in fact Just about
year age according to the State Board
of Forestry, there was man who lived
down in Prince Georges County, Mary
land, who had some full grown trees to
sell. To make a good story, he should
have been very poor indeed, and have
suddenly unearthed a fortune in his
little forest which enabled him to live
happy long afterward. So that the
most interesting part OF the story is
that-and We have the Board 5 word
for 1.-THE second half Of this sentence
is almost literally true.
A most important phase of the Mary
land State Board of Forestry's ac-
tivities since its creation some ten
years ago, it should be said in explana-
ton. has been in the field of coopera-
tiXe forest work. If a man owned 10
or 1000 acres of Maryland woodland,
no matter where it was or il what con-
dition, that man might avail himself of
the State Forester's services in scien-
titically improving it. If the stand
were old, past ripeness, in fact, he was
shown how to make a profitable i'm
proyement cutting in it, and to put it
back to normal, growing conditions.
But to get back to the man with tim
Der. Some time last January the own
er Of about Is acres Of good quality
timber lying in Prince Georges County,
in southern MARYLAND, awaited himself
of the Boards offer, and a Forester
from the office of the Board, North
Howard Street, Baltimore, visited the
tract. The trees, he saw, were mature
and ready for the ak. Regarding their
value, the owner had no idea, nor
whether they should be cut at all. So
the trees needing removal for the good
Of the younger specimens around them
were selected and marked by the
Forester, and valuation placed upon
them as they stood. The estimate Of
the number of trees for sale being sent
to a list of mill and timber men furnish
ed by the Forester, it was not a great
while before 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 $1,000. The work had cost the
owner, tor the services Of the State,
.SI.25.
This occurrence the Board of Forestry
intends to repeat, many times, In 1917.
In probably no other field of specialized
work may qualified experts be secured
at So per day and their expenses, 1t is
a small sum, and partly pays for work
in the field, that in the office required
by the preparation of reports and
working up of data being free. From
figures covering hundreds of tracts and
thousands of acress it is concluslvely
shown that 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
its part, to do greater lot of work
than could possibly be the case by using
its funds only. This offer now stands.
Through the cooperative way in which
it is done. the State itself is willing to
practically pay half for doing private
work. Those able to take advantage
of expert assistance on such terms
should be sure to get their half