The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-16

Der resources and ut
comparatively early date
may find itself largely dependent up
on foreign sources, Lieut.. Col. Henry
s. Graves, chief of the forest service,
United States department of agricul-
ture. told the remedies that can be APP
piled, and the measures that can be
adopted, particularly in Indiana, Ohio
ana Illinois, the three states for which
the conference was held.
THE solution of our forestry prob
iem," said Colonel Graves, Consists
IN stopping destruction by fire and
other agencies, by using methods that
make possible natural reproduction
a1ter logging, and by restocking the
tree growth of lands that have been
MADE economic wastes. The fear has
been expressed by some that such an
objective conflicts with the expansion
OF agriculture and stock raising. Elk.
actly the contrary would be the re-
suit. No sane program of forestry
would propose the use of lands for
forestry that are better adapted to
agriculture and settlement. Forestry,
agriculture and stock raising 90 hand
In hand.
| In Illinois, Indiana and Ohio our
problem Is essentially one Of the
farm woodland. Here we have to do
with small tracts and operations. In
some ways the problem is simpler
one than in the great lumber regions.
In the first place, the fire danger is
easily controlled. Then again the
work can usually be brSught into close
correlation with other phases of farm
management. OF great value, also,
Is the fact that the owner himself is
often the manager and can give per-
estry.
I'm such circumstances the aid of
the states may be directed to show
ing the farmer how to cut his wood
land In order to secure natural repro.
ductfon, how to thin the young stands
so as to increase their growth and
value, how to reforest the lands now
waste, how best to market his wood
land products, and so on. Advice
should be afforded through the state
forester and the agricultural field
agents. Planting stock should be of.
fered at cost with assistance in estab.
fishing successful plantations. Coop
erative marketing enterprises should
be encouraged when this Is PRACTICAL
Discussing the function Of the fed
eral government in meeting the for
estry problem. Colonel Graves said
1.-THE federal government has not Civ
en- adequate assistance to the states
Direct aid to the states by the gov
eminent, made contingent on adop
ton by the former of acceptable pro
grams Of forest legislation and admin
istration, would help to secure con
current action in different states, en-
able the Standardization of methods
and enable the achievement of result
impossible without such aid.
1.-THE first step in inaugurating
national policy of forestry is fedora
law providing the authority to coop
crate with the states in Formulating
and carrying out a program Of for
estry, and carrying an appropriation
, that can be used to assist such state
, as inaugurate and put into effect
program determined to be adequat
by the secretary Of agriculture.
great deal can be accomplished pend
, ing such substantial cooperation, bu
. with the aid that the nation Nigh
offer, results that otherwise would b
impossible could be accomplished"
, The forest situation. Colonel Grave
= pointed out. Is of peculiar interest t
Indiana. Illinois and Ohio. All tire
? states have a pressing problem of pro
ducing ome-grown forests. They ar
also vitality concerned in the fores
1 situation in other parts Of the cour
try, for they are large consumers g
j.. lumber and other wood products an
. the greater part Of what they use a
0 ready is brought in from other state
; "nlinois. Indiana and Ohio" he sal,
together with the neighboring DO
: tons of Michigan and Wisconsin
) constitute the most important centt
:, of manufacturing industries in tn
! country-that is. the industries NAL
ing vehicles furniture railway car