, 1922-01-12

ment of Agriculture primari1v 6e-
cause of this basic use OF land Il
is related to the department, further.
i'll the utilization of some $4,000
600 acres OF National Forests for the
grazing of livestock, a strictly agri-
cultural function which involves CO.
operation with both the Bureaus o:
Animal Industry and Plant Industry.
1T is related in the extension of
road and trail systems on the Nation
al Forests in the interests of agricul-
tural communities as well as to pro-
vide communications for fire protec-
ton and for general administration.
and this involves cooperation with
the Bureau OF Public Roads. 1t i
related in the development Of for
estry on the 200 900, 900 acres OF
woodlots owned by farmers and CO.
operates in this function with the
States Relations Service and it's wide
ly extended organization OF county
agents. In its research activities the
Forest Service ~co-operates with prac-
tically every other bureau in various
economic Investigations"
After specifying in detail the CO.
operative relationships of the Forest
Service with the Weather Bureau.
the Bureaus of Animal and Plant In
dustry, Entomology. Soils. Crop Est
imates. and biological Survey, the
Secretary continues:
I'm short. having largely exhaust
ed the forest crop grown in advance.
the problem now is to use more wide
ly what remains and to grow other
crops to meet our needs. That is
to say. forestry is a distinctiyely
agricultural business. The function
OF the department as a whole in
cludes efforts for the production and
the most effective manufacture, dis
%1ributiOn, and utilization of the pro-
ducts of bot harm and forest for the
benefit OF the country at large. Fin
ally, the agricultural industry itself
is the largest owner of timberlands
and the largest user Of forest pro-
ducts of both farm and forest for the
ed in the administration OF the for
ests."
The Agricultural Department In
Alaska.
The problems Of forest admins
tration in Alaska" says Secretary
Wallace, ARE inseparably linked
with similar problems encountered in
the states, and an efficient decen-
tralized, local administration has
been established which is function
ing in close coordination with the
other scientific bureaus. of the de-
partment.
THE service rendered by the De-
partment Of Agriculture in Alaska Is
exactly the same sort of service that
/ il renders in the various states and
territories, modified, Of course. to
meet local conditions. 1t maintained
, in Alaska nine stations of the
l Weather Bureau. The Biological
I Survey has four stations which give
attention to the reindeer and lant
~fur-bearing animals.
< THE Forest Service, as has beer
r noted in dealing with its activities II
this report, has charge of the large
n national forests there. The Bureau
Of Public Roads handles forest-roat
r construction under the Federal All
act. Extension work through tn
n States Relations Service is carried OF
from five different agricultural ex
pertinent stations scattered through
1t the Territory. Through these activi
o ties the people of Alaska have tn
y same benefit from the work done b
~ the Department Of Agriculture a
s, have the people OF the States.
If Because Of the distance the rel
o resentatives of the department l
1t Alaska have been given larger pow
Of ers than representatives in the state!
It The effort has been to delegate tn
= largest possible authority in orde
that prompt decisions may be mad
u on the ground"
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