The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Advance toward achieving efIi- cicnt use of the country's forest resource as a part of national plan- ming is recorded in the annual re- port of the Forest Service for the fiscal year 1893, made public to- day by the secretary of agriculture.
 '"The satisfactory adjustment of our national economy to the great dual resource of soil and water re- quires finding the right balance of agriculture, forestry, range use, and water-resource use With each other" the report says. Therefore, the forest problem of the country "is not isolated but is a part of much greater one, now fast com- ing to the fore and becoming recog- nized as a problem of planned de- velopment."
 The national forests have dem onstrated how much to the public. advaitage it is to have land uses rationally coordinated, acording to the report. The principle on which the nationa forests are being ad. ministered is that of coordinated use aimed at yielding the largest in economic and social welfare.
  sary to use efficiently the forest resource in the common interest a basis better than has ever be- fore been available was provided by the restudy of the whole forest situation made by the Forest service in compliance with the Copeland resolution" of the U. s. senate, The report pointed out that less than per cent of the nearly 9,9O0,OOO acres of private forest land cut over annually is cut over with re- gard for future yeields, and more than 800,0000 acres are being added annually to the area that must be classed as devastated. Through tax forfeiture, millions of acrs are pass ing into, forced public ownership.
 The national plan for American forestry proposed in the Copeland report calls for measures buth to promote private forestry and to build up public forests. A federal and state acquisition program is recommended, looking to the event. ual public ownership of approxi- mately 395,000,000 acres out of a total of 67O,000,000 acres of com mercial and non-commercial forest and. This acquisition program would include some 55. 100000 acres of abandoned agricultural land. The recommendations for cooper atiye arrangements with the forest industries-under which their lands would be put under continuous production-are already on the roed to realization, 1t is hoped, the lumbe rindustry having pledged IT, self in Article x of the lumber code to a policy of sustained production of forest resources.
 The presidents emergency con- servation work, together with inn provements being accomplished under the public works program and provision for accelerated fed eral land acquisition, have per- mifted a start toward meeting some of the objectives of the national plan for American forestry, the forest service report states. Most of the work undertaken by the CCC was work long planned by federal and state corestry agencies for or derly accomplishment over the years. For the forest service, the first step toward getting the work under was a select thousands or these previously planned projects, and to select suitable camp ioca. tions. There was also the task or procuring and distributing the ne- cessary tools, machines, trucks, ana other equipment, and the recuriting or suitable supervisors. During the first six months, nearly 6OO CCC camps were located on the na- tional forests. The forest service was also called upon to supervise and assist stat eauthorities in the conduct. of all work being done from 660 camps established on state and private land.
 The forest service reports the tightening of its business organiza- tion and the development Of an accounting system described as marking "a decded forward step in cost control of government expen- ditures In the field of executive management, the report says, Its studies produced results recognized by outside experts as going beyond the best that private business has worked out.
 The net area of the national forests at the close of the fiscal year was 162,009,145 acres. an in- crease of 64S,454 acres during the year. The 1883 fire record on the national forests is reported as one of the best in national forest his tory.
 Tn the extention of fire protec- ton to state and private lands. the forest service cooperated with SS states under the Clarke McNary net during the year. Approximate 'ly 223.000,000 acres of state and