. American forestry. Forests and forestry. BACK FOREST WIIKRK NO WORK WAS DONE. TREES STRIPPED OF THEIR LEAVES IX TuivV, AS THorcii IT wi-;re winter. vinced that if the Legislature could see its way clearly to enlarge greatly the ])resent ap])ropriation for this work, we could readily plant many times our present annual acreage. Our reforesta- tion act is unique and is proving a suc- cess. The work in this line will be far better appreciated in a few years, when the young trees have grown to a more desirable size. The gypsy and brown-tail moth work, while still a very perplexing problem, is be
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. BACK FOREST WIIKRK NO WORK WAS DONE. TREES STRIPPED OF THEIR LEAVES IX TuivV, AS THorcii IT wi-;re winter. vinced that if the Legislature could see its way clearly to enlarge greatly the ])resent ap])ropriation for this work, we could readily plant many times our present annual acreage. Our reforesta- tion act is unique and is proving a suc- cess. The work in this line will be far better appreciated in a few years, when the young trees have grown to a more desirable size. The gypsy and brown-tail moth work, while still a very perplexing problem, is better understood and more intelligently combated than ever. Our people are finding out that the best way to fight these pests is to take advantage of the advice and assistance that experience has taught us. This office is in a position to advise and as- sist in this work throughout the in- fested territory. The division super- intendents are men of ripe experience, and the local superintendents are more efficient and in better control of their conditions than ever before. If, as we now have reason to believe, it is soon to come to pass that the United States government will take over the parasitic work which the State has hnanced up to the present, and also assume the work of controlling the spread of the moth, then our State work will resolve itself down to in- ternal self-preservation in the i>resent infested territory. With this arrange- ment, I believe the State ought to com- bat the enemies satisfactorily with de- creasing expenditures. IMany cities and towns once badly infested are at pres- ent, through State aid, in good condi- tion, and now should become self-sup- l)orting, and it is the department's pur- pose to so direct the work that the an- nual drain upon the State treasury may be lessened as much as possible. Massachusetts has been the motive force in combating these pests up to the present. In recent years the in- sects have spread into adjoining States, where
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