There are but 4,237,587 acres in state forests in the United States.

This is only 1-1/2 per cent.

of the cut-over and denuded land in the country which is useful only for tree production.

The lack of funds prevents many states from embarking more extensively in this work.

Many states set aside only a few thousand a year; others, that are more progressive and realize the need of forestry extension, spend annually from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand dollars.