Personnel 31 Duties of forest officers 31 The Forest Supervisor 32 The Forest Assistant 34 The Forest Ranger 35 The Forest Clerk 38 Forest Service Meetings 39 How the Forest Service Appropriation is Allotted to the National Forests 40 Forest Service expenses 40 The agricultural appropriation bill 42 The ranger's protection and improvement plans 42 The Supervisor's plans 43 Approval of plans by the District Forester 44 The district fiscal agent 45 Tax money paid to the states 46 The Equipment and Supplies for the National Forests 47 The property auditor and property clerk 47 Blank forms 48 Supplies 48 National Forest Improvements 49 The need of improvements 49 Transportation facilities 50 Communication facilities 53 Grazing improvements 56 Protection improvements 57 Appropriations for improvement work 58 The Classification and Consolidation of National Forest Lands 61 Land classification 61 The consolidation of National Forest lands 63 How Young Forests are Planted to Replace Those Destroyed by Fire 64 Reforestation and the timber supply 64 Reforestation and water supply 65 Government reforestation policy 67 Methods of reforestation 70 Direct seeding work on the National Forests 72 Planting on the National Forests 78 The Organization and Scope of Forest Experiments and Investigations 83