306 State Papers and Addresses

and recreational purposes, and improvement of the timber stands, to enhance
their timber value.

State Parks of 3, 700 acres are operated, of which three have been developed
for intensive use by the CCC camps, and the other two are in process of
development.

For the past two years, the nursery has distributed each year at the cost
of growing, about 1, 000, 000 forest tree seedlings and transplants for forest
planting, and about 5, 000 larger trees for roadside planting.

With 90 per cent of the forest land in private ownership and the increasing
use of State and private lands by the public for recreation, as well as the public
values of forest land for watershed protection, wildlife conservation and timber
production, the education program, through illustrated lectures, exhibits, bul-
letins and news articles, has contributed largely to forest protection and a
better understanding of forest problems and values.

Maryland Geological Survey—The Geological Survey, charged with gather-
ing information by field investigation and acting as a bureau of information
regarding the mineral wealth of the State, has made field investigations during
the last two years that include the completion of the study of the geology of
Howard, Charles and Washington Counties, During the same period the Survey
has issued geological maps of Charles, Frederick and Howard Counties and has
now in process of publication the geological maps of Washington County.

Topographic maps of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard and Montgomery
Counties have been revised, maps of Baltimore and Howard Counties have been
reissued, and those for Anne Arundel and Montgomery Counties are nearing
completion.

Maryland State Weather Service—During the past two years the number
of1 sub-stations in Maryland has been materially increased, including airway and
climatological.

Tables and charts were prepared by counties for the Department of Agri-
culture Yearbook and for State publications. Assistance was given to agencies,
including aviation, planning State activities. Several hundred copies of records
were certified for use in State courts. Work in checking and compiling State
data for the revision of Bulletin W, Climate of the United States by Sections,
which is to be printed in 1941, was begun. Studies and graphs were made of
Baltimore wind directions by velocities for the years of record.

Thirty volumes of "Unusual Maryland Weather" have been assembled from
the Monthly Climatological Report and will be bound. "Degree Days" have
been worked for all the stations in Maryland.

MORGAN STATE COLLEGE

When, after many years of discussion of the matter, your body made pro-
vision in 1939 for the purchase by the State of Morgan College, it sounded a
distinct note of progress in the field of higher education for our colored citizens.
Such action had been recommended by the very able Commission headed by
Mr. John E. Semmes, which had made a study of the proposal, and it is thor-
oughly to the credit of your able body that this long-discussed purchase finally
was consummated.