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A:\rERICAX FORESTRY 



to meet the requirements of all the 

 waters adaptable to the production of 

 trout. Of this great number the Bureau 

 of Fisheries is prepared to supply some- 

 thing over four and a half million this 

 year and a gradually decreasing number 

 each successive year for a total of nine, 

 at the end of which time it is expected 

 that the complete restocking will have 

 been accomplished. The estimates are 

 said to cover 273 streams and lakes in 

 the three States. 



The restocking of National Forest 

 streams in all States where such forests 

 are situated, including those now being 

 acquired in the White Mountains and 



the Southern Appalachians, will be 

 given attention as rapidly as supplies of 

 lish fry become available for planting 

 purposes. The Forest Service is ad- 

 mirably organized to carry on work of 

 this kind and does so with practically 

 no interference with regular activities 

 since the fish must be handled with the 

 utmost haste and frequently during the 

 late evening or early morning hours. 

 The production of the existing Federal 

 and State fish hatcheries is hardly ade- 

 quate to meet all demands, however, 

 -^nd therefore the work has to be done 

 in installments. 



PRIVATE TREE PLANTING 



ONE hundred thousand pine 

 trees are now being planted in 

 the Adirondacks at the ex- 

 pense of Richard J. Donovan, 

 of New York City, who has in the past 

 four years had some 205,000 others 

 planted in the same district, and who is 

 doing much to inspire and encourage 

 other land owners to pay attention to 

 similar work on their own land. "I per- 

 sonally investigated tree planting in the 

 Black Forest in Germany, in Switzer- 

 land and throughout the country before 

 planting the forest in the Adirondacks," 

 said Mr. Donovan in describing the 

 planting. "The restoration of the for- 

 ests in the Adirondacks and in fact 

 throughout the country is the most im- 

 portant economic question before the 

 people. 



"Interests in the restoration of the 

 forests of the Adirondacks should be 

 enhanced. It improves the scenic beau- 

 ty of that charming region. It pre- 

 vents floods by holding back the water 

 by the leaf mold and little reservoirs 

 that are created by the roots of the 

 trees. It affords places for the malting 

 snow and keeps back the water. 



"Conditions in the Adirondacks are 

 ideal for tree planting, especiallv for 

 pine and spruce, and other conifers 



The cost per acre will vary from $2 to 

 $7, depending upon the age of the trees, 

 how far apart they are to be planted, 

 soil conditions, and the efficiency of the 

 tree planters. Small trees can be pur- 

 chased from the State conservation 

 commission for $1.50 to $4 per thou- 

 sand, depending upon the age of the 

 tree. 



"The danger of fire in the Adiron- 

 dacks is no longer an excuse for hesi- 

 tating to preserve the forests and re- 

 store the forests by tree planting, for 

 the reason that the railroads that here- 

 tofore caused the fires are today the 

 greatest protectors that the forests have, 

 because oil is used as a fuel, and a pa- 

 trol follows each train in the summer 

 time from station to station, prepared 

 not only to put out fires that may be 

 caused from a train, but also to report 

 other fires. 



"I should like to see a tree-planting 

 association in the Adirondack moun- 

 tains that would have enrolled in it 

 every man and woman who owns a foot 

 of land in that delightful region. A 

 beautiful forest can be developed in 

 from 10 to 15 years, which may be 

 seen by the developments where the 

 State conser\-ation commission planted 

 about a dozen years ago." 



