PRIVATE REFORESTATION 



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Scotch Pine Planted Four Years. 



part of the work of restoring the conifer forests on the lands in new york state now owned by the 



brooklyn cooperage company. 



It is gratifying to observe the refor- 

 estation activities of some of the large 

 owners of forest lands, notably those 

 of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company. 

 This enterprising corporation has large 

 holdings in the Adirondacks, as follows: 



18,000 acres in the Vilas Tract; 

 21,000 acres in the Everton Tract; 1,900 

 acres in the Picrre]:)ont Lands and 7,500 

 acres in the Blake Lands. All the hard- 

 wood timber remains on these lands, 

 except what was cut off after the fire of 

 1903. Very little of the timber was 

 burned in the fire of 1903, and the fire 

 due last year was avoided, by reason 

 of the state's effective patrol system 

 and the watchfulness of the Brooklyn 

 Cooperage Company's own caretakers. 



An inspection of the reforestation 

 operations and their results on the 

 Vilas Tract of the Brooklyn Cooperage 

 Company gave most gratifying evidence 

 of what private enterprise along these 

 lines can accomplish . The burned areas 

 are being rapidly tvirncd into young 



evergreen forests, and where there were 

 dark scars of the fires ravages seemingly 

 but the other day, the delighted eye is 

 greeted with a thing of beauty that 

 promises to be a joy forever. Under 

 the new order of liunbering opera- 

 tions, recreated forests will not be 

 blotted out, but will be harvested in a 

 manner which shall insure always the 

 Ijresence of growing trees in a given 

 forest area. 



But, now as to the practical work of 

 restoring the conifer forests which 

 once flourished on the lands now owned 

 by the Brooklyn Cooperage Company. 

 These are the splendid results accom- 

 ]jlishcd on the Vilas Tract under the 

 direction of Mr. R. M. Parker, president 

 of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company: 

 Summary of trees planted in open 

 forests : 



1910 — 50,787 mixed, mostly red and 

 bull pine, 3-year transplants 

 from the New York State Nurs- 

 ery. 



