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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Planted in May, 1911. 

 showing the type of country in which this planting has been done and the very noticeable growth. 



put in the nursery the same year the 

 loss was far greater. 



President Parker beHeves that the 

 estimate of seedhngs in the seed beds 

 this year may be increased, because 

 from the seed that was sown during the 

 spring of 1914, seedlings are still appear- 

 ing. 



When complimented upon the success 

 of his reforestation operations on Vilas 

 Tract, President Parker said: 



"The purpose of our plantation is 

 with the spirit of the conservation of 

 our lands. We have found no practical 

 way of applying scientific rules of forest- 

 ry to the hardwood forests in the 

 Adirondacks, on account of the im- 

 mense quantity of defective trees. Our 

 cuttings are limited to 12 inches at the 

 stump, and of course, we can only use 

 in our lumber operations trees that 

 are entirely sound, or do not show 

 defects to a percentage large enough to 



make cost of cutting and logging timber 

 unprofitable. This results in leaving 

 on the lands almost as many trees, 12 

 inches and up, as we cut. These trees 

 are defective, being either cross-grained, 

 showing rotten limbs, having immense 

 kniu-ls and knots on them, or other 

 similar defects, which condemn the 

 wood in the tree for merchantable 

 cooperage stock. It is a pity this is so, 

 but the hardwood growths of the 

 Adirondacks on account of soil, con- 

 sisting either of sand or of rotten wood, 

 with practically no dirt, makes it 

 impossible to grow a continuous hard- 

 wood forest of high grade. Realizing 

 this, and knowing we shall hold our 

 land for a great many years, we have 

 thought it wise to plant such character 

 of growth, as will in time, yield a 

 profitable crop, and of course, white 

 pine is the most valuable tree for this 

 purpose." 



Wood for Excelsior 



The best excelsior is made from basswood, or linden. Aspen and cottonwood, however, supply 

 nearly half of the total amount manufactured. 



