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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



operation witli tlic I'orcst Service in their 

 national program was agreed upon as of 

 vital importance just at this time, when a 

 forestry policy was being formulated. 



The Ayer and Lord Wood Preserving 

 plant at Carbondale, Illinois, is one of the 

 largest in the country and operates eight 

 treating cylinders for treating railroad ties, 

 zinc chloride being used at present. The 

 plant employs as high as 285 men and treats 

 about 15,000 ties per day. The plant for 

 making and treating wood blocks has been 

 temporarily shut down owing to the high 

 price of longleaf pine. It is stated that 

 only about 1% of the ties treated come from 

 Illinois. Almost any species can be treated 

 at present prices, beech being one of the 

 new arrivals within the last few years. 

 The Illinois Central has a treating plant 

 at Marion, Illinois. 



MASSACHUSETTS 



f\ NE of the five state forests that have 

 ^ been established during the past four 

 years in Massachusetts is situated in 

 Southern Berkshire County, and is known 

 as the Arthur Wharton Swann State Forest. 

 It was a gift to the Commonwealth by Mrs. 

 Susan R. S. Swann in memory of her hus- 

 band. On this forest are many acres of 

 chestnut growth in a dead or dying condi- 

 tion, and at its last session the legislature 

 appropriated ten thousand dollars for the 

 use of the State Forester in cutting and 

 marketing this growth before it becomes 

 completely valueless. It is probable that a 

 mill will be placed on the reservation so 

 that such sawing as may be necessary can 

 be done without too great a haul. 



After nearly a year's service in France 

 as Y. M. C. A. secretary, Mr. Frank L. 

 Haynes, Engineer for the State Forest 

 Commission, has returned to this country 

 and resumed his duties with the Massachu- 

 setts state forest department. While in 

 France, Mr. Haynes was stationed at Aix- 

 les-Bains, Chamonix, Paris, and St. Quay, 

 which places were used as leave areas for 

 the soldiers of the A. E. F. 



Emulating the example of the Federal 

 Government, Massachusetts is throwing 

 open its state forests for the use of Massa- 

 chusetts citizens for recreational purposes. 

 The shores of the lakes and ponds within 

 the borders of these forest reservations 

 have been surveyed into lots of one hundred 

 feet front on the water and two hundred 

 feet deep. The catnp sites have been di- 

 vided into two classes — temporary and per- 

 manent. For the use of a temporary site a 

 fee of one dollar per week is charged, and 

 for the use of a permanent site the permittee 

 pays a rental of ten dollars ptr year. Many 

 of those who have selected camp sites con- 

 template the erection of substantial cot- 

 tages. The lakes on these reservations 

 have been stocked with bass and other vari- 

 eties of fish by the Massachusetts Fish and 

 ("lamc Commission, so that campers are 



assured of good fishing (hiring the open 

 season. 



The auto-truck sprayers designed by the 

 Massachusetts forestry department and 

 used in connection with the suppression of 

 the gypsy moth have proved to be very 

 important factors in protecting the roadside 

 trees from the depredations of these pests. 

 They have taken the place of the horse- 

 drawn sprayer, and by their use a much 

 greater amount of territory is covered than 

 formerly, with a reduced cost. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 TP HAMPERS in the White Mountain Na- 

 tional Forest will find ready for them 

 next summer the first north-and-south trail 

 extending through the area of land held 

 by the Federal Government. The new trail 

 will be made a reality by the construction of 

 a link from Bartlett, \ew Hampshire, over 

 Cave Mountain and Mount Parker to con- 

 nect with the Davis Path on Mount Reso- 

 lution. The link, which is to be constructed 

 by the Forest Service of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and the paths 

 with which it will connect, will extend for 

 approximately forty miles, from Wonalan- 

 cet, at the extreme southerly end of the 

 White Mountain group, to Appalachia, at 

 the north of the Presidential Range. 



Trampers can profitably spend a week 

 in traversing the new route, according to 

 Forest Service officials. It will pass over 

 most of the Presidential Range, and will 

 disclose some of the most beautiful scenery 

 of this vacation land. Following is a de- 

 scription of the new route: 



Old Mast road between Wonalancet and 

 Passaconaway ; Douglas Brook trail from 

 Passaconaway to Bartlett; new link over 

 Cave Mountain and Mount Parker to Davis 

 path on Mount Resolution; Davis path to 

 Crawford Bridle path, Gulfside trail, Val- 

 ley Way to Appalachia. 



The route is well supplied with shelter 

 between Appalachia and Bartlett, while the 

 hotel accommodations will be found at Pas- 

 saconaway. 



What to name the new route is being 

 debated by the Forest Service men. One 

 suggestion is that it be called Agiocochook. 

 which is the Indian name for Mount Wash- 

 ington, This name is open to objection, 

 oflficials say, because of its length and dif- 

 ficulty. There may be a compromise. In 

 the meantime the oflice of the Forest Super- 

 visor at Gorham, New Hampshire, invites 

 suggestions. 



The Forest Service also expects to have 

 in operation early next summer the two 

 public camping grounds that are being in- 

 stalled on Government-owned land. One 

 is at the Dolly Copp farm on the State 

 highway about five miles south of Gorhain. 

 The other is on the Profile road about 

 seven miles from Twin Mountain, and 

 about the same distance from the Old Man 

 of the Mountains, The camp grounds are 

 located in sheltered vallevs and are well 



supplied with piped spring water and sani- 

 tary conveniences. Each is to have a big 

 stone fireplace for public use. Trampers, 

 campers, and automobile parties will have 

 free use of the grounds and conveniences, 

 and they are invited to make use of them, 

 subject only to the usual etiquette and pro- 

 tective restrictions that govern in the for- 

 ests. It will be necessary, of course, for all 

 visitors to supply their own tents. 



Two acres of white pine, near Keene, 

 New Hampshire, sold three or four 

 years ago, before the war prices, brought 

 $2,000 on the stump. The total stand was 254 

 cords, which equals 170,000 board feet, or 

 an average of 85,000 feet per acre. Much 

 of it was 80 to 85 years old, so the growth 

 was about 1,000 feet per acre per annimi. 

 Stump examinations showed a rapid growth 

 the first 35 years. 



MICHIGAN 



'T'O date, nearly 8,000 acres have been 

 planted with young trees on the logged 

 over lands included within the Michigan 

 State Forests. Some of the plantations are 

 more than fifteen years old, but more than 

 fifty per cent have been planted within the 

 last five years. White pine has been 

 planted more than any one other species, 

 but Norway pine. Jack pine and Scotch pine 

 are also planted largely. Austrian pine and 

 European larch have been planted in an ex- 

 perimental way, but due to their inability to 

 resist frost and drought have not succeede<l 

 well, and they are no longer used. The 

 western species, lodgepole pine and western 

 yellow pine were planted some years ago 

 and gave promise of being splendidly 

 adapted to some localities of this region, 

 but unfortunately they were seriously in- 

 jured by a fungus (Peridcr)inum sl>.) and 

 all those which were planted were de- 

 stroyed and no more have been set. Some 

 few acres have been set to Norway spruce, 

 but so far, due to their slow gfowth on 

 the sand lands, they have not proven very 

 encouraging to further planting. 



Hardwoods have also been planted, pop- 

 lars, oaks, walnut, black locust, etc., but 

 none have succeeded in a satisfactory 

 manner. 



It is interesting thus to note that after 

 fifteen years of experimentation, the con- 

 clusion is reached by the Public Domain 

 Commissioner that it is those trees which 

 are native to the region that are proving 

 the most successful for reforestation. It 

 is true that the exotic, Scotch pine, which 

 is planted extensively in the European for- 

 ests, appears to be perfectly hardy here, 

 more so indeed than either white or Nor- 

 way pine, but yet very good evidence indi- 

 cates that it will not produce better lumber, 

 if as good, as does the native jack pine. 



All the trees planted are raised in the 

 nursery located within the Higgins Lake 

 Forest. Th2 nursery has capacity to pro- 

 duce sufficient seedlings to plant, with 

 stock averaging two years old, 8,000 acres 



