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AMERICAN FORESTRY 





SAME STAND PROPERLY THINNED. 



Practically all of the large operators 

 in the Adirondacks are cutting to a 

 diameter limit. This limit is too low 

 in most cases, but it is a start in the 

 right direction. As the market condi- 

 tions improve, the intensiveness of this 

 management will increase, as lumber- 

 men are primarily business men. 



It is the duty of foresters and fores- 



try to show why management should be 

 carried beyond the present market con- 

 ditions ; to show that plantations made 

 ])roperly and cared for as they should 

 be will yield three or four times the 

 quantity of timber per acre that nature 

 would yield if left to herself. This 

 timber will be straight, with but little 

 taper and will contain as much clear 



