STATE NEWS 



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ment, as well as with individuals, has been 

 in force for more than a year. The lands 

 involved comprise some 25,()00 or 30,000 

 acres, located principally in the counties of 

 Luce, Crawford, Roscommon, Gosco and 

 Oscoda. 



Wisconsin 



The Wisconsin State Board of Forestry 

 now has about 2,500,000 seedlings and trans- 

 plants in the main forest nursery at Trout 

 Lake, which is in the heart of the State 

 Forest Reserves. As will be noted from the 

 following table, the cost of raising the plant- 

 ing material has been kept down to a very 

 reasonable figure. 



1 YEAR SEEDLING. 



Cost to 



Number raise per M. 



White pine 6.32,000 $ .46 



Scotch pine 190,000 .45 



Western yellow pine 60,000 .55 



Norway spruce 11,000 1.06 



Colorado blue spruce— 40,000 .40 



European larch 400 .88 



2 YEAR SEEDLINGS. 



Cost to 



Number raise per M. 



White pine 436,000 $ .47 



Norway pine 576,000 .47 



Scotch pine 145,000 .46 



Western yellow pine___ 13,000 .56 



Norway spruce 20,000 1.07 



2 YEAR TRANSPLANTS. 



Cost to 

 Number raise per M. 



White pine 21.000 $1.25 



Scotch pine 20,000 1.24 



Western yellow pine — 68,000 1.33 



Ohio 



The city of Cincinnati during the past few 

 years has come into possession of about 

 fifteen hundred acres of land either within 

 the city limits or contiguous thereto. 



State Forester Secrest was consulted re- 

 cently regarding its use, and made the sug- 

 gestion that a portion or all be devoted to 

 a forest park, modelled somewhat after the 

 city forest parks of Germany. This plan 

 met with the unanimous approval of the 

 Board of Park Commissioners. A co-opera- 

 tive agreement was entered into, whereby 

 the State Forestry Department is to draw 

 up plans, and supervise the planting and 

 improvement work. Arrangements have been 

 made for establishing a nursery on one of 

 the tracts, where about 200,000 trees will be 

 placed the coming spring. 



The proposed work at Cincinnati oflfers a 

 most excellent apportunity for the establish- 

 ment of demonstration forests, and especially 

 for initiating the scheme of city forest parks. 

 The areas contain some native woodlots in 



culled conditions, but there are some fine 

 specimens of original forest trees including 

 oaks, beech, maples, tulip, poplars, gums, 

 basswood, walnut, etc. 



The work will be along the line of practi- 

 cal forestry. In the planting operations as 

 many different kinds of tree species will be 

 used as seem adaptable to conditions. 



The ornamental features will not be con- 

 sidered, but the plantings will be so placed 

 as to enhance the aesthetic value. It is in- 

 tended to reserve open park areas, especially 

 where groups of the original oaks and beech 

 stand. The topography and general aspect 

 of the land offers splendid opportunity for 

 visitors, and this feature will not be over- 

 looked. The woodlots will be reconstructed 

 whenever possible, but it is proposed to 

 reserve as many of the old trees as may 

 seem practical. 



This undertaking is probably the first of 

 its kind in this country, and it is hoped that 

 other cities will soon follow the Cincinnati 

 plan. 



Vermont 



The University of Vermont has decided 

 definitely that it can best subserve the inter- 

 ests of the State by teaching forestry as a 

 branch of modern farming, rather than in 

 training up a small group of highly special- 

 ized foresters, most of whom would have 

 to seek positions outside the State. Fores- 

 try conditions in this country are such that 

 it will be impossible for a forester to earn 

 a salary that will repav him for a four 

 years' college course, on a forest tract of 

 less than 10.000 acres. There are at present 

 very few private tracts of this kind upon 

 which foresters are employed ; and the num- 

 ber does not bid fair to increase in propor- 

 tion to the number of technically trained 

 foresters. In fact, with the present tendency 

 on the part of Congress to scrimp in its ap- 

 propriation for the National forests, and 

 other constructive work, in favor of in- 

 creased pensions and other vote-getting 

 measures, there seems to be an imminent 

 danger of lack of employment for newly 

 trained foresters. 



On the other hand, there is an ever- 

 increasing demand on the part of large land- 

 owners for trained farm managers. More 

 and more these men will be required to have 

 a working knowledge of timber estimating 

 and such silvicultural measures as thinning 

 and planting. In connection with intensive 

 agriculture a graduate of an agricultural 

 college can find remunerative employment 

 on a few hundred acres, and the student 

 with some forestry knowledge will find that 

 he has a decided advantage in obtaining such 

 positions over one who has no knowledge of 

 forestry. 



Many of the graduates of an agricultural 

 college go back to their own farms, and in 

 the long run the knowledge which they have 

 acquired along forestry lines will help them 

 to prosperity. When lumber has greatly in- 

 creased in value over its present value, the 



