IOO FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



Rule 4. All competitors for the prizes shall file in the office 

 of the State Forest Commissioner, their intention to compete, 

 together with a correct and definite survey and plan of the lot, 

 ten or more years before each award, and when such notice 

 has been filed, said lot shall be eligible although the ownership 

 may have changed. 



\Rule 5. Myself and my heirs shall have the same right as 

 others to compete for the prizes. 



Rule 6. In awarding prizes, other circumstances being equal, 

 the following conditions shall be considered in the order named : 



(a) Right number of trees per acre, (b) Even distribution 

 over whole lot. (c) Health and thriftiness of trees, (d) Adap- 

 tation of the varieties of trees to the soil in which they stand, 

 (e) Uniformity of size of trees, (f) Size of trees, (g) Size 

 of the lot. 



Benjamin C. Jordan. 



Alfred, Maine, January 14, 1909. 



In accepting the offer the Legislature passed the following 

 resolve : 



Resolved, That the offer of Benjamin C. Jordan, of Alfred, Maine, 

 giving to the State of Maine, one thousand dollars, to be known as the 

 Jordan fund, conditions of which are herewith annexed, be hereby 

 accepted, and the conditions of which shall be carried out by the State 

 Forest Commissioner. 



The $1,000.00 was deposited with the state treasurer by Mr. 

 Jordan, as required during the year 1909. 



During the years 191 5-16 one competitor has filed his inten- 

 tions of competing for this prize as per the following letter. 



Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 26, 1916. 

 Mr. Frank E. Mace, 



Forest Commissioner, 

 Augusta, Maine. 

 Dear Sir : 



I hereby file my intention of competing for one of the 

 prizes offered by the Benjamin C. Jordan Fund. This 

 lot is situated on my farm in Biddeford. It was origi- 

 nally a pasture with a small timber lot in one corner. 



