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At the University, a demonstration cutting has been conduct- 

 ed in the college woodlot. Two acres have been clear-cut since 

 the trees there are reaching maturity, and in the spring this 

 was replanted to white pine, (Pinus strobus). Underplanting 

 was also done in another part of the woodlot, where red pine 

 (Pinus resinosa) was planted in open places made by the falling 

 out of over-mature trees. From this area the following figures 

 are available : 

 Cut 18,000 feet B. M. and 4 1-2 cords lath wood. Value $385 50 



•Cost of logging $158 41 



Cost of milling 91 80 



Net profit 135 29 



It must be remembered that growth on these two acres was 

 very sparce, since the trees were already over-mature. The cut 

 from the plantation should be about four and one-half times 

 as much as this. 



The cost of planting was as follows : 



Cost of burning brush $2 00 



Cost of plants (2,500) 13 13 



Labor (Value-Student) 2 75 



Total $17 88 



or an average of $8.94 per acre. 



Experiments have now been established at the following 

 locations : North Berwick, Waterford, Waterboro, South Wa- 

 terboro, Charleston, and Orono, and another is now being under- 

 taken in cooperation with the Maine Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, in connection with the woodlot at the Aroostook Farm 

 near Presque Isle. 



Applications for other demonstrations have also been received 

 from the following locations : Bowdoinham, Buckfield, Cor- 

 inna, Dover, Gardiner, Limerick, Farmington Falls, Milo, Man- 

 chester and South Brewer. 



A recently made canvass of the wooded area in New Eng- 

 land shows that some 30 per cent of the entire area, or more 

 than 11,500.000 acres is in woodlots owned by farmers. About 

 one-third of this area is at present covered with worthless scrub 

 growth, and of the remaining two-thirds, less than 2 per cent 



