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Yellow Oak, Red Oak, Bass, Hemlock, Spruce, Norway Pine, 

 Pitch Pine, Cedar, Fir, Poplar, Birch, Maple, Beech and Elm. 



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

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

 accepited. 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. 



Competitors have filed intentions with the Forest Commis- 

 sioner as follows : 



Gardiner, Maine, Oct. t.-], 1914. 



Blaine S. Files, Esq., Land Agent and Forest Commissioner, Augusta, 



Maine. 



Dear Sir: — We hereby notify you that we intend to compete for the 

 Benjamin C. Jordan Forestry Prize, and attach hereto engineer's plan 

 of our White Pine plantation at Gardiner, Maine. 



Three year old pine transplants were used throughout, the 1910 

 planting being spaced approxiimaitely 5' x 6', and the 1914 planting 

 5' X 5'. Plants were from 6" to 10" tall when set out. 



