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 Supply Forests. 



For the production of fuel wood and smaller forest products 

 such as posts and poles, as well as the production of trees for 

 lumber, lands, preferably in accessible regions near the point 

 where the products are to be used, should be definitely set aside 

 for the purpose. Many of the sugar plantations have already 

 realized the value of a cheap supply of fuel wood and have 

 established extensive tree plantations from which they are now 

 harvesting annual crops of wood. Such work is simple and 

 brings such good results that every foot of waste land, as, for 

 example, gulch sides and odd corners, should be utilized and 

 devoted to this purpose. 



For the production of larger timber trees, better soils will be 

 required, but not often can they be spared for this purpose. More- 

 over, a longer investment is necessary for such a product. 



Tl is my opinion that good lumber can be produced in these 

 islands, by those who are willing to wait for it, by planting 

 selected timber trees which have been proved suitable to this 

 purpose in simrlar latiuides and situations. Among such trees 

 are the kauri pine of New Zealand, the several species of 

 araiicaria which produce soft wood of good construction value, 

 and the Australian red cedar of Queensland and New South 

 AVales, all of which grow well in our climate. 



A pomt to be emphasized in all tree planting, however, is to 

 give the planted trees adequate care during the early growing 

 period by frequent weeding and clearing, for it is not the number 

 of trees which are actually set out that counts, but the number 

 of trees w^hich through constant care and cultivation are -brought 

 to such a state that their growth will no longer be hindered by 

 rank grasses and weeds. 



