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all. But the whole chestnut growth is doomed and it is only a matter 

 of time when it will all be dead. ^Meanwhile however it is seriously 

 injuring the pine. 



In this case the owner has two practices to choose from. The 

 splendid growth of the hardwood sprouts, much of which is oak, dur- 

 ing the last two years makes it plain that there is a good chance of 

 securing an excellent stand from this growth. Or the original policy 

 of altering the type into pine may be followed, the area being replanted 

 as necessary and severe cleanings made to expose the pine to the light. 

 From the developments of the past two years, however, it seems to be 

 more advantageous to reconstruct the plan of management and adopt 

 the first of the above measures. The area should not have been un- 

 derplanted. 



Case IV. — This area was located just beyond the western outskirts 

 of New Haven, Connecticut. There was a good deal of rock present 

 in the soil, and outcrops of rock were frequent. Humus was present 

 in good quantity and altogether the site may be classed as II. The 

 topography was quite irregular in a small way, being largely alternate 

 rocky ridges and small hollows. The area under consideration was 

 on a gentle slope — about 3 per cent — toward the west. 



The original forest on this area was nearly 45 per cent chestnut, 

 while oak was about 40 per cent, leaving 15 per cent for ash, hickory, 

 and other species. The stand was cut clear when 45 years old and a 

 few trees left standing to furnish a small amount of large material 

 at the end of the pine rotation. These overholders are "going back" 

 and should have been cut when the original logging took place. 



Directly after the cutting had been completed, eleven years ago, 

 two-year-old seedlings of white pine were planted among the stumps, 

 spacing as nearly 6 by 6 feet as conditions permitted. The stock was 

 in good condition, grown in the Yale Forest School nursery, and so 

 was very well suited to planting near New Haven. Students, using the 

 mattock and hole method, did the work of setting out the trees. At 

 the time of examination 98 per cent of the stand was alive and very 

 evenly distributed. The trees had grown very well being of an average 

 height of about 10 feet. What few failures occurred were due to 

 shading by sprout growth. The plants have taken hold very well, 

 but many of them are badly held back by the hardwood growth, es- 

 pecially those trees near chestnut sprouts. In this latter case they 

 are so badly suppressed that the death of the chestnut sprouts, which 

 have been largely killed by the blight, has left openings in the young 



