798 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



States Geological Surveys are considered sufificiently accurate. These 

 topographical maps, however, on a scale of i inch to the mile, are not 

 considered sufficient for the plotting of detail frequently called for, in 

 which case the scale employed is usually 4 inches to the mile. 



While small plantations have been established in other locations, 

 4,350 acres of the Adirondack property have been reforested to date. 

 This is a trifle less than 4 per cent of the property. A 6 by 6 spacing 

 has been used. Altogether some $50,000 were spent on these planta- 

 tions since 1908, which would make the average cost $11 per acre. The 

 exact cost per thousand of the different sizes and species is not appar- 

 ent from this report. A detailed statement of planting costs, exclusive 

 of cost of plants and supervision, however, on the basis of 3,800,000 

 trees, shows somewhat below $5 per thousand for the last four or five 

 years. 



The nursery labor account shows an average of 72 cents per thou- 

 sand against seedlings ready for transplanting and $2.70 against trans- 

 plants, or a total charge of $3.42 for labor alone on stock ready for the 

 field. In the nursery account no charge appears for seed, materials, or 

 supervision ; otherwise the detailed figures average as follows for the 

 last three years : 



Seedlings Transplants 



Making beds $0.37 per bed $0.70 per bed 



Seeding and transplanting 18 per M .59 per M 



Weeding 10 " '* .52 



Protection 02 " " .20 " 



Digging and packing 07 " " i .20 " 



The fall inventory of the Bluff Point Nursery for 1916 reports alto- 

 gether some three million seedlings, one and two years old, and a mil- 

 lion and a half transplants, while two other nurseries — one at Wolf 

 Pond and the other at Oneonta — are not reported in detail, these nur- 

 series having been abandoned. 



In the nursery we note red pine is being given the largest share, and 

 next comes white pine, while in the plantations to date Scotch pine has 

 been given apparently the largest share with a variety of other species, 

 hardwoods and conifers being represented among them, poplar to quite 

 an extent, and spruce. 



No need to say that protection against fire was a point of first con- 

 sideration, and State co-operation has largely solved the problem, the 

 State maintaining three fire lookouts. The company maintains four 

 subsidiary lookouts in conjunction with its patrolmen. As the planta- 

 tions increase the need of protection increases. 



. The company has adopted a policy of reforesting at least a thousand 

 acres per annum. 



