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equipped for growing the nursery stock required for its own 

 planting, but also grows seedlings to distribute at a nominal 

 price among land owners of the State. Instructions are given 

 regarding the regulations that the land owner must comply with 

 in order to obtain forest stock from the State. The inference is 

 that it is less expensive for the land owner to obtain the stock 

 required for planting direct from the State than to grow it him- 

 self. For coniferous stock this is in most cases true, the chief 

 exception being when stock is required in large quantity. 



The instructions regarding what and when to plant are so 

 brief that they convey but little information of importance to the 

 planter. Early spring is recommended as the best season for 

 planting. 



The portion of the pamphlet dealing with the handling of the 

 stock after its receipt by the planter and the method to follow in 

 planting is concise and if followed should assure the farmer or 

 other forest planter success in his planting operations. 



The tables and other matter relating to the value of planting 

 are interesting, but not based upon sufficient experience and data 

 to be entirely convincing. The plates illustrating the State nur- 

 series, forest plantations and planting operations are excellent. 



J. W. T. 



Forest Survey of Litchfield and New Haven Counties, Con- 

 necticut. By A. F. Hawes and R. C. Hawley. Forestry Pub. No. 

 5, Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station. Pp. 50. Plates 6. 



The chief object of this pamphlet is stated to be the awakening 

 of "interest in the forest lands of these two counties, which may 

 lead to the adoption of better methods of treatment, resulting in 

 a steadily increasing production by the forest." It is the first 

 step in a comprehensive study of the forests of Connecticut which 

 will eventually cover the other six counties of the State, and fur- 

 nish the data for a forest map. 



Of Litchfield County, 55% is classed as forest lands, while 

 only 46% of New Haven county is so classed, the latter being 

 more largely a manufacturing community. The total acreage of 

 the two counties is 521,726, and the amount of standing timber 



