5o6 Forestry Quarterly. 



Part I, Present Forest Conditions in Connecticut. 



Part II, Market Conditions, Logging Cost, and Value of Stand- 

 ing Timber. 



Part III, Yield of Different Forest Types. 



Part IV, Methods of Management. 



It may occasion surprise to those familiar with Connecticut's 

 thickly settled condition and enormous manufacturing interests to 

 learn that over one-third of the state, due to poor soil or broken 

 and steep topography, is unsuitable for agriculture. The forests 

 are divided into swamp and upland types, the latter being of chief 

 importance. Among the upland types, even-aged hardwood 

 occupies the dominant position and it is with this type that this 

 bulletin chiefly deals, although Part II contains much infor- 

 mation of value in connection with other forest types. 



Parts II and III and the appendix are replete with tables giving 

 volumes, yields, and various cost figures. These should prove of 

 great assistance to all foresters working in Connecticut, and while 

 in some cases they are rather too involved for general use by the 

 layman, on the whole they will be of material service to the far- 

 mers and woodland owners. It is the opinion of the reviewer, 

 judged entirely by personal experience, that the yield tables for 

 the oak type are based upon too narrow range of soil qualities 

 and do not fairly represent third-quality soils, the yields given 

 being too high. 



Under methods of management, clear cutting with sprout re- 

 production (coppice system), and the pole-wood sprout system 

 are recommended. Where too far from markets to dispose of 

 small trees, the cutting of the larger ones only is advised, being 

 in effect a rough selection system. 



Not enough emphasis is placed on the advisability of changing 

 the hardwoods type to mixed hardwoods and conifers, or to pure 

 conifers. Such a change from the slow-growing hardwood 

 species aff'ording at best a relatively low yield per acre, to fast- 

 growing stands of conifers with large yields per acre must, in the 

 opinion of the reviewer, take place before the business of growing 

 trees will be an attractive investment for the people of Connecti- 

 cut. 



This bulletin is one of the best that the Forest Service has 



