When 



planting is 



profitable 



Especially in estimating fire damage to young growth is this 

 acquisition of data valuable, allowing future as well as present 

 loss to be accounted for. 



Planting is as yet impracticable in most wooded territories 

 but the day is fast approaching when it will become profit- 

 able. Even today there are many areas that would pay to 

 plant. On vast wastes left by fire and by devastating logging 

 planting can be carried on with profit by the State or by cor- 

 porations, especially where large mills expect a permanent 

 supply of timber from given areas. Here and there are cases 

 where individuals should artificially restock their holdings. 



In planting it is the work of the forester to know what 

 species is best adapted to the soil, climate, and market. He 

 knows how trees affect each other, and how soil, climate and 

 species are inter-related. He will not plant a tree calling for 

 rich soil in land that has poor soil. He will not plant a tree of a 

 valuable species in mixture with one less valuable but stronger 



which will crowd 

 ut ' over-shade 

 and kill its 

 better neighbor. 

 He knows that 

 preliminary stud- 

 ies, even elabo- 

 rate ones, a re 

 often the cheap- 

 est in the end. 

 It will pay the 

 owner to be sure 

 he is planting the 

 correct species in 

 the right way, 

 and this cannot 

 always be readily 

 determined 

 without careful 

 examination. 



The manage- 

 ment of lands is 

 greatly simplified 

 by applied fores- 

 A spotted line through old growth. try. 1 he facts 



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