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5. Timber growing, with careful treatment, is a profitable propo- 

 sition anywhere in the State on lands not valued at more than $15 per 

 acre for agriculture. 



6. Land well stocked with loblolly pine, one year old, will pay 

 five per cent compound interest on a valuation of $20 per acre for the 

 land and seedlings. 



7. The woodlots situated on valuable farms should be made to 

 produce the highest possible amount of wood per acre. In order to 

 have fully stocked woodlots attention should be given to tree planting, 

 The woodlots, for the most part, are in bad condition and in much need 

 of attention in order to make them yield high returns. The present 

 haphazard method of cutting is poor economy. 



8. The large areas of forest land, chiefly in Sussex County, could 

 be made to produce, through better management, much more timber 

 than is at present being grown. 



9. Practically all land in Delaware is adaptable to farming. But 

 on cheaper and less desirable classes of land, as found in Sussex 

 County, it will frequently pay better to grow timber, especially if the 

 land is under proper forest management. It will often be best to prac- 

 tice intensive farming on small areas of the most valuable agricultural 

 land, and allow the rest to come up to forest. 



10. Delaware should encourage the rational treatment of its for- 

 ests by private owners by taking action along the following lines : 



a. By enacting adequate fire and trespass laws for the protection 

 of private forests, and by creating an equitable system of county tax- 

 ation for forest lands. 



&. Provision should be made for lectures on forestry before farm- 

 ers' institutes and at the State College. 



c. Provision should be made for expert examination of private 

 woodlands and advice as to proper methods of handling them at a 

 minimum cost to the owners. 



d. A nursery should be established and maintained in connec- 

 tion with the Experiment Station, in order to provide tree seedlings 

 free of charge to those wishing to plant. 



e. Provision should be made for experimental planting and for- 

 estry work, especially on lands belonging to the State or public institu- 

 tions, and for publishing the results of forest management in different 

 parts of the State. 



11. There should be created a State Board of Forestry consist- 

 ing of seven members, including the Governor of the State, the Direc- 



