MASSACHUSETTS 



16. We have probably planted in Massachu- 

 setts, in both public and private work, about 

 25,000 acres. 



WEEDING OUT NEEDED 



Do not think that planting or reforestation 

 is the whole thing. Much of our present for- 

 est lands need weeding out or thinning, and 

 rational management as well. We need man- 

 datory laws that have enough teeth in them 

 so that uneconomic practices cannot be al- 

 lowed even on private holdings. This may 

 seem a strong policy, but often individuals 

 are their own worst enemies, and, after all, 

 the economic use of lands as a whole can be 

 made a success only when what benefits the 

 individual also, in a larger sense, benefits the 

 community. 



England begins'at once to spend $17,000,000 

 in forestry. Are we of New England stagger- 

 ing under anything like the blow, both finan- 

 cial and otherwise, that all England is bear- 

 ing? Should we not at least make a creditable 

 start? 



If our farmers are afraid that the Lane Bill 

 in congress will create over-production in agri- 

 culture, why not convert a large part of our 

 share into improving our forestry conditions 

 throughout New England? 



FUTURE WHAT WE MAKE IT 



The future of New England forestry will be 

 exactly what we of today propose to make it. 

 We can continue to go along at a half-dying 

 pace and try to feel we are doing something, 

 but what is really needed is a definite and 

 business-like and more drastic policy if we are 

 to really accomplish results. We need more 



