;ili(l l-<'|»c;ittMl clcni-riil t iiii;s iililil llic l)lii;lit li;is <lis;i|»|»i';ii-(M|, 

 ijiii^lil we iiol only ^d rid of the l»li,i;lil, hiil in the |»i-or('ss ln-iii^ 

 ;ilM)n( (lie iii( rodiicl ion ol' (Idinitc lorcslry pi-aclicc? 



I am not coiidciiiniug' cmiI ii-cly 1 ln' melliod of (diminal inu ldi;;iit 

 inlcsted tn'cs. Tiiat iiiclliod may In- nscd moi-c sncccsslnlly ovci* 

 small areas of woodland sncli as occur in I lie s(mii Jicastci-n j»ai-t 

 ol* tilt' Stale. When one I hi nks of l he trcmciidcjiis areas of wood- 

 !an<l \\lii<-li I he Slate owns and is (»wiied priyatcly 4^'or inslance, 

 I Ill-oil i;li ( "en I re connly and (»n n[) into ( 'liiitoii coiinly, the jtropo- 

 sili(»ii of ^oiii.u in ;ind culling oiil inl'esled trees is a hard one to 

 consider. I! over such lands we can briiiji; ahoiil I he inii-o<Jnc- 

 lion ol some method of cutting on as short a rotation as [»ossil»le, 

 and as often as the reiunis will justify it, it is easy to see lliai 

 we will keei) the forest growing rapidly and healthfully and that 

 we will do more toward keeping the blight out and |)er])etualing 

 the chestnut than going here and there through that great area 

 and cutting out infested trees, ^^'hile this Commissiow, which is 

 doing snch a splendid work, and work which will always riMlound 

 to the credit of Peuusyhania, is eliminating infested trees here 

 and lliei-e through the State, nught it not be able also to intro- 

 duce a system of management among our W(K)dlaud and forest 

 owners which will continue beyond the life of the (,'ommission? 

 At the present time, by the practice of eliminating diseased trees 

 you are getting rid of those infested trees only. In saying this 

 1 am not discountenancing or nnderestimating the tremendous 

 educational value of the Avork which the Connnission is doing, 

 but if you carry on this method of eliminating iudividual trees 

 <nily, what liave yon done for tlie owner after you get through 

 with it? You may have stopped temporarily the blight, bin if 

 at the same time yon can introduce a system of managemeui that 

 is goiug to ])ut the whole wood lot into l)etter gi'(»wiug condition, 

 1 say you are going to accomplish more in the wuy of pernianeut 

 results and more in a forestry way in this count ly. ( A|»plans(' ). 



TWK rilATR-ArAN: The next paj.er is entitled -The Chest nut 

 IJlight and Constructive C(Uiservali(Ui," by Di'. .1. IJnssell Siiiiili, 

 of (he I'niversitN' of JN'nns\ Ivania. 



