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A matter of considerable interest is the 

 forthcoming publication of the working 

 plan for township 40, in the New York 

 State Forest Preserve. This working plan 

 as published will contain maps, illustra- 

 tions, tables, rules for cutting, and esti- 

 mates of stand. It will be of especial 

 value not only to people interested in for- 

 estry, but to lumbermen as well, since it is 

 the result of careful investigations by a 

 practical forester and a practical lumber- 

 man. 



The working plan for Township 40, is 

 the first made by the Division of Forestry 

 for State land in the Adirondacks. The 

 Division at the request of the New York 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission for 

 expert assistance undertook to make work- 

 ing plans for the 1,250,000 acres of wood- 

 land composing the Adirondack Forest 

 Preserve, of which the working plan for 

 ~ Township 40 is the first. This work is 

 being done with a view to obtain a regular 

 income from the State forests in case of 

 the repeal of the constitutional clause 

 which now prohibits lumbering on State 

 lands. Systematic cutting under skilled 

 forest management would benefit the fu- 

 ture growth of the forests, improve their 

 present condition, and give the State a 

 large and increasing annual income. 



pany, all with headquarters at Towanda, 

 Bradford County, Pennsylvania, have made 

 application to the Division of Forestry for 

 assistance in preparing a plan to prevent 

 the occurrence of annual forest fires on 

 their properties. Mr. H. McC. Curran of 

 that Division has been sent to investigate 

 the matter and report upon the conditions, 

 in order that the Division may be prepared 

 to offer advice for the prevention of fires. 



The State Line & Sullivan Railroad 

 J Company, and the Long Valley Coal Com- 



Among the recent applicants for advice 

 and assistance in the management of its 

 woodlands is the Moose River Lumber 

 Co., which owns a tract of 16,000 acres in 

 the Adirondacks (N. Y.). This tract is 

 mostly Spruce land and is situated in Her- 

 kimer County. The preliminary examina- 

 tion has already been made by one of the 

 experts of the Division of Forestry and 

 the working plan \rill be prepared this 

 spring. It will contain estimates of the 

 present and future yields of timber on the 

 tract, and will also make recommendations 

 regarding the lumbering. This applica- 

 tion, taken with those which have been 

 received from other owners of private for- 

 est lands in the Adirondacks during the 

 last two years, brings the total area of 

 private land in that region, for which 

 working plans have been requested, up to 

 more than 400,000 acres. On 140,000 acres 

 these plans are already in operation. 



