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Canadian I-'ortestry Magadne, August-September. 1(^20. 



own denude;! hol;!ings. By 1908 the in- 

 quiries became so numerous anrl the ap- 

 peals for technical help so insistent that 

 it soon became evident that the time was 

 at hand for a definite plan of co-opera- 

 tion between the Department of Forestry 

 and prospective private planters. In re- 

 sponse to this rapidly g'rowing public 

 sentiment an Act was passed by the 

 Legislature and approved by the Gov- 

 ernor on April 22nd, 1909, permitting 

 tlie Department of Forestry to grow and 

 (Hstributc at the cost of production 

 forest tree seedlings to private planters 

 for the reforesting of woodlands within 

 the State. During the first year (1910) 

 of the workings of this co-operative 

 plan 66,374 small trees were distributed. 

 In 1915, with only five years of co- 

 operative effort, forest authorities real- 

 ized that a fuller co-operation on the 

 part of the State was fully justified ; 

 ' consequently a new Act was passed and 

 approved in 1915 which authorized the 

 Department of Forestry to grow forest 

 tree seedlings and distribute them to 

 private planters, who are required to pav 

 only the cost of packing and shipping. 



What the Legislative Acts of 1909 an 1 

 1915 did for forest tree planting on 

 private owned forest land of Pennsyl- 

 vania is shown in the following table: 



Number of Tree^ 

 Supplied 

 To Private Planters. 

 66,374 



25.360 



66.854 



47.770 



1914 . 108,685 



1915 115.577 



1916 1.471.875 



1917 1,812.997 



l^L"^ 2.186,899 



1919 3,139.479 



Year. 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



Total 9.041.870 



The peak of planting by private own- 

 ers of forest land has not vet been 

 reached in Pennsylvania. The' practice 

 is still growing and extending its scone. 

 Its progressive ten^'ency is shown in the 

 fact that onlv 66,374 trees were planted 

 in 1910. while in 1919 the number was 

 3.139,479. the latter being 46 times as 

 great as the former. An examination of 



the foregoing table will also sh.ow that 

 more trees were planterl during 1919 

 than during the first seven years of the 

 undertaking (1910 to 1916 inclusive). 

 The total number of a])plicants has in- 

 creased from 23 in 19.10 to 798 in 191^. 

 the latter being an increase of more than 

 3,000 per cent. 



The average number of trees distri- 

 butetl during 1919 was 3,943. wdiich in- 

 dicates that the applicants reforested on 

 an average from two to three acres. The 

 smallest order filled called for 500 trees, 

 and the largest embraced 180,000 trees. 

 This shows that both small and large 

 holders of woodlands are carrying on 

 reforestation projects. The small owner 

 as a rule is filling up odd corners, waste 

 places and incompletely stocked woo!- 

 lots while the large holders are reforest- 

 ing entire denuded mountain slopes, 

 particularly those protecting water- 

 sheds. 



A JOB WELL DONE. 

 No waste nor debris. Stumps cut low, everything is 

 being used and tlie brush piled for burning. Area 

 will be planted. A photograph taken in Saxony. 



