(3) Christmas trees yielding about $120 per acre per 

 year, the first crop coming at the end of five to seven years. 



(4) Basket willow, a ton of inferior rods the first year, 

 three tons of first grade rods the second, and for the next 

 twelve to twenty years from six to ten tons per acre. The 

 present price of rods is $25 per ton. 



Summary 



Forest building, through the medium of reforestation, is 

 a subject worthy of the attention of all right-thinking people. 

 The need is vital, the field is wide, the work carries inspiration, 

 the method is simple, the profits are sure. The trees adaptable 

 to use in restoring the waste areas of the State offer a wide 

 choice, both in connection with the type of forest desired and 

 in the length of time which the individual wishes to set upon 

 the investment made. 



This leaflet is not technical, although based on technical 

 research, experiment and study of the oldest forest plantings 

 of which we have record. Its object is to "plead the case" of 

 the idle acres to the owner who has hitherto given no study 

 to the problem, and to encourage those who have made a begin- 

 ning in reforestation to a deeper study and greater effort. 

 Reference has been made to several bulletins, both of a techni- 

 cal and non-technical nature; if the foregoing pages have been 

 followed with reasonable care, the literature referred to will 

 be easily understood and will prove of increasing interest. 

 The college stands ready to give advice and supervision, to 

 answer inquiries by mail and to furnish literature on the 

 various phases of forestry practice. This is a part of its 

 educational work. 



The use of growth tables and money yield tables has been 

 omitted from this leaflet, since figures have been used freely 

 throughout the text. It is fitting, however, to give a condensed 

 statement on the growth, the cost and the return on one of 

 our best known and most valuable forest trees the white pine; 

 for it is around this tree that reforestation, both in New York 

 and in other Eastern States has been largely built. 



WHITE PINE, SHARON, MASS., 56 YEARS 



The White Pine 

 Lumber Yield Per Acre * 



Soil 

 Age (Years) Quality 2 



Feet Board Measure 



30 12,500 



35 24,400 



4-0 32,800 



4-5 40,600 



50 46,500 



* Foot note page 8. 



