REPORT OF SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMITTEE 17 



On the afternoon of the 24th the members were 

 met at Galeton, Potter County, Pa., by Hon. Robert 

 S. Conklin, Hon. I. C. Williams, Hon. Simon B. 

 Elliott, and Hon. J. Linn Harris, of the State For- 

 estry Conservation Commission, together with several 

 other foresters and parties interested in forestry work. 

 Visits were made to the State Nursery at Asaph in 

 Tioga county, plantings of trees about Cross Fork in 

 Potter county, and an inspection made of their 

 ranger cabins, telephone lines, roads, and fire lines 

 in what is- known as the Stewardson Township dis- 

 trict. Every courtesy possible was extended by Mr. 

 Conklin and the other gentlemen of Pennsylvania 

 and much valuable information received as to the 

 practical work in forestry and an ample opportunity 

 given to compare the work of the Pennsylvania for- 

 estry department with that of 'our own State. 



On July 27 the party was taken in charge by Hon. 

 Clifford R. Pettis, State Supt. of Forests, of New 

 York State, at Saranac Lake, N. Y. This is in the 

 Adirondack Forest Reserve. Visits were made to 

 Raybrook and Chub Hill plantations, Saranac Inn 

 Nursery, Lake Clear Nursery, and the Carley Nur- 

 sery and to the State plantings at Lake Clear 

 Junction and Paul Smiths. The plantings in New 

 York are more extensive than in Pennsylvania and 

 the work has been carried on since 1901 so that 

 plantings of trees up to thirteen years were seen. 

 The oldest growth was of scotch pine near Lake 

 Clear Junction. These trees averaged eighteen feet 

 in height. Several plantings of white and norway 

 pine were also seen. These, without exception, were 

 doing well, illustrating that the planting, cultivation 

 and growing of pine trees from nursery stock is 

 feasible. Nowhere was there any failure or sign of 

 failure. 



Mr. Pettis also accompanied the Committee to 

 Warrensburg and Chestertown, N. Y., in the terri- 

 tory West and North of Lake George. Here many 

 thousands of acres of natural, second growth of white 

 pine were seen ranging in age up to sixty years. The 



